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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.
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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.
The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
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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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Pres. Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic over. Biopharma stocks react as vaccines and antivirals are still in development.
Alzheon Inc. unveiled promising data from a Phase II biomarker trial of its investigational drug ALZ-801 to treat early Alzheimer’s disease.
Shares of Renovacor, Inc. stock are surging in premarket trading following Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ announcement it will acquire the company in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 million.
Wave Life Sciences presented promising early data from its Phase Ib/IIa SELECT-HD trial in Huntington’s disease with evidence of biomarker improvements.
First Wave BioPharma announced that it is restarting its adrulipase program for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis.
Six months after its launch, Vesalius Therapeutics is laying off 43% of its staff. With a current staff of 67, the company is slashing 29 jobs.
Genfit announced that it is Versantis for roughly $40 million cash and approximately $65 million in milestone payments and other considerations.
The past week saw promising developments in candidate therapies for cancer, congenital hyperinsulinism, chronic cough and COVID-19 vaccines.
Virios Therapeutics announced Monday its lead asset IMC-1 fell short of its primary endpoint in the Phase IIb FORTRESS study in patients with fibromyalgia.
Research on Alzheimer’s, specifically in neuroscience, continues with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, Critical Path Institute, Abbvie, AlzeCure Pharma and more.