Phase III

Takeda will advance its experimental drug for plaque psoriasis, TAK-279, to Phase III later this year after the TYK2 inhibitor met its primary and secondary endpoints in a Phase IIb study.
Karuna Therapeutics released data Monday from the Phase III EMERGENT-3 trial showing that KarXT met the primary endpoint, significantly improving symptom severity.
Biomarkers as a surrogate endpoint in ALS will go on trial on March 22 as Biogen and Ionis’s tofersen faces the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee.
For Daiichi Sankyo, recent results from the Phase III CLEAR trial of Esperion Therapeutics’ Nexletol (bempedoic acid) were not convincing enough to trigger a milestone payment.
The FDA will hold an advisory committee meeting for Sarepta’s investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy ahead of its May 29, 2023 action date.
Weeks after the FDA rejected Veru’s Emergency Use Authorization bid for sabizabulin in COVID-19, the company announced plans to continue with late-stage development of the drug.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals announced the approval of Daybue (trofinetide) as the first and only drug to treat Rett Syndrome, a rare, neurodegenerative disorder affecting primarily girls.
AstraZeneca reported positive data from both the Phase III ADAURA trial studying Tagrisso (osimertinib) and the Phase III AEGEAN studying Imfinzi (durvalumab) in NSCLC patients.
Data released Wednesday from the Phase III A4 study showed solanezumab fell short of its primary endpoint, failing to slow cognitive decline in patients with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.
An independent panel of advisers voted to approve Genentech’s Polivy after internal FDA staff raised concerns regarding the efficacy and risk-benefit profile as a first-line treatment for large B-cell lymphoma.
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