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It was a very busy week for clinical trial news, with much of it coming out of the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Read on for details.
There are an estimated 2.3 million people living with Multiple Sclerosis and hundreds of thousands more undiagnosed, adding up to an annual cost of nearly $85 billion for care in the United States.
BioSpace looked at some of the efforts to improve the host system’s immune response, as well as others to improve allogeneic or autologous cell transplants.
The FDA granted Merck’s investigational 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (V116) for IPD and pneumococcal pneumonia Breakthrough Therapy Designation.
AbbVie and Genmab announced positive topline results from their Phase I/II trial for lymphoma treatment; Sanofi posted positive results from its Phase I/II trial for the treatment of ITP.
The revised operating plan also includes reductions in spending related to general and administrative expenses and investments in its research platform.
Drug pricing watchdog ICER issued a draft report on bluebird bio’s gene therapy betibeglogene autotemcel for beta-thalassemia. The report touted the therapy’s cost-effectiveness.
Pfizer and BioNTech will submit updated data to the FDA to support the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccination boosters in children between the age of 5 and 11.
The AACR annual meeting concluded on April 13, showcasing hundreds of preclinical to late-stage information from ongoing studies on treatment candidates.
ProQR Therapeutics, which is developing RNA therapies for genetic eye diseases, announced Wednesday that it will be restructuring and laying off 30% of its staff.
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