Ascentage Pharma Group International has obtained IND approval from the FDA for its BTK-targeted protein degrader APG-3288. A phase I study will be conducted in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies.
It doesn’t take a meteorologist to predict another stormy year for the biopharma sector, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe. Lurking within those storms, though, could be a few silver linings.
Stereotaxis Inc. secured U.S. FDA approval for its Magic magnetic interventional ablation catheter, marking a key step in the company’s effort to evolve from a niche robotics supplier into a more vertically integrated electrophysiology technology provider. The approval positions Magic as Stereotaxis’ first proprietary robotic ablation catheter in the U.S. and follows a series of regulatory and commercial milestones in recent months that reset the company’s growth narrative.
Naox Technologies SAS secured U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for Naox Link, its in-ear electroencephalography (EEG) device for clinical use both at home and in health care settings. Naox Link is a pair of earbuds the company hopes will transform how the brain activity is monitored, helping diagnose and track a number of conditions affecting the brain.
With plans in place to launch global pivotal testing of GH-001, its inhaled version of psychedelic mebufotenin (5-MeO-DMT), in treatment-resistant depression in 2026, GH Research plc reported the lifting of a U.S. FDA clinical hold, enabling U.S. subject enrollment. The firm now will seek a meeting with the agency to discuss trial design.
Fibrobiologics Inc. has filed an IND application with the FDA seeking to begin first-in-human trials of CYPS-317, an investigational allogeneic fibroblast spheroid-based therapy for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis.
Receiving a third complete response letter (CRL) from the U.S. FDA for its bevacizumab formulation, ONS-5010, to treat wet age-related macular degeneration, Outlook Therapeutics Inc. watched its stock (NASDAQ:OTLK) plummet nearly 62% to a 52-week low of 60 cents on Jan. 2.
On the last day of the year, shares of Axsome Therapeutics Inc. rose 22% on news that the U.S. FDA accepted and granted priority review of the company’s supplemental NDA for AXS-05 to treat Alzheimer’s disease agitation, a $1 billion-plus opportunity, scheduling the PDUFA date for April 30.
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