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Kidneys

Otsuka’s IgAN therapy gets a thumbs-up from the FDA

Dec. 2, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The priority BLA from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, and its U.S. subsidiary, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc., for sibeprenlimab to treat immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) has received accelerated approved by the U.S. FDA.
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Kidneys

Otsuka’s IgAN therapy gets a thumbs-up from the FDA

Nov. 26, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The priority BLA from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, and its U.S. subsidiary, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc., for sibeprenlimab to treat immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) has received accelerated approved by the U.S. FDA.
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Qilu gains China rights to Laekna’s AKT inhibitor in ¥2B deal

Nov. 18, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Laekna Inc. outlicensed select rights to LAE-002 (afuresertib), an oral pan-AKT kinase inhibitor licensed from Novartis AG in 2018, to Qilu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. under a potential ¥2.045 billion (US$287.23 million) deal.
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Qilu gains China rights to Laekna’s AKT inhibitor in ¥2B deal

Nov. 12, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Laekna Inc. outlicensed select rights to LAE-002 (afuresertib), an oral pan-AKT kinase inhibitor licensed from Novartis AG in 2018, to Qilu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. under a potential ¥2.045 billion (US$287.23 million) deal.
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Up the bladder ladder, Engene tweak means phase II bell rung

Nov. 11, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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Engene Holdings Inc.’s protocol amendment to its phase II trial with detalimogene voraplasmid in bladder cancer worked out in a big way, and shares of the firm closed Nov. 11 at $8.82, up $2.81, or 47%. Engene rolled out additional preliminary data from the pivotal cohort of the ongoing Legend study testing the nonviral gene therapy in high-risk, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ, with or without concomitant papillary disease.
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Abortion dispute active, FDA clears new generic pill

Oct. 3, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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With U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration vocally opposed to abortion, the U.S. FDA has approved a new generic version of the pill that makes the procedure possible medically: mifepristone, once better known as RU-486.
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CHMP recommends EU approval of Bayer’s Lynkuet for hot flashes

Sep. 19, 2025
By Nuala Moran
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Following the first approvals in the U.K., Canada, Australia and Switzerland, the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) is now recommending approval of Bayer AG’s Lynkuet (elinzanetant), a non-hormonal treatment for symptoms of menopause. The drug, the first dual neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptor antagonist, is for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms, also known as hot flashes.
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Wall Street solutes phase I data from Maze in CKD, PKU

Sep. 11, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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Maze Therapeutics Inc. CEO Jason Coloma said the latest phase I results with MZE-782, a prospect for phenylketonuria (PKU) as well as chronic kidney disease (CKD), bolster the firm’s “conviction to move into phase II” next year in both indications.
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Vor and Remegen post another phase III win

Sep. 2, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The recombinant fusion protein drug telitacicept from Remegen Co. Ltd. and Vor Bio Inc. has notched a phase III win in treating adults with IgA nephropathy. The clinical trial of the fusion protein hit the primary endpoint, reducing proteinuria, too much protein in patients’ urine, in stage A of the study in China.
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Vor and Remegen post another phase III win

Aug. 27, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The recombinant fusion protein drug telitacicept from Remegen Co. Ltd. and Vor Bio Inc. has notched a phase III win in treating adults with IgA nephropathy. The clinical trial of the fusion protein hit the primary endpoint, reducing proteinuria, too much protein in patients’ urine, in stage A of the study in China.
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