With more-than-satisfying phase III data in hand, Minneapolis-based Celcuity Inc. is eyeing an NDA submission in the fourth quarter of this year for gedatolisib (geda) in breast cancer. Shares of the company (NASDAQ:CELC) closed July 28 at $36.79, up $23.02, or 167%, after Wall Street learned of stellar top-line results from the PIK3CA wild-type cohort of the phase III Viktoria-1 trial.
After Recognify Life Sciences Inc.’s phase IIb failure in treating the cognitive impairment in those with schizophrenia, the indication is no closer to a U.S. FDA approved therapy. The placebo-controlled study of inidascamine missed its primary endpoint to improve cognition, joining a list of companies that have tried and failed to find a successful treatment.
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that autoantibodies targeting the exoproteome reshaped checkpoint inhibitor responses and opened new avenues to enhance immunotherapy. In the study published in the July 23, 2025, issue of Nature, the authors set out to address a long-standing question in cancer immunotherapy: why patients with the same type of cancer, treated with the same immunotherapy, can experience such drastically different outcomes.
Janssen Pharmaceutical’s loss in a False Claims Act (FCA) case for the company’s HIV treatments resulted in judgments of roughly $1.6 billion – an outcome the company appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aldeyra, Atara, Candel, GSK, Leo, Sprout, Verastem.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 3Sbio, Bavarian Nordic, Gate Bioscience, Genentech, Eli Lilly, Kling Bio, Matchpoint, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Rocket, Sanofi, Verve.
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