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High-graded low-grade ovarian duo wins for Verastem at FDA

May 9, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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Verastem Oncology Inc. CEO Dan Paterson said he is “not expecting a huge bolus [of ovarian cancer patients] at the beginning” of Avmapki/Fakzynja’s launch, but momentum will build over time. “Based on our market research, this [drug] is the most likely thing for them to go on next,” he added, noting that patients tend to be on the drug for an average of 18 months.
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US court reversed in safe harbor overreach

May 9, 2025
By Mari Serebrov
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Finding that a lower court went too far with an injunction that ignores the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor protections for drug development, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals LLC a win of sorts.
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Sun shines on Leqselvi at Federal Circuit

May 8, 2025
By Mari Serebrov
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Planting seed money and “wishing” is not enough to claim “irreparable harm” to secure a preliminary injunction or to establish the standing required to appeal a patent board decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled May 7 in two decisions involving Incyte Corp. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
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Gyre widening in pancreatic? Revolution offers lung data, too

May 8, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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Revolution Medicines Inc. followed the results offered last month with zoldonrasib (RMC-9805), a RAS G12D (ON) inhibitor, with plenty more about pipeline progress – “an embarrassment of riches,” CEO Mark Goldsmith said – during the firm’s first-quarter update. Shares of the firm (NASDAQ:RVMD) closed May 8 at $41.91, up $4.25, or 11%.
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FDA clears Satsuma’s Atzumi for migraine

May 6, 2025
By Karen Carey
Following a complete response letter last year, Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc. received U.S. FDA approval of dihydroergotamine nasal powder to treat acute migraine with or without aura. Branded Atzumi, it is the first product that uses Satsuma’s SMART (Simple MucoAdhesive Release Technology) platform that combines an advanced powder and device technology aimed at making delivery more simple.
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Actuate posts improved phase II data in pancreatic cancer

May 6, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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Actuate Therapeutics Inc. said its lead candidate, elraglusib, in pancreatic cancer demonstrated a substantial improvement in median overall survival compared to data from the same phase II study released in December 2024, but it wasn’t enough to convince investors.
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Woman using eyedrops

Aldeyra DED phase III hits but reproxalap field goal fumbled

May 6, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc. is making another run at U.S. FDA clearance for reproxalap in dry eye disease (DED) after nailing the primary endpoint in a phase III randomized, double-masked, vehicle-controlled dry eye chamber trial of 0.25% ophthalmic solution.
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Novo Nordisk semaglutide pill

Oral GLP-1 Wegovy chases approval in obesity

May 5, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
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The U.S. FDA has accepted the NDA for an oral formulation of Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy (semaglutide) in treating obesity. If approved, the daily pill will be the first oral GLP-1 for treating chronic weight management. So far, however, it has been injectables leading the way to approval.
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Dorsal striatum and its neurons in Huntington's disease

Associate degree: PTC’s hints of phase II HD efficacy studied

May 5, 2025
By Randy Osborne
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PTC Therapeutics Inc. CEO Matthew Klein said the firm “achieved all we set out to [achieve] in phase II” with PTC-518 in Huntington’s disease (HD), but it wasn’t enough to excite Wall Street, as some questioned whether the level of associations between trial findings and efficacy would appease the U.S. FDA. Shares (NASDAQ:PTCT) ended May 5 at $40.65, down $9.30, or 18.6%. Warren, N.J.-based PTC rolled out the most recent data from the Pivot-HD effort in stage 2 and stage 3 HD with PTC-518, an oral, centrally as well as peripherally distributed huntingtin (HTT) pre-mRNA splicing modifier.
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FDA clears Satsuma’s Atzumi for migraine

May 2, 2025
By Karen Carey
Following a complete response letter last year, Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc. received U.S. FDA approval of dihydroergotamine nasal powder to treat acute migraine with or without aura. Branded Atzumi, it is the first product that uses Satsuma’s SMART (Simple MucoAdhesive Release Technology) platform that combines an advanced powder and device technology aimed at making delivery more simple.
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