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Eli Lilly’s anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug is designed to be stopped after patients drop below a certain amyloid level in the brain. However, at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Wednesday, Lilly revealed it is studying the potential of maintenance therapy for patients who need it.
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Biogen touted an “unprecedented” drop in tau in a Phase 2 trial, backing the company’s decision to take diranersen to Phase 3 despite a missed primary endpoint and seemingly supporting the anti-tau approach.
As antibody-drug conjugates advance and move into earlier lines of treatment, drug developers have to build gentler therapies that don’t just extend survival but improve it.
FDA’s rare disease decisions are strongest when the patient community has a voice in advisory committee decisions.
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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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The possible addition of a new lithium-based drug to the list of available therapeutics is important because many physicians are reluctant to prescribe lithium.
Axsome Therapeutics received good news regarding its NDA for AXS-05, a treatment for depression, and Aytu BioScience received Fast Track designation for its VEDS treatment.
Sionna hit the ground with a pipeline of first-in-class small molecules designed to fully restore the function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein in CF patients.
Following first-quarter results, Johnson & Johnson is projecting almost $1 billion less in revenue for the year than the initial guidance it gave in January.
Two investigational drugs have been taking the spotlight recently from Revive and Ascletis as they share news regarding their potential treatment against COVID-19.
Finch Therapeutics has slashed its headcount by 20% in order to free funds to focus its resources on its programs in recurrent C. difficile infection and autism spectrum disorder
INmune Bio has announced that it has dosed the first patient in its Phase II clinical trial of XPro1595 for the treatment of neuroinflammation as a cause of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals faces a major hurdle after top-line results from its study of ACP-044 for post-surgery pain failed to meet desired outcomes.
The new building will suit multiple life sciences industry segments, including biopharma, medtech, agroscience and more.
New Haven, Conn.-based BioXcel Therapeutics launched a wholly-owned subsidiary, OnkosXcel, to focus on oncology.