Sanofi CEO Calls For Patience And Faith In Pipeline Ahead Of Dupixent Expiry

 
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Paul Hudson has acknowledged the firm’s R&D setbacks but says they are par for the course when tackling science ‘that has never been done before.’

CalciMedica Shares Plunge After Discontinuing Phase II AKI Study

 

Attention now shifts to the company’s review of unblinded data and whether changes to patient enrolment could support further evaluation.

BI Begins Phase III In Primary FSGS Despite Confounding Phase II Data

 
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Boehringer Ingelheim hopes TPRC6 inhibition can provide a disease-modifying therapy for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, which has no approved therapy. The smallest dose used in its Phase II study showed the highest response rate.

Novartis’s Gal: US Risks Losing Out To China On Early Trials

 

The Swiss company’s strategy head, Ronny Gal, joins calls for improvement in US competitiveness, as McKinsey highlights competition from other Asian countries beyond China.


Lilly Sounds Out Seamless To Push Hearing Loss Ambitions

 

The US giant could pay up to $1.12bn to the German biotech after getting access to its programmable recombinase technology.

India’s Innovation Leap: Biofoundry Network, Public-Private AI Research And More Actioned

 

From a biofoundry network and pharma industry backed AI research organization to a small-molecule repurposed drug in Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, experts discuss a number of advances underway as India seeks to move up the innovation ladder.

Otsuka’s Centanafadine Edges Closer To US Nod Following Priority Review

 
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US priority review for Japanese firm's first-in-class ADHD drug could result in approval of a new option this year.

Five Chinese Biotechs Tap IPOs To Study First-In-Class Candidates Overseas

 

Multiple Chinese biotechs are seeking to raise new funds through IPOs on the Hong Kong and Beijing stock exchanges to support international clinical trials for their first-in-class molecules.


Cardiff To Pursue Narrower CRC Market For Onvansertib As Top Execs Step Down

 

The company announced Phase II data and plans for its registrational Phase III trial as CEO Mark Erlander and chief financial officer James Levine left the company.

Galapagos Hopes For Third Time Lucky With De-Risked M&A Strategy

 

The Belgian biotech is closing its CAR-T division and pivoting to a new de-risked business development model, with the blessing of long-term investor, Gilead.

Boehringer Beefs Up In IBD With Simcere Pact

 
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Deal Snapshot: The German group is the latest big pharma to partner with one of China's most prolific dealmakers in an agreement that could be worth over $1bn.

Roche Eyes CT-388 Phase III Trial After Promising Obesity Data

 

Roche's CT-388 shows promise in Phase II obesity trial but analysts question "commercial relevance" in a crowded market.


New Epidarex $145m Fund Is A Fillip For UK Biotech

 
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Fund IV exclusively targets company creation and early-stage investing across the UK and the US.

Genmab Stops Recruiting Patients In Trial Of ProfoundBio ADC GEN1286

 

The Phase I/II study’s trial page was updated to say it was no longer recruiting patients after recruiting only 23 of the originally planned 260.

Bausch Health Needs Plan B After RED-C Trials Fail

 

The company said amorphous rifaximin solid soluble dispersion did not meet the primary endpoint in two Phase III RED-C trials in the prevention of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis.

Sanofi Upbeat About Amlitelimab Despite More Mixed Results

 
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The Paris-headquartered giant has heralded data from two new Phase III trials of the anti-OX40L antibody but there are still concerns over its level of efficacy.


Pipeline Watch: One Approval And Five Phase III Readouts

Pipeline Watch is a weekly snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events and approvals announced by pharmaceutical and biotech companies at medical and industry conferences, in financial and company presentations, and in company releases and statements.

BMS Continues Its Oncology Dealmaking Spree With Janux

 

Deal Snapshot: BMS is casting a broad net in oncology as it looks to replace its aging blockbuster Opdivo with a variety of novel cancer therapies.

Corcept’s Relacorilant May See All-Comers Advantage, If Approved

 

The company announced that the Phase III ROSELLA trial in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer met its overall survival primary endpoint.

Analysts Crow About Potential Of Corvus Pill To Beat Dupixent

 
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The US biotech has upsized its public offering to $175m after the success of soquelitinib in a very early trial for atopic dermatitis.