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New draft guidance from the FDA on multiple myeloma endpoints reflects the new technology available to assess disease and how patient journeys have changed with better treatments.
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With the biopharma industry performing better of late, analysts, executives and other industry watchers are “cautiously optimistic”—a term heard all over the streets of San Francisco at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this month.
Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Merck are contributing drug ingredients as part of their deals with the White House but are keeping many of the terms of their agreements private.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
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In two late-stage trials, the experimental oral drug evobrutinib was unable to significantly reduce annualized relapse rates in MS patients compared with Sanofi’s Aubagio tablets.
A combination of Roche’s investigational treatment with Ibrance and fulvestrant met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival in the first-line setting in treating PIK3CA-mutated breast cancer.
In this third episode of Denatured’s series on AI in drug discovery, we discuss patient behavior and its influence on clinical trials and AI models with guests from GSK, IQVIA, Exelixis and DataHow.
ALTO-300 was significantly more effective in major depressive disorder patients with a specific EEG biomarker than in those without, according to results from an Alto Neuroscience Phase IIa study.
The regulator placed a partial clinical hold on Roche’s fenebrutinib—being developed for relapsing MS—after two patients experienced elevated hepatic transaminase and bilirubin levels indicative of liver injury.
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration showed comparable results to Regeneron’s Eylea with a less frequent dosing regimen.
In the latest example of big pharma entering AI collaborations or using AI-based tools, AstraZeneca’s deal with Absci will aim to produce an oncology candidate.
The acquisition will give Roche access to Carmot’s clinical portfolio of three GLP-1 receptor agonists, placing it squarely in the middle of the competition to treat overweight and obesity.
The European Medicines Agency is seeking additional information from the makers of GLP-1 drugs as part of its ongoing review of the potential risk of suicide and self-harm thoughts associated with the class.
Lilly’s Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib) can now be used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia that had progressed from at least two prior lines of therapy, in addition to its previously-approved indications.