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Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi gets full FDA approval. Medicare coverage will likely follow

07/13/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer’s disease. The action means that Leqembi, whose generic name is lecanemab, should be widely covered by the federal Medicare health insurance program, which primarily serves adults age 65 and older. So more people who…

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Zenocutuzumab (Zeno) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of NRG1+ pancreatic cancer

07/11/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®) for cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for zenocutuzumab (Zeno) for the treatment…

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Pipeline Therapeutics Receives IND Clearance from FDA to Initiate Phase 1 Study of PIPE-791

06/19/2023

-Company on track to begin enrolling healthy volunteers in the second half of 2023- Excerpt from the Press Release: DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pipeline Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering precision neuroregeneration, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the company to initiate its Phase 1 clinical trial of PIPE-791 in healthy volunteers. The…

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Scilex Holding Company Announces Complete Enrollment of a Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of SP-103 (lidocaine topical system) 5.4%, Triple Strength Formulation of ZTlido®, for the Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain

05/15/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC: SRNEQ), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, announced complete enrollment in…

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ABM Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase I Clinical Trial of MEK Inhibitor for Solid Tumor

05/09/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ABM Therapeutics, an innovative clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, with an emphasis on developing drugs with high blood–brain barrier (BBB) penetration for CNS diseases including brain metastases, today announced that the first patient was successfully dosed with ABM-168 in the United States. MEK…

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Vega Therapeutics Initiates Clinical Trial Program for VGA039, a First‑in‑Class Antibody Therapy for von Willebrand Disease

04/13/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vega Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies for rare blood disorders, today announced that its clinical trial program for VGA039 has been initiated. The first subject has been dosed in the Phase 1 study of VGA039 (NCT05776069), a multinational clinical trial being…

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Comanche Biopharma Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for CBP-4888, an siRNA Investigational Therapy for the Treatment of Preeclampsia

04/10/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: CONCORD, Mass., March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Comanche Biopharma Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for Comanche’s novel, siRNA therapy to treat preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a prevalent hypertensive disorder of pregnancy for which there…

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Akero Therapeutics Announces Positive End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with the FDA and SYNCHRONY Phase 3 Program for Efruxifermin in NASH

04/04/2023

The planned Phase 3 program consists of three trials, SYNCHRONY Histology, SYNCHRONY Real-World, and SYNCHRONY Outcomes to evaluate the safety and efficacy of efruxifermin (EFX) in patients with NASH SYNCHRONY Histology and SYNCHRONY Real-World are expected to begin enrollment in the second half of this year Consistent with the encouraging clinical profile to date reported…

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Palvella Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 2 Study of QTORIN™ 3.9% Rapamycin Anhydrous Gel (QTORIN™ rapamycin) for the Treatment of Microcystic Lymphatic Malformations, a Serious, Rare Genetic Skin Disease with No FDA-approved Therapies

03/20/2023

QTORIN™ rapamycin generally well-tolerated; no drug related severe adverse events and no observed rapamycin in systemic circulation 100% of participants were either “Much Improved” or “Very Much Improved” as rated by the Clinician Global Impression of Change following 12-weeks of QTORIN™ rapamycin End of Phase 2 meeting completed with U.S. Food and Drug Administration in…

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Galera Announces Presentation of Supplemental Analysis of Phase 3 ROMAN Trial at European Congress on Head and Neck Oncology

03/17/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: MALVERN, Pa., March 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Galera Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a pipeline of novel, proprietary therapeutics that have the potential to transform radiotherapy in cancer, today announced the presentation of a net treatment benefit analysis of Phase 3…

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