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The failure of Roche’s Ionis-partnered tominersen in Huntington’s disease may indicate that Wave Life Sciences’ allele-specific antisense oligonucleotide candidate WVE-003 is on the right track, according to analysts at Rodman & Renshaw.
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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.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing for the withdrawal of the rare disease treatment that accounted for just 1% of Amgen’s 2025 revenue. Nevertheless, Amgen continues to defend the medicine, which was acquired in the $3.7 billion buyout of ChemoCentryx.
Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
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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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An anti-CD70 antibody drug conjugate developed by Ambrx, Inc. has been administered to the first patient in a Phase I study in China. It marks the first ADC in active development that targets CD70.
A gene therapy being developed by Eikonoklastes Therapeutics to treat ALS received Orphan Drug Designation, the company announced Wednesday.
Third Rock-founded Faze Medicines appears to be shuttering operations, with several former employees signaling they are looking for new jobs.
Oncolytics Biotech released data Thursday from a Phase I/II study in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that support plans to advance the program into Phase III.
With a fresh $18 million in the bank, NRG Therapeutics is ready to put its novel mitochondrial approach to the test for devastating neurodegenerative disorders—Parkinson’s and ALS.
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Bankruptcy might be looming for embattled Clovis Oncology, the company warned Wednesday in a 10-Q filing. Clovis also revealed it has taken action to reduce its workforce by 115 employees.
Ipsen will seek a new approval for Onivyde as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) after posting positive Phase III progression survival data.
The FDA deemed AstraZeneca’s PT027 to have a favorable risk-benefit profile for treating asthma in patients aged 18 or older but was less keen on supporting the drug in younger populations.
The FDA greenlit Libtayo plus chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced NSCLC irrespective of EGFR, ALK or ROS1 aberrations. It is the drug’s second approval in this space.