When gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. ("AskBio") and biotechnology company Selecta Biosciences ("Selecta") joined forces to combat genetic disorders, each company brought its best technology and insights. AskBio…
Takeda Pharmaceuticals has recently awarded XOMA Corporation $2 million for reaching the next milestone in the development of mezagitamab, a treatment for myasthenia gravis (MG). According to Biospace, XOMA has…
According to a press release from the biopharmaceutical company Sanofi, the company's investigational treatment avalglucosidase alfa will have its Biologics License Application (BLA) evaluated by the US Food and Drug…
According to an article from Biospace, Takeda Pharmaceuticals has released the results from their Phase 3 HELP trial, an extension study of TAKHZYRO. This hereditary angioedema (HAE) treatment has shown…
According to a story from Fierce Pharma, the drug company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has seen its investigational therapy lumasiran (marketed as Oxlumo) recently gain approval for use in the EU as…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the pharmaceutical and diagnostics company The Menarini Group recently announced that its drug tagraxofsup (marketed as Elzonris) has a received a positive opinion…
The annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology was recently held, where data was presented on Cimzia and Bimekizumab. Not only were both of these therapies found to benefit…
According to Biospace, Acceleron Pharma has presented preliminary data from their ongoing Phase 2 trial of sotatercept, a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study, titled SPECTRA, is designed…
According to a story from GlobeNewswire, the rare disease liver company Albireo Pharma, Inc., recently announced positive results from a phase 3 study testing the company's experimental drug odevixibat as…
This year, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) held their Convergence 2020 meeting virtually from November 5-9, with additional poster presentations on November 10 and 21. According to a…
According to a press release from the biopharmaceutical company Sanofi, the Biologics License Application (BLA) for its drug avalglucosidase alfa has been accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration…
Syndax Pharmaceuticals has plans to release data on axatilimab, a treatment for chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, which will take place…
by Lauren Taylor from In The Cloud Copy Spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, is a genetic disease that affects an individual’s central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as their…
Early last week, Agios Pharmaceuticals ("Agios") announced that its treatment Mitapivat received Orphan Drug designation. This orally administered therapy is a pyruvate kinase R (PKR) activator. As Agios has…
Edgewise Therapeutics has announced their plan to initiate a Phase 1 trial of EDG-5506, their small molecule therapy for Becker muscular dystrophy. It will take place at Worldwide Clinical Trials…
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, based in Boston, MA, is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of therapies to treat rare genetic diseases that cause obesity. Until now, there have not been…
IntraBio has recently launched an extension study of their Phase II trial of IB1001, a treatment for Niemann-Pick disease Type C. This decision was made shortly after analyzing the positive…
Sierra Oncology has recently released two abstracts that will be presented at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. The meeting is planned for December 5-8. Both abstracts…
According to a story from Newswise, the genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has recently announced that the first patient has been dosed in its phase 1 trial, which will test…
Sedor Pharmaceuticals, a partner of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, has recently received FDA approval for SESQUIENT, its status epilepticus treatment. It has been cleared for the treatment of both adult and pediatric…
According to a story from pharmalive.com, the drug company Calliditas Therapeutics will plan to seek approval for its therapy Nefecon from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This approval…
According to a story from Cancer Network, the European Commission has recently approved a two-part combination treatment for advanced, homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)-positive ovarian cancer. This first-line maintenance treatment consists…
According to Biospace, Allogene's trial of ALLO-715 for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma was marred by a patient death. Data from this trial is slated to be presented in December at the…
According to a story from Newswise, trial results released in the journal PLOS Medicine suggest that the drug vamorolone could provide an enhancement in the effectiveness of corticosteroid therapy in patients…
CymaBay Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in Newark, CA, develops and provides access to novel therapies with a recent focus on primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The company is currently developing…
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