Vanessa Doctor, RN

Lantern will reacquire the Irofulven program and evaluate its potential for advanced development to treat bladder and prostate cancers.
The company said its Allergan eye drops met both its primary and key secondary endpoints, with patients reporting near and intermediate improvements in vision.
Oramed Pharmaceuticals said that its majority-owned firm Oravax Medical would be spearheading the project, first in Israel and later in other international clinical locations.
Scientists at Gladstone discovered a molecular mechanism that can manipulate random fluctuations, or “noise,” when stem cells transform into different other cells in the body.
Total payment amounts are contingent on the number of governments that will agree to suspend their lawsuits as part of the deal.
The company said it has decided to close the study’s open-label and maintenance portions given the inability to satisfy endpoint goals.
Researchers say transplanting fecal microbiota from the mother into the newborn can reverse the risk for Type 1 diabetes for babies who had been exposed to antibiotic treatments early.
Genentech announced that the FDA has green-lit the Venclexta classification and azicitidine combination as a Breakthrough Therapy Drug.
Preclinical data for its drug candidate, LP-184, reportedly showed over 90 percent efficacy in shrinking pancreatic cancer tumors in mouse models in vitro, in-vivo, and ex-vivo.
FDA
The FDA said it found an issue with the “size of the treatment effect and clinical relevance” of Ardelyx’s new drug tenapanor without providing additional details.
The firm would be moving forward to Phase III for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is expected to commence before the end of 2021.
The randomized, multi-center study called CheckMate -651 evaluates Opdivo 3 mg/kg every two weeks in combination with Yervoy 1mg/kg every six weeks.
Master planning for the site is slated to begin in 2022 and will reportedly create one of the largest life sciences cluster in Europe.
The amount is intended to support the company’s growing portfolio of RNA technologies and accelerate efforts to develop various treatment approaches in the gene therapy field.
The CMA said some pharmaceutical firms charge the NHS with excessively high prices for hydrocortisone tablets and paid off potential competitors to stay out of the market.