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Aug. 26, 2021

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Child prepped for a shot

Ascendis first out of gate with FDA nod for weekly pediatric GHD therapy

Ascendis Pharma A/S kept mum on the cost of just-approved Skytrofa (lonapegsomatropin) for pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD) – saying only that “premium responsible pricing” would be put in place – but Wall Street speculated freely about revenues likely due from the first-ever weekly injection treatment. Read More

AZ/Alexion’s Wilson disease drug hits the mark in phase III, calming post-merger nerves

A potential new treatment for the rare condition Wilson disease moved a step closer to reality after Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., now part of Astrazeneca plc, announced positive top-line results from a phase III trial of ALXN-1840 (tiomolibdate choline). Astrazeneca’s shares (NASDAQ:AZN) ticked up following the announcement, closing Aug. 26 at $58.76, up 18 cents. From the point of view of the big U.K. pharma, it’s a good piece of news as it hopes to build a rare disease franchise from its $39 billion acquisition of Alexion, which was completed last month. Read More
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Amneal looks to file an NDA in Parkinson’s following positive phase III data

Following new positive top-line results from its pivotal phase III study of IPX-203, Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc. said an NDA submission for the Parkinson’s disease therapy (PD) is now planned for the middle of 2022. Read More
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Study casts dementia subtype as lysosomal storage disorder

Researchers from Denali Therapeutics Inc. have identified new functional links between progranulin, lysosomal function, and a subtype of frontotemporal dementia caused by progranulin deficiency (FTD-GRN) that suggest progranulin-mediated FTD could be conceptualized as a lysosomal storage disorder (LSD). They also showed that delivery of their experimental therapeutic PTV:PGRN, also known as DNL-593, reduced cell damage and symptoms of FTD in cell and animal models. Read More
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Tired of waiting for vaccines, PAHO proposes making its own

With the Americas having the dubious distinction of the most COVID-19 cases in the world, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is answering that “wake-up call” with plans to develop a collaborative platform to develop mRNA vaccine production in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read More

Samsung Bioepis’ Byooviz wins EMA approval

Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. has emerged as the first company to obtain marketing authorization from the EMA for a biosimilar of Lucentis (ranibizumab), a significant development for the Korean biosimilar specialist. The approval comes less than two months after the company received a positive opinion from the EMA’s CHMP for Byooviz (ranibizumab), formerly called SB-11. Read More
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First Circuit: Jury got it right in convicting Insys execs

In a passionately worded 141-page decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said the lower court was wrong in overturning part of a jury verdict convicting former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executives of a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe Subsys (fentanyl), which was approved only to treat breakthrough cancer pain. Read More

Fed Circuit erases Juno’s $1.2B CAR T patent win

Kite Pharma Inc. is no longer on the hook for $1.2 billion in damages and royalties a jury awarded to Juno Therapeutics Inc. and the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in a patent infringement suit involving Kite’s CAR T therapy Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel). Read More

Appointments and advancements for Aug. 26, 2021

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Avidity, Biocryst, Caribou, Codagenix, TCR². Read More

Financings for Aug. 26, 2021

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: ADC, Myosana, Neurogastrx, Nuvectis, Renovorx. Read More

In the clinic for Aug. 26, 2021

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Affibody, Arcutis, Ascletis, Bluewillow, Bridgebio, Brii, Clarity, Cortexyme, Cytodyn, Emergent, Fibrogen, Flexion, FSD, IBT, Inmagene, Janssen, Lianbio, Lipocine, Merck, Novavax, Noxopharm, Rafael, Senhwa, Xrad. Read More

Other news to note for Aug. 26, 2021

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Aditxt, Afimmune, Anixa, Aria, Avalo, Biontech, Betterlife, Beyondspring, Cassava, Cerecor, Chime, Cleveland Clinic, Combioxin, Context, CTI, DRI, Eagle, Eclipse, Effector, EOC, Eurofarma, Excision, Flame, FSD, Jiangsu Hengrui, Heat, Ibio, ICER, Kintor, Landos, Locust Walk, Lucid, Mindset, Molgenie, Novartis, Novarock, Noxopharm, Ocumension, Pfizer, PT Etana, Redhill, Rubryc, Seqens, Tyligand. Read More

Regulatory actions for Aug. 26, 2021

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aerami, Argenx, Blade, CTI, Moderna, RDIF, Taysha. Read More

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