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The German firm’s chairman, Hubertus von Baumbach, is adopting a ‘wait-and-see’ approach to the threat of pharma tariffs.
With new Phase II data, Edgewise asserted that EDG-7500, a sarcomere modulator, could offer better efficacy and safety than cardiac myosin inhibitors in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Strong sales growth for the German group’s SGLT2 inhibitor in 2024
The firm has lofty ambitions for the aldosterone synthase inhibitor to treat hypertension and kidney disease.
The ZENITH study is a landmark for Merck’s first-in-class activin signalling inhibitor and pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment.
The UK giant is forecasting peak sales of $5bn plus
The Belgian firm banks nearly €77.7m to push its Charcot-Marie-Tooth to proof-of-concept.
Amvuttra will target a substantially larger patient population with a new indication, but it is third to market behind Pfizer’s Vyndaqel and Bridge Bio’s Attruby and will cost more.
Chairman Antoine Papiernik spoke to Scrip about the therapeutic areas that where the VC major is looking at to invest its considerable cash pile.
Battling AstraZeneca in the aldosterone inhibitor space, Mineralys reports Phase III data showing lorundrostat can significantly decrease uncontrolled/resistant blood pressure at six weeks.
Pharma revenues are going to fall this year as a result of deeper generic competition for the German group’s top-selling drug, Xarelto, but it should return to growth from 2027 onwards.
The company will soon have Phase I data on its in vivo gene-editing PSCK9 inhibitor and hopes Lilly is persuaded to opt into its development.
Attruby is making fast inroads thanks to its edge over Pfizer’s established Vyndaqel, but will soon face competition from Alnylam.
Over 140 biopharma leaders share their views on developments to watch for in key therapeutic areas this year. Advances in multiple scientific fields are opening up new avenues for treatment.
The Swiss major may have to pay over $3bn for the dual-acting Factor XI/XIa inhibitor that it originally developed before the drug was passed on to Anthos Therapeutics, founded by private equity firm Blackstone and the Swiss major in 2019.
The company needs a string of Phase III wins this year to keep on track to reach $80bn revenues in 2030, with analysts still skeptical. Meanwhile, investors were relieved to learn that any fine related to a China corruption probe would be relatively modest.
The Phase III HYPERION study in recently diagnosed PAH is ending early due to sotatercept’s strength. Phase III ZENITH similarly stopped early in November.
The company announced data that exceeded expectations and prompted a jump in its stock price shortly after its shares plunged on news of a related Lilly drug’s discontinuation.
While quieter than some recent years, 2024 did produce several clinical trial readouts destined to have an impact on their respective markets. Here, in roughly chronological order, Scrip takes a look at the 10 clinical stories that got readers clicking the most over the past 12 months.
The Swiss group has had an up and down year and it is not ending well, as the proposed sale of its recently-approved antihypertensive Tryvio has been delayed.