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Vera Therapeutics’ atacicept, to be marketed as Trutakna, will go up against Novartis, Otsuka and possibly Vertex in the kidney disease primary IgA nephropathy after receiving an accelerated FDA approval.
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Molecular glue degraders are gaining traction in the clinic as well as funding from Big Pharma, with their potential to treat previously “undruggable” cancers and immunological diseases. Here are five clinical programs worth keeping an eye on.
Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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Data from a Phase III study show Genentech’s crovalimab is non-inferior to AstraZeneca’s Soliris, the current standard of care in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Merck and Nectin Therapeutics announced a research collaboration agreement to study the safety and efficacy of Nectin’s investigational antibody in locally advanced and metastatic solid tumors.
Industry leaders say the second generation of interventions for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is likely to succeed where first-generation approaches stumbled.
Janssen reported positive topline data from a Phase II proof of concept study assessing nipocalimab in severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.
Biogen and its partner, Sage Therapeutics, announced the FDA has accepted the New Drug Application for zuranolone and granted it priority review in two mental health indications.
Astellas named a new president and CEO and announced additional changes to its leadership structure in an effort to accelerate growth and chart its long-term business trajectory.
The FDA placed 4D Molecular Therapeutics’ gene therapy program, 4D-310, on clinical hold, the company announced Thursday.
The discovery of novel Alzheimer’s biomarkers is enabling better trial selection, earlier pipeline decision making and new targets for therapeutics.
Sanofi is discontinuing its Phase III study of tolebrutinib, an investigational BTK inhibitor for myasthenia gravis.
Keytruda could be on its way to snagging another indication as a first-line therapy for endometrial cancer after the company announced positive Phase III results Friday.