New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, including: 2seventy, Actinium, Agios, Allogene, Antegene, Apellis, Aptose, Ascentage, Atar, Bantam, Bioinvent, Daiichi, Harpoon, Iaso, Innocare, Innovent, Janssen, Karyopharm, Keros, Kymera, Lantern, Legend, Magenta, Mereo, Mustang, Nektar, Neximmune, Nextcure, Nkarta.
Two trials presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) showed that treatment with the antithrombin inhibitor fitusiran reduced the bleeding rate in patients with severe hemophilia by roughly 90%, regardless of whether they had type A or B, and whether they had developed antibodies to recombinant clotting factors.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, including: Actinium, Adagene, Affimed, Agios, Allogene, Annexon, Aprea, Arcellx, Astrazeneca, Autolus, Beigene, Editas, Emmaus, Epizyme, Equillium, Fate, Freeline, Gamida, GBT, Genentech, Glycomimetics, GSK, Hutchmed, I-Mab, Imara, Kite, Kura, Sutro.
PERTH, Australia – In the second multi-billion-dollar pharma merger this week, CSL Ltd. has announced plans to buy Vifor Pharma Ltd. for an equity value of $11.7 billion. It’s also the second largest biopharma merger of 2021, a whisker above Merck & Co Inc.’s $11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron Pharma Inc. in November, although way off Astrazeneca plc’s $39 billion buy of Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in July.
Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) was associated with a 35% reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in studies presented at the plenary session of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting on Sunday.
NHS England has struck new pricing agreements that expands access in the U.K. to blood thinning direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to tackle strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Though still available to NHS clinicians, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH’s blockbuster DOAC Pradaxa (dabigatran) is notably not involved.
Catalyst Biosciences Inc. decided to stop developing marzeptacog alfa (MarzAA), a recombinant human coagulation factor VIIa variant for treating factor VII deficiency, and sell its hemophilia assets to focus on its complement therapeutics and protease medicines platform.
Results from two pivotal phase III trials testing Glaxosmithkline plc's daprodustat against anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) found the oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor helped both non-dialysis and dialysis patients improve or maintain hemoglobin levels without increased cardiovascular risk vs. standard-of-care erythropoietin stimulating agents. Though already approved in Japan as Duvroq, what future the drug might face in the U.S., where the same-class drug roxadustat garnered an FDA complete response letter, remained an open question.
LONDON – The EMA recommended approval of Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s C3 complement inhibitor, Aspaveli (pegcetacoplan), to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, but has diverged from the FDA, excluding treatment-naïve patients adding its use should be restricted to those who have failed to respond to C5 inhibitor drugs.
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