Astellas Pharma Inc. has halted further dosing of the experimental X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) gene therapy AT-132 (resamirigene bilparvovec) after one participant in the ongoing Aspiro study experienced a serious adverse event (SAE) of abnormal liver function.
“Now it’s all about time to market,” Bavarian Nordic A/S CEO Paul Chaplin said as the company disclosed positive results from the phase IIa study with its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, MVA-BN RSV. “We’re looking at designs [for phase III] that give us the fastest approval possible” in the competitive space, he said, adding that the previously envisioned two-season setup “has gone out the window” with the latest findings.
LONDON – One in seven children and young people who have COVID-19 go on to develop symptoms of Long COVID, according to the first cut of data from a large national study involving 6,804 participants ages 11 to 17 who had PCR tests between January and March this year.
The race to develop better antivirals for COVID-19 is heating up after Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. pushed ahead with clinical development of late-stage candidates, while Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced encouraging midstage data.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AC Immune, Adial, Amarin, Axerovision, Bayer, Curevac, Genentech, Gennova, Gensight, GSK, HDT, J&J, Nocion, Pharmaxis, Poseida, Roche, Senhwa, SK Bioscience, Tauriga.
The race is on. After six years as the only FDA approved devices for left atrial appendage closure, Boston Scientific Corp.’s Watchman products face a challenger, Abbott Laboratories’ Amplatzer Amulet. With the Amulet’s FDA approval in mid-August and positive results in a head-to-head trial presented at the 2021 European Society of Cardiology Congress on Tuesday, the Watchman has reason to look over its shoulder at a competitor that could change the game entirely. The trial results were published simultaneously in Circulation.
Binhui Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s BS-001, a recombinant human oncolytic herpes simplex virus type-2 expressing GM-CSF for the potential treatment of solid tumors, has gained an IND approval from the FDA.
Recently published phase II data with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s TAK-906 (trazpiroben), a dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist, fueled hope for patients as Processa Pharmaceuticals Inc. proceeds with a different – and more focused – approach against gastroparesis.
Brii Biosciences Ltd. made strides toward getting its SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing monoclonal antibody combination therapy, BRII-196/BRII-198, to market with positive interim phase III data that show high-risk outpatients may benefit from the combination therapy up to 10 days following symptom onset.
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