Exelixis Inc.’s positive phase III top-line data June 22 with zanzalintinib (zanza) in colorectal cancer had Wall Street speculating anew about the odds with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor in an important indication.
Antibiotics specialist Bioversys AG has sealed a potential CHF529 million (US$667.5 million) deal with Shionogi Co. Ltd., in which they will work together on novel ansamycins for treating multidrug-resistant lung infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
Puretech Health plc’s rollout May 20 of more phase IIb data with deupirfenidone (LYT-100) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) perked optimism for that compound – a deuterated form of p38 MAP kinase inhibitor pirfenidone – as well as others in the busy therapeutic space.
Antibiotics specialist Bioversys AG has sealed a potential CHF529 million (US$667.5 million) deal with Shionogi Co. Ltd., in which they will work together on novel ansamycins for treating multidrug-resistant lung infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
The joining of psychedelic specialists Beckley Psytech Ltd. and Atai Life Sciences can now go ahead after the pair announced positive top-line results from the phase IIb study of BPL-003, an intranasal formulation of 5-MeO-DMT benzoate.
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.
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