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Biogen’s new data, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, supports a tau-focused approach to the intractable neurodegenerative disease; psychedelics are back in the news with more positive data from Compass Pathways and final guidance from the FDA; and the ATTR-CM space got a major shakeup with the late-stage failure of AstraZeneca and Ionis’ antisense therapeutic.
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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 FDA has two PDUFA dates on its calendar this week, with two extra days slotted for an advisory committee meeting to evaluate drug applications from three companies.
Intellia Therapeutics reported early, positive signs from its in vivo gene therapies for both transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis and hereditary angioedema Friday.
AstraZeneca’s rare disease subsidiary Alexion posted positive late-stage results from a potential complementary treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
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Palisade Bio is laying off 20 percent of its workforce, the company announced Thursday. The cost-saving measures are expected to amount to over $1.5 million per annum.
The Lancet Commission published a lengthy criticism of the WHO’s COVID-19 pandemic response. In turn, the WHO offered a reply to a number of the complaints.