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A low-dose win could derisk a regulatory pathway for BMS’ LPA1 antagonist in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after a recently reported patient death, but a miss at the higher dose leaves analysts awaiting full data.
Data released by the FDA show that Revolution Medicine’s newly approved pancreatic cancer drug underperformed in a large subgroup of patients, but analysts say the biotech still has a clear winner.
The centerpiece of Bristol Myers Squibb’s 2024 RayzeBio buy has read out, hitting the primary endpoint in a late-stage tumor trial.
Argenx shares have fallen more than 13% after the surprise futility finding, which overshadowed a mid-stage celiac disease win for a separate asset acquired in the company’s $2.2 billion Forte Biosciences buy.
After one patient death prompted an FDA hold this spring, Newron Pharmaceuticals has now shared that a total of four fatalities have been recorded among participants receiving its schizophrenia candidate. A fifth death was recorded among those taking the placebo.
The Takeda spinout showed that a high dose of solengepras can shorten the periods during which difficult Parkinson’s disease symptoms like involuntary movements and sleepiness.
ArriVent BioPharma’s Phase 3 lung cancer trial was clouded by stronger-than-expected data for patients receiving chemotherapy, prompting analysts to pivot focus to a late-stage test of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor in a different type of lung cancer and to the biotech’s antibody-drug conjugate pipeline.
AbbVie and Genmab’s bispecific antibody blew analyst expectations out of the water with a 51% improvement in progression-free survival when used alongside a standard frontline regimen in diffuse large B cell lymphoma—potentially setting up a battle with Roche’s Polivy.
VAX-31 beat Pfizer and Merck’s established pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in a Phase 3 trial, exceeding investors’ most ambitious scenario and setting Vaxcyte up to challenge the Big Pharmas in a market worth $8 billion.
Bristol Myers Squibb will soon release Phase 3 data for admilparant that could make or break Contineum Therapeutics’ rival product. But reports of a death due to liver injury in the pharma’s program have caused some unease about the drug class.
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