Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bridgebio Pharma Inc. will hand over development and sales of its rare bone growth disorder therapy, infigratinib, in Japan to Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. under its latest exclusive licensing deal.
Hong Kong’s Hutchmed (China) Ltd. reported mixed phase III results of fruquintinib as a second-line combination therapy for advanced gastric cancer on Feb. 6, with the oral vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor hitting just one co-primary endpoint.
In a crowded thyroid eye disease (TED) space, Innovent Biologics Inc. reported positive late-stage findings for its TED therapy, IBI-311, spurring the Suzhou, China-based biopharma to file for regulatory approval in China.
Inventiva SA has halted enrollment in its pivotal phase III Nativ3 trial with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) candidate lanifibranor after a patient experienced raised liver enzymes indicative of autoimmune hepatitis. The resulting delays to the study could spell trouble for the firm, which estimates its cash runway will only see it through to the start of the third quarter 2024.
South Korean biopharmaceutical firm GNT Pharma Co. Ltd. on Feb. 13 reported positive findings from a domestic phase III trial of its neuroprotectant therapy, nelonemdaz (NEU-2000), for patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bridgebio Pharma Inc. will hand over development and sales of its rare bone growth disorder therapy, infigratinib, in Japan to Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. under its latest exclusive licensing deal.
Hong Kong’s Hutchmed (China) Ltd. reported mixed phase III results of fruquintinib as a second-line combination therapy for advanced gastric cancer on Feb. 6, with the oral vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor hitting just one co-primary endpoint.
Armed with strong phase III safety data in Japanese patients, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bridgebio Pharma Inc. is planning to file for Japan approval of its investigational drug acoramidis for a rare heart disorder.
Armed with strong phase III safety data in Japanese patients, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bridgebio Pharma Inc. is planning to file for Japan approval of its investigational drug acoramidis for a rare heart disorder.
What Piper Sandler analyst Christopher Raymond called the “shocking” decision by Allovir Inc. to scrap development of posoleucel – which had advanced to three phase III trials – for all indications sent shares of the firm (NASDAQ:ALVR) in a tailspin, closing Dec. 22 at 76 cents, down $1.56, or 67%.
