With Alhemo (concizumab-mtci) from Novo Nordisk A/S, a third hemophilia drug in the past eight months has been approved by the U.S. FDA. The once-daily injectable prophylaxis is to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with hemophilia A or B with inhibitors.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s VGT-1849A, a selective antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based JAK2 inhibitor, has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of polycythemia vera.
Kura Oncology, Inc. and Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.’s selective oral menin inhibitor ziftomenib showed encouraging data across multiple studies, the most encouraging of which were in combination with other standard of care therapies in patients with NPM1-mutant and KMT2A-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia.
Kura Oncology, Inc. and Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.’s selective oral menin inhibitor ziftomenib showed encouraging data across multiple studies, the most encouraging of which were in combination with other standard of care therapies in patients with NPM1-mutant and KMT2A-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia.
At the recently concluded American Society of Hematology meeting, F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. presented promising results for their next-generation coagulation factor VIIIa (FVIIIa) mimetic bispecific antibody, NXT-007 (RO-7589655), supporting the ongoing phase I/II studies.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is licensing Keros Therapeutics Inc.’s activin inhibitor elritercept in a global development and commercialization deal worth up to $1.3 billion that excludes mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Four Chinese biopharmaceuticals unveiled early data on respective cancer therapies at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2024 meet in San Diego, including Cstone Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.’s receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1)-inhibiting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) in phase I study for lymphomas.
At the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, a plethora of companies presented clinical trial data highlighting their drugs targeting Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) in patients with blood cancers.
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. is learning the hard way the downside of having a pipeline in a product. When a side effect crops up, investors are likely to worry that it may affect the potential of the drug in the numerous diseases the drug could potentially treat.
The U.S. CMS has negotiated outcomes-based agreements with Bluebird Bio Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. to make their costly sickle cell gene therapies the first treatments to become available through the voluntary Medicaid Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model.