Phase III
Roche announced its investigational antibody gantenerumab failed to meet the primary endpoints in GRADUATE I and II - two Phase III studies in Alzheimer’s disease.
At the FDA’s request, GSK has restricted the use of Zejula, a PARP inhibitor, to a specific population as a second-line maintenance treatment for ovarian cancer following updated data.
Seagen’s Adcetris has been given FDA approval for the treatment of children aged two years and above with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics ran into another stumbling block with ALS hopeful NurOwn Thursday as the FDA issued a Refusal to File Letter for its Biologics License Application.
An anti-CD70 antibody drug conjugate developed by Ambrx, Inc. has been administered to the first patient in a Phase I study in China. It marks the first ADC in active development that targets CD70.
Oncolytics Biotech released data Thursday from a Phase I/II study in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that support plans to advance the program into Phase III.
Ipsen will seek a new approval for Onivyde as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) after posting positive Phase III progression survival data.
The FDA deemed AstraZeneca’s PT027 to have a favorable risk-benefit profile for treating asthma in patients aged 18 or older but was less keen on supporting the drug in younger populations.
GSK is planning a Phase III trial evaluating bepirovirsen as a potential functional cure for chronic hepatitis B infection, despite the most recently released data appearing less robust than the interim analyses.
A request for additional data may cause a 3-month delay for potential approval of BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s hemophilia A gene therapy.
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