PERTH, Australia – Sydney-based Actinogen Medical Ltd. will advance its lead compound, Xanamem, into two proof-of-concept phase II studies in Alzheimer’s disease and fragile X syndrome.
Shares of Cambridge, Mass.-based Scholar Rock Holding Corp. closed Oct. 27 at $30.02, up $16.30, or 119%, on positive six-month interim analysis results from the Topaz phase II trial with inhibitor of myostatin activator SRK-015 in type 2 and type 3 spinal muscular atrophy, and CEO Tony Kingsley pointed to “a rich cascade of data ahead of us.”
The ACTIV-3 phase III study testing Eli Lilly and Co.’s COVID-19 antibody candidate, LY-CoV555, which was paused two weeks ago following a participant’s unexplained illness, has now been halted, the company reported Oct. 26.
Day Zero Diagnostics Inc. has reported that data presented at IDWeek highlighted the promise of the company’s new class of diagnostics as it works toward its goal of detecting superbug infections quickly. The company ultimately is hoping to get regulatory signoffs in both the U.S. and Europe for its technology.
Interest in testing the mettle of three widely available drugs against COVID-19 gained traction Monday, led by suggestions that daily low-dose aspirin might lower the risks of complications and death from the disease.
The Chinatrials roundtable went virtual this year and drew clinical trial experts to discuss state-of-the-art clinical trial design strategies, which are increasingly important in a more competitive clinical landscape.
Researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University have launched a machine learning platform that aims to streamline the clinical trial process using predictive analytics. The technology has been licensed to Panacea, a startup company formed by BGN Technology.
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