Biopharmaceutical

Neurocrine Biosciences Presents Additional Phase 3 Data for KINECT-HD Study Evaluating Valbenazine for Chorea Associated with Huntington Disease at HSG 2022

11/11/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX), a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company, today reported additional results from the Phase 3 KINECT-HD study investigating valbenazine for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington Disease (HD). In December 2021, Neurocrine previously reported that once-daily administration of valbenazine was well tolerated…

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4D Molecular Therapeutics Announces Interim Clinical Data from Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of 4D-710 for Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease at NACFC 2022

11/10/2022

Cohort 1 lung bronchoscopy sample results demonstrate widespread delivery and expression of the 4D-710 CFTR∆R transgene in 100% of samples from all three patients Cohort 1 safety and tolerability of 4D-710 demonstrated to date, with no drug-related adverse events following aerosol delivery Cohort 1 enrollment completed; Cohort 2 enrollment on-going Conference call & webcast to…

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Ardelyx Presents New Data Analyses at Kidney Week 2022, Further Supporting the Clinical Relevance of XPHOZAH® (tenapanor), an Investigational, Phosphate Absorption Inhibitor to Control Serum Phosphorus in Adult Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis

11/09/2022

XPHOZAH monotherapy lowers serum phosphorus with early responders maintaining response with continued treatment XPHOZAH monotherapy meaningfully reduced serum phosphorus in patients with severe hyperphosphatemia XPHOZAH in combination with phosphate binders reduced patients’ interdialytic weight gain compared to binders alone Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ardelyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDX), a…

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Ocelot Bio Presents Phase 1 Data Highlighting Activity and Safety of OCE-205 at AASLD The Liver Meeting®

11/09/2022

In healthy volunteers, OCE-205 administration led to increases in mean arterial pressure with promising safety profile Study findings support clinical program for OCE-205 in End-Stage Liver Disease focused on treating consequences associated with complications of portal hypertension, such as HRS-AKI and ascites Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ocelot Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical…

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Inozyme Pharma Announces First Self-Administration of INZ-701 in Ongoing ENPP1 Deficiency Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial

11/08/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inozyme Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: INZY), a clinical-stage rare disease biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of pathologic mineralization and intimal proliferation, today announced the first self-administration of INZ-701 in the open-label Phase 2 extension portion of the ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical…

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Aligos Therapeutics Presents Clinical Data for its Capsid Assembly Modulator, ALG-000184, at AASLD’s The Liver Meeting® 2022

11/07/2022

Reductions in hepatitis B surface antigen levels observed in a subset of subjects with chronic hepatitis B enrolled in Phase 1 study ALG-000184-201 Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to address…

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Sciwind Biosciences Announces Positive Interim Results from Ongoing Phase 2b Clinical Trial of XW003 (Ecnoglutide) in Patients with Obesity

11/03/2022

–  Mean body weight loss of 11.1% in participants receiving once-weekly injections of 2.4 mg XW003 for 18 weeks –  88.5% and 57.7% of participants receiving 2.4 mg XW003 for 18 weeks achieved weight loss of ≥5% and ≥10%, respectively  – XW003 was safe and well tolerated, with an adverse event profile consistent with other…

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Biomea Fusion Announces First Patient Dosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in COVALENT-101 Trial

11/01/2022

COVALENT-101 now includes patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL BMF-219 is the first menin inhibitor in the clinic for CLL Preclinical data presented at ASCO 2022 demonstrated the potency of BMF-219, a covalent menin inhibitor, across varying cytogenetic risk profiles and Rai stages, indicating broad activity with over 98% cell lethality in these CLL models at…

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Neurocrine Biosciences Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Study Evaluating NBI-1117568 in Adults with Schizophrenia

11/01/2022

NBI-1117568 is an Investigational, First-in-Class, Muscarinic M4 Selective Agonist Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX), a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first patient has been randomized for its Phase 2 placebo-controlled, inpatient clinical study evaluating the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of investigational compound…

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Verastem Oncology Appoints Anil Kapur to Board of Directors

10/27/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq:VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today announced the appointment of Anil Kapur to its Board of Directors, effective October 20, 2022. Mr. Kapur is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Chief Commercial Officer at Geron Corporation. “Anil’s deep…

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