Respiratory
With the $10bn acquisition of Verona, Merck gains the marketed COPD drug Ohtuvayre, reentering respiratory, where it was once a leader with Singulair.
The UK firm's chronic obstructive pulmonary drug Ohtuvayre has been enjoying a stellar launch.
After the failure of its lead asset in a Phase II trial earlier this year, Korea's Bridge Biotherapeutics has accepted an acquisition offer from bitcoin group Parataxis.
Insmed’s inhaled treprostinil exceeded goals for reducing pulmonary vascular resistance and improving six-minute walk test distance in Phase IIb data.
The French company will start shipping its blockbuster shortly to meet expected strong demand in the 2025–26 RSV season.
In a turn of fortunes, Lyra Therapeutics has reported positive Phase III results for LYR-210 in chronic rhinosinusitis, boosting hopes for US approval. The company plans to submit an NDA and pursue further trials, but its cash position is precarious.
The information flow in the months before the approval of GSK’s Nucala in COPD provides an interesting case study, and brings to mind the cautionary tale of Alnylam’s Onpattro.
One Phase III trial hits but a second study misses by a mile.
The UK major's asthma drug gets a key expanded approval.
The German company has big plans for the next five years or so. Scrip speaks to its chief medical officer Lykke Hinsch Gylvin about how it is using AI and other innovative approaches to make good on its ambitions.
Coming one day after Boehringer’s underwhelming data, PureTech’s tweaked molecule, deupirfenidone, shows promise in slowing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
The company hoped its follow-up to blockbuster Ofev could clearly improve efficacy and safety benefits, but the full Phase III results from nerandomilast’s FIBRONEER-IPF fall short of a slam dunk.
The first of two Phase III trials in obstructive sleep apnea showed Apnimed’s combination pill can offer a therapeutic alternative to entrenched CPAP devices.
The company hopes the drug will become the standard of care rescue treatment in asthma.
InSilico will leapfrog Phase IIb to progress its AI-generated candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis directly into a Phase III trial in China, as it prepares for an IPO in Hong Kong.
The triple therapy improves lung function in the Phase III KALOS and LOGOS studies
As the PDUFA date for the UK major’s IL-5 inhibitor draws close.
The biotech has rejected a takeover bid from Nordic Capital but a sale to private equity could be a solution to the public market's continued reluctance to adequately value PureTech’s hub-and-spoke business model.
Paratek agrees to acquire Optinose in a “take-private” deal valued at $330m, adding chronic rhinosinusitis product Xhance to its antibiotic Nuzyra.
A Phase IIa trial studying Haduvio for the treatment of refractory chronic cough showed a benefit for patients, opening the door to a broad market and impressing investors.