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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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In a recently published study, MD Anderson researchers achieved curative responses in pancreatic cancer models by targeting checkpoints in T cells and myeloid suppressor cells.
Geron announced Wednesday positive topline results from the Phase III IMerge trial evaluating the telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes patients.
Backed by Versant and Genentech, Belharra Therapeutics launched Wednesday with $130 million in total financing to advance its novel chemoproteomics platform.
Vera Therapeutics’ stock crashed following the reveal of data from a Phase IIb study of atacicept in IgAN.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics appoints a new co-CEO as it prepares for a January 11th Type A meeting for ALS hopeful NurOwn.
Amgen’s Repatha may cause cardiac harm, according to a reassessment of the biologic’s late-stage trial data.
Gilead and EVOQ Therapeutics announced a partnership to develop immunotherapies for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
Aurinia and Sun Pharma agree to file a joint motion to dismiss a key patent dispute.
Chemomab’s experimental antibody shows promise in NASH.
Two documents recently came to light: first, the results of a congressional investigation into the approval of Aduhelm; second, a revised clinical trial consent form for lecanemab.