Shattuck Labs Inc. opted, as one analyst put the matter, to do “the right thing early” by ending the clinical program with phase I-stage SL-172154 and shift resources to SL-325, a death receptor 3 antagonist, initially for inflammatory bowel disease, where TL1A/DR3-blocking antibodies have shown compelling monotherapy efficacy. Read More
Gritstone Bio Inc. has had a tough year and new interim phase II data of Granite haven’t helped. The company called the progression-free survival results “encouraging” in the ongoing phase II/III trial of its personalized neoantigen-targeting immunotherapy for treating front-line microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. Read More
In one of the top series A financings in biopharma history, new company Kailera Therapeutics Inc. emerged with $400 million raised and a pipeline of next-generation assets to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Read More
Depending on how long it lasts, the dockworkers strike that hit all 14 ports on the U.S. East Coast and along the Gulf Oct. 1 could literally unload a world of hurt to patients and the biopharma/med-tech industries, as it will impact both U.S. imports and exports of life-saving drugs and technologies. Read More
Akeso Pharmaceuticals Inc. scored two approvals from China’s National Medical Products Administration on Sept. 30 before the long Labor Day holiday – one for its PCSK9 inhibitor, ebronucimab, and the second to expand use of PD-1/CTLA4 bispecific antibody cadonilimab in unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, marking the second indication for cadonilimab in China. Read More
The spread of drug-resistant bacteria is a global health concern and could once again become a leading cause of mortality. The World Health Organization has flagged carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as a top priority pathogen requiring innovative therapies for its management, which has a mortality rate of 25%-60% and caused more than 100,000 deaths worldwide in 2019. Therapy based on the use of bacteriophages (phages) to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria is one such innovative strategy. Read More
Linda Marbán, CEO of Capricor Therapeutics Inc., discusses deramiocel (CAP-1002), the company’s allogeneic cardiac-derived cell therapy, for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The company just wrapped up a visit with the U.S. FDA and is prepping to file a BLA for its treatment of the rare disease. Read More
New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Achieve, Aligos, Astronautx, Biomea Fusion, Eligo, Engeneic, Madrigal, Nxera, Omass, TME. Read More
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: AFT, Emglev, Genentech, Hyloris, Intract, Regor, Tharimmune, Xizang. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Formycon, GE Healthcare, J&J, Kalvista, Modalis. Read More
