A pivotal test of Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s dry powder acute migraine candidate, STS-101, found neither of two doses evaluated met the co-primary endpoints, freeing people from pain or their most bothersome symptom two hours post-administration.
As Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc. gears up to start the pivotal phase III study of CPI-0610 in myelofibrosis (MF), Wall Street is mulling how likely are the stars to align for the Cambridge, Mass.-based company with its small-molecule inhibitor of bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) proteins.
HONG KONG – Sanofi SA has finally ended its clinical development of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s efpeglenatide as a type 2 diabetes treatment, and the Korean firm is now considering how to move forward with developing the once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist, which employs Hanmi's Lapscovery delivery technology.
Shares of Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. (NASDAQ:ITCI) climbed 72.8% to $31.86 on Sept. 9 following news that its FDA-approved schizophrenia drug, Caplyta (lumateperone), could also help improve bipolar depression.
A phase III trial of AZD-1222, an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Astrazeneca plc and Oxford University, has been paused due to an unexplained illness that occurred in the U.K., the company said on Sept. 8.
DUBLIN – Shares in Amryt Pharma plc surged by more than 36% Sept. 9 on news that Filsuvez (AP-101, Oleogel-S10) attained the primary endpoint of a phase III trial in epidermolysis bullosa.
LONDON – Results from two non-randomized phase I/II trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V that recently received conditional regulatory approval show both a frozen and a freeze-dried formulation of the two-shot vaccine had a good safety profile and induced antibody responses in all 76 participants within 21 days.
New medical instruments with integrated soft electronics could improve diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions. The surgical tools use soft materials that conform to the body’s tissue and permit a single catheter to combine diagnostic and therapeutic functions while providing real-time feedback and electrophysiological information.
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