One of the big regulatory and pandemic stories of 2022 with global impact was the June 17 World Trade Organization’s (WTO) agreement on a five-year intellectual property (IP) waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and their components. Read More
Bryostatin-1 has failed another Alzheimer’s disease (AD) study. Synaptogenix Inc. released top-line data showing the protein kinase C activator missed the primary endpoint in the company’s phase II study in treating advanced AD. Read More
Sosei Heptares and Eli Lilly and Co. have signed a potential $731 million deal to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules that modulate G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets associated with diabetes and metabolic diseases. Read More
Astellas Pharma Inc. reported top-line results showing zolbetuximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting Claudin 18.2, met the primary endpoint for progression-free survival (PFS) as well as secondary endpoints for overall survival (OS) in the phase III Glow trial in CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. Read More
Chinese authorities this year for the first time allowed access for complete U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) audit inspections and investigations of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in China and Hong Kong, in accordance with U.S. securities law. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Aligos, Aslan, Astria, Biosplice, Calypso, Cognition, Frequency, Idorsia, IMV, Maze, Moleculin, PDS, Reviva, Rezolute, Rigel, Sirnaomics, Small Pharma, Swanbio, Synlogic, Tarsus, Third Harmonic. Read More