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Beigene Ltd.’s selective inhibitor, Brukinsa (zanubrutinib), made up for a 2019 miss in a head-to-head study against Johnson & Johnson and Abbvie Inc.’s Imbruvica (ibrutinib) with positive new data from a phase III trial.
HONG KONG – Lutris Pharma Ltd., a company taking on the dermal toxicity common to cancer therapy with EGFR inhibitors, has begun testing its lead product, the B-Raf inhibitor LUT-014, in a phase II trial targeting reduction of acne-like lesions associated with the class. Partial results are expected by the end of 2021.
Acutus Medical Inc. appears to have solved one of the more vexing problems in cardiology, the sheer persistence of persistent atrial fibrillation despite treatment. In a study recently published in Heart Rhythm, the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company demonstrated that 73% of patients undergoing ablation using the new pulmonary vein isolation plus core-to-boundary guided approach experienced acute termination of AF after one procedure, compared to 10% of patients undergoing ablation with the traditional posterior wall isolation approach.
Shares of Biolinerx Ltd. (NASDAQ:BLRX) shot up 53% to $4.88 May 4 on news that adding its lead candidate, motixafortide, to standard of care G-CSF for hematopoietic stem cell mobilization helped achieve significantly better mobilization than G-CSF alone in a phase III trial. The company said it's working "aggressively" to gain regulatory approval to market the drug for use in autologous bone marrow transplants for multiple myeloma (MM) patients, with plans to make an NDA submission in the first half of 2022.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Arch, Biolinerx, Checkmate, Cytokinetics, Cyxone, Genprex, HDT Bio, Ichnos, Immunitybio, Kiniksa, Merus, Obseva, Revolo, Rezolute, Tarsus, Vaxart, Verona.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AB, Eloxx, Mesoblast, Phathom, Scynexis, Synairgen, Tessa, Treadwell, Vifor.
Urgency to meet the world's worsening load of COVID-19 cases appeared unflagging Thursday, with four new trials kicking off to evaluate treatments aimed at keeping people from progressing to worsened disease and reports on two new variant-focused efforts yielding signs of preclinical promise.
Urgency to meet the world's worsening load of COVID-19 cases appeared unflagging Thursday, with four new trials kicking off to evaluate treatments aimed at keeping people from progressing to worsened disease and reports on two new variant-focused efforts yielding signs of preclinical promise.
Despite stock-denting phase II data with the oral version of Korsuva (difelikefalin) for moderate to severe pruritis in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD), Cara Therapeutics Inc. CEO Derek Chalmers said the outcome “prioritizes moving forward. We got what we needed from the phase II trial,” which identified the patients most sensitive to the drug, nailed down a dose spectrum, and equipped the company to power a registrational effort, he said.
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