After 118 years as a private company, dermatology specialist Leo Pharma A/S is poised to complete an IPO after reporting a full-year net profit for the first time since 2018.
Marking an important day for those with atopic dermatitis, shares of two biopharmas surged on clinical data suggesting new biologics are on their way to help address 40% of patients with uncontrolled disease.
Veradermics Inc. raised $256.3 million from an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange Feb. 4. The proceeds will fund three ongoing phase II/III clinical trials of VDPHL-01, its novel oral formulation of Rogaine (minoxidil) to treat pattern hair loss in men and women.
Amgen Inc. quit a development deal with Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd., returning global rights for rocatinlimab, Kyowa Kirin’s T-cell rebalancing therapy being investigated for moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
Citing the “totality of data,” Sanofi SA plans to file global regulatory submissions this year for amlitelimab in atopic dermatitis, despite mixed results from two additional phase III trials testing the OX40-ligand (OX40L) inhibitor the pharma firm has been positioning as a potential successor to its Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.-partnered blockbuster, Dupixent (dupilumab).
Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc. rolled out new positive data to prove its thesis on the value of blocking IL-2-inducible T-cell kinase in atopic dermatitis (AD), and the company’s first-in-class approach “could shake up cancer and autoimmune disorders,” Wainwright analyst Swayampakula Ramakanth said when he started coverage Jan. 2.
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. President and CEO Kazuhide Nakatomi is leading a management buyout to take the company private, citing mounting drug pricing pressures and tougher listing requirements on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Just a few weeks after reporting positive data with izicopan (INF-904) in hidradenitis suppurativa and chronic spontaneous urticaria, Inflarx NV is putting most of its chips on the oral complement C5a receptor inhibitor going forward.
The U.S. FDA signaled during a Type B meeting that existing data could support a BLA filing for Moonlake Immunotherapeutics AG’s sonelokimab to treat the skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), despite one of two pivotal phase III trials missing the mark.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.’s oral tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor, zasocitinib (TAK-279), met the co-primary endpoints and all ranked secondary endpoints in two pivotal phase III studies in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
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