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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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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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On Nov. 16, the FDA’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drug Advisory Committee will meet to discuss the relative merits of Ardelyx’s tenapanor in chronic kidney disease.
Monday, Actinium Pharmaceuticals released promising results Monday from a Phase III trial studying its lead radiotherapy candidate, Iomab-B, for patients with relapsed or refractory AML.
The implications of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) are beginning to show as Alnylam drops the Stargardt indication for vutrisiran and Sanofi’s CEO reassures investors.
ESSA confirmed that Janssen has stepped away from a prostate cancer collaboration due to “operational recruitment challenges.”
Platform technology company Replay, based in San Diego and London, has launched Eudora, a gene therapy company targeting genetic diseases of the retina.
CytoDyn withdrew its pending Biologics License Application for leronlimab in HIV, citing concerns involving the contract research organization managing its trials.
While reporting stellar third-quarter financials, AbbVie announced it was halting development of cedirogant and provided updates on Skyrizi, Rinvoq and Humira.
An investigator in the Phase III trial for Biogen and Eisai’s experimental Alzhiemer’s drug, lecanemab, is attributing a patient’s death to the treatment.
Sanofi will drop its IL-2 candidate, citing a lack of efficacy in the early stages of data collection, the company announced in its Q3 report Friday.
Mereo and Rubric Capital Management settled their proxy battle, entering a cooperation agreement. As a result, Rubric withdrew its notice for a General Meeting of shareholders.