Novartis’ EXCEED phase 3b trial, which has been evaluating Cosentyx (secukinumab) in active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in comparison to Humira (adalimumab), has yielded mixed results.
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and Sarah Cannon Research Institute (Sarah Cannon) announced today that the first patient has been dosed in a first-in-human phase 1/2 study evaluating DS-7300, an investigational B7-H3 targeting antibody drug conjugate (ADC), in patients with various advanced solid tumors that have progressed on standard treatments or for whom no standard treatment exists.
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines to address unmet medical needs in central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that it has initiated the Phase 3 LAVENDER placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of trofinetide for girls and young women with Rett syndrome.
Themis Bioscience said that it has initiated a phase 1 trial for its vaccine candidate MV-LASV against Lassa fever through the first administration to healthy volunteers.
Boehringer Ingelheim today presented promising preclinical data from its pan-KRAS program including the novel, oral inhibitor BI 1701963 at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston, USA.
Femtogenix, a UK biotechnology company developing the next generation of DNA-interactive Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) payloads, announced data demonstrating the potent efficacy and favourable toxicity profile of a reduced potency analogue from its Pyridinobenzodiazepine (PDD) ADC payload platform in solid tumour models.
AstraZeneca announced positive progression-free survival (PFS) results for Imfinzi (durvalumab) and tremelimumab, an anti-CTLA4 antibody, when added to chemotherapy, from the Phase III POSEIDON trial in previously-untreated Stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
MacroGenics announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 2/3 MAHOGANY clinical trial of margetuximab, an investigational, Fc-optimized monoclonal antibody targeting HER2, in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor, with or without chemotherapy, as a potential first-line treatment for patients with HER2-positive gastric cancer (GC) or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer.
LIPAC Oncology LLC today announced the successful completion of a Phase 1 clinical study and progress in a Phase 2A study to further investigate TBC-1002 for the treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC).
RAPT Therapeutics reported the initiation of its first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for RPT193, an orally-administered small molecule CCR4 antagonist that is designed to selectively inhibit the migration of type 2 T helper cells, or Th2 cells, into allergically-inflamed tissues.
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