Phase II
It was a particularly busy week for clinical trial updates, mostly because of several virtual conferences, including the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020 and The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s Annual Meetings. Here’s a look.
AstraZeneca reported that the CALAVI Phase II trials of Calquence (acalabrutinib) in hospitalized patients with respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 failed to meet the trials’ primary efficacy endpoint.
Five Prime Therapeutics Inc., in collaboration Zai Lab Limited on the development bemarituzumab, a novel therapy for front-line advanced non HER2+ gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, on Wednesday announced groundbreaking positive topline Phase II results.
Here’s a look at recent clinical trial pauses around the biopharma industry.
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for November 10, 2020.
A recent study shows that Bristol Myers Squibb’s oral tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor deucravacitinib was associated with noticeable improvements in signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis compared with placebo.
Three hemophilia organizations issued a joint statement reporting that Sanofi Genzyme had placed a global dosing hold on its full clinical development program.
It was relatively quiet in terms of COVID-19-related clinical trials, but there was still quite a bit of news for trials involving other indications. Here’s a look.
Assembly Biosciences, Inc. provided an update on Nov. 5 of its ongoing Phase 2 extension study, Study 211, examining vebicorvir (VBR, or ABI-H0731) in patients with hepatitis B virus infection.
Additional findings from Biogen’s Phase II LILAC study, announced today, show the company’s lupus drug candidate BIIB059 is superior to placebo for reducing joint disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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