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May 5, 2025

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Dorsal striatum and its neurons in Huntington's disease

Associate degree: PTC’s hints of phase II HD efficacy studied

PTC Therapeutics Inc. CEO Matthew Klein said the firm “achieved all we set out to [achieve] in phase II” with PTC-518 in Huntington’s disease (HD), but it wasn’t enough to excite Wall Street, as some questioned whether the level of associations between trial findings and efficacy would appease the U.S. FDA. Shares (NASDAQ:PTCT) ended May 5 at $40.65, down $9.30, or 18.6%. Warren, N.J.-based PTC rolled out the most recent data from the Pivot-HD effort in stage 2 and stage 3 HD with PTC-518, an oral, centrally as well as peripherally distributed huntingtin (HTT) pre-mRNA splicing modifier. Read More
Magnifying glass over globe, focused on Mexico

Annual US 301 trade report has louder bark

Echoing President Donald Trump’s justification for reciprocal tariffs, the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual Special 301 Report is a bit more aggressive in tone this year as it calls out trading partners that don't adequately enforce intellectual property rights or that otherwise discriminate against products from foreign companies. Read More
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Australia follows Canadian lead; Labor win a sharp rebuke to Trump

Australian biopharma stakeholders welcomed the reelection of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who promised to expand Medicare and to invest more in Australian research. Read More
Novo Nordisk semaglutide pill

Oral GLP-1 Wegovy chases approval in obesity

The U.S. FDA has accepted the NDA for an oral formulation of Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy (semaglutide) in treating obesity. If approved, the daily pill will be the first oral GLP-1 for treating chronic weight management. So far, however, it has been injectables leading the way to approval. Read More
Head and neck anatomy

Immutep’s efti shows strong survival data in head and neck cancer

Immutep Ltd. announced strong median overall survival of 17.6 months in cohort B of the TACTI-003 (Keynote-PNC-34) phase IIb trial that evaluated eftilagimod alfa in combination with Merck & Co.’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as first-line therapy in recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in patients with PD-L1 expression below 1. Read More

ICYMI: Week in review, April 28-May 2, 2025

A quick look back at top stories. Read More

Biggest gainers and losers for April 28-May 2, 2025

The top 10 biopharma stock gainers and losers for the week. Read More

Appointments and advancements for May 5, 2025

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Cassava, Cidara, Foghorn, Neuren, Nxera, Vaxcyte. Read More

Financings for May 5, 2025

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Marvel, Stately. Read More

In the clinic for May 5, 2025

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AN2, Astrazeneca, Transcode. Read More

Other news to note for May 5, 2025

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Alk-Abello, ARS, Crown, Indivior, Next, Pliant, Synhale. Read More

Regulatory actions for May 5, 2025

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Amgen, Bavarian Nordic, Cytokinetics, Genmab, Innocare. Read More

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