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BioWorld

March 21, 2014

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Pharma: clinic roundup

Abbvie Inc., of North Chicago, Ill., said a pivotal phase III trial that will evaluate the use of Humira (adalimumab) as a treatment for fingernail psoriasis in patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis, has been initiated. Read More

Pharma: other news to note

Eisai Co. Ltd., of Woodcliff Lake, N.J., said it entered a collaboration with nonprofit organization Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool to identify new drugs against lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis (river blindness), both major types of the parasitic tropical disease filariasis. Read More

Clinic roundup

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., said interim results from the ENCHANT-1 trial, a single-arm multicenter phase II proof-of-concept study designed to evaluate ganetespib, administered as a monotherapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, were presented at the European Breast Cancer conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Read More

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Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Aliso Viejo, Calif., said data showing that dextromethorphan has antidepressant-like effects in vivo were published in PLOS One. Read More

EMA seeks drug developers for adaptive licensing pilot project

The EMA hopes to sign up multiple participants to a newly launched adaptive licensing pilot project, which will explore the processes and procedures required to put in place a fully fledged scheme. Read More

MicroRNA blocker blocks heart failure advance

Researchers have identified a microRNA that could be a therapeutic target in heart failure patients. In their findings, they showed that miR-25 levels were increased in a mouse model of heart failure, and blocking that microRNA stopped the progression of existing heart failure and improved survival in the animals. Read More

Rule seeks to correct court, gives generic users legal hook

Someone has got to be on the hook for every prescription drug, be it brand or generic. That’s the policy behind the FDA’s proposed rule that would enable generic drugmakers to change their labels independently of the brand drug. Read More

Akebia blossoms: IPO upsized, raises $100M for CKD anemia effort

Akebia Therapeutics Inc. beat the target amount raised in its initial public offering to raise about $100 million, and started off trading with a bang, closing Thursday (NASDAQ:AKBA) at $26.70, up 57 percent. Read More

Earnings roundup

Zealand Pharma A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, reported royalty revenues of DKK6.6 million (US$1.25 million) from partner Sanofi SA, of Paris, from global 2013 sales of Lyxumia (lixisenatide), a Zealand-discovered GLP-1 receptor agonist to treat type 2 diabetes. Read More

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