Phase III
It was a busy, busy week for clinical trial news and updates, largely driven by the annual ASCO meeting taking place June 3-7 in Chicago.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shared news that the FDA has extended the review period for AMX0035, a combination drug treatment with the potential to treat patients with ALS.
The results showed that insulin icodec is as non-inferior to Sanofi’s insulin glargine, Lantus, potentially bringing another major competitor into the insulin space.
Acelyrin, Affibody AB and Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals presented positive Phase II data for izokibep in psoriatic arthritis, while Aurinia’s Lupkynis hit post-hoc treatment targets in lupus nephritis.
Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have announced results from the Phase III VALOR trial and an open-label extension (OLE) trial of tofersen.
Bristol Myers Squibb announced Friday that it is acquiring San Diego-based Turning Point Therapeutics in a deal totaling about $4.1 billion.
June is starting off with a number of important dates for the FDA, including an advisory committee meeting to discuss COVID-19 vaccines in children as young as six months.
BioSpace spoke with Payton Nyquvest, co-founder and CEO of Numinus about changing perceptions around psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the company’s work in this space.
Centessa announced Thursday it is discontinuing the development of its lead asset, lixivaptan, for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
Children under the age of five could be eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine against COVID-19 as soon as late June.
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