Solid phase III efficacy results for Moderna Inc.’s seasonal influenza vaccine, mRNA-1010, may lead the company to resubmit a BLA for a flu/COVID-19 combo shot it has been developing. The top-line data showed Moderna’s flu vaccine produced a superior relative efficacy that was 26.6% higher than a comparator standard-dose seasonal influenza vaccine in people ages 50 and older.
Inmune Bio Inc. claimed a phase II win with TNF inhibitor Xpro (pegipanermin) in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD), though the study missed its primary and secondary endpoints, leading shares of the firm (NASDAQ:INMB) to close at $2.16, down $3.18, or almost 60%.
BioWorld tracked 223 clinical trial updates across phases I to III in May 2025, marking an increase from 197 in March and 151 in April. Among these, 17 trials reported positive phase III results, while two ended in failure and another two delivered mixed outcomes.
Top-line results from Altimmune Inc.’s phase IIb Impact study of pemvidutide in treating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis showed the peptide-based GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist hit one primary endpoint while not hitting statistical significance in another.
With a growing number of people wearing continuous glucose monitors and an ever-shrinking number of hospital-based nurses, bringing your own device or using personal CGMs to measure glucose levels during hospitalizations seems like a no-brainer.
The U.K. government will offer women home-testing kits for cervical screening as part of an effort to tackle barriers and get more of them taking this potentially life-saving test.
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes who used a hybrid closed loop automated insulin delivery system averaged more than three additional hours per day in their recommended glucose range than those who managed their diabetes with insulin injections or non-automated pump systems, a study presented at the 85th Scientific Sessions of the American Association in Chicago demonstrated.
Immuno Cure Biotech Ltd. is collaborating with Pharmajet Inc. to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of its HIV therapeutic DNA vaccine, Icvax, delivered via Pharmajet's innovative Tropis needle-free injection system.
Post pandemic, Moderna Inc. is broadening the applications of mRNA technology to cancer, rare diseases, latent viruses and respiratory viruses, “taking advantage” of the revenue generated by Spikevax (elasomeran), its mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19.
Atopic dermatitis data from Nektar Therapeutics Inc. put investors even more in the mood for further results with rezpegaldesleukin (rezpeg), an IL-2 pathway agonist and regulatory T-cell proliferator, also in the works for severe to very severe alopecia areata.
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