Celldex Inc.’s KIT inhibitor, barzolvolimab, which hit its phase II endpoints in late 2023, kicking off phase III development in chronic spontaneous urticaria, offered up some impressive long-term findings at the EAACI Congress 2025, including complete responses in patients for as long as seven months after the cessation of therapy, which analysts said could position the drug as a potentially best-in-class option.
During a conference call after the U.S. FDA approval of Zusduri (mitomycin), Urogen Pharma Ltd. CEO Liz Barrett offered candid observations about a “roller-coaster ride” sparked by a mixed-outcome advisory panel meeting held May 21. Zusduri is designed to treat recurrent low-grade, intermediate-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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Newco Elkedonia SAS has raised €11 million (US$12.7 million) in a seed round, which will fund it to take a potentially first-in-class ELK-1 inhibitor into the clinic in the treatment of refractory depression. ELK-1 plays a pivotal role in neuroplasticity and in reward circuits in the brain, which when disrupted can lead to depression, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.