Persica Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has delivered positive 12-month follow-up data from its phase Ib study of PP-353, an injectable antibiotic for treating chronic lower back pain, and is now looking for a partner and further financing to take the product into phase III development.
The march toward better drugs in Parkinson’s disease suffered a setback as Irlab Therapeutics AB rolled out top-line results from the phase IIb study with pirepemat called React-PD.
Biocity Biopharmaceutics Co. Ltd.’s selective endothelin receptor type A antagonist, SC-0062, met the primary endpoint of reducing proteinuria in a phase II diabetic kidney disease cohort. Conducted at 40 sites across China, the 2-Succeed phase II trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of SC-0062 in patients with chronic kidney disease with proteinuria.
As U.S. regulatory uncertainty swirls around the vaccine space and health care in general, Vaxcyte Inc. stands poised for a readout of phase II infant data by the end of this quarter with VAX-24, the 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). The San Carlos, Calif.-based firm will offer top-line safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity data, to be followed by top-line data with the booster dose by the end of this year.
For executives of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc., the missed primary endpoint in the phase IIb Progress study testing pilavapadin, its non-opioid candidate, in adults with moderate to severe diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain seemed merely a footnote for what CEO Mike Exton called an “exciting and long-awaited day for the Lexicon team, collaborators and patients.”
In January 2025, BioWorld tracked 171 phase I-III clinical trial updates, down from 212 in December. The month delivered 12 successful phase III outcomes, six of those in cancer, while two trials ended in failure.
After Study 1’s independent data monitoring committee said the experiment will likely fall short of its primary endpoint with ulixacaltamide in essential tremor, Praxis Precision Medicines Inc. plans to wait for full data from Study 1 as well as Study 2 in the Essential 3 phase III program before deciding on regulatory moves.
Astrazeneca plc’s good news with its oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) and estrogen receptor antagonist, camizestrant, when used as part of a combo in breast cancer raised optimism for the approach, which has caught on in various biopharma quarters.
The prospects of an oral obesity candidate used as a monotherapy or combination therapy is in question after Kallyope Inc. posted disappointing phase II data on a government website, indicating that its lead candidate, K-757, failed to meet all endpoints.
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