The bad news in March 2022 from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. regarding Natpara, its recombinant human parathyroid hormone for hypoparathyroidism (HPT), served to generate more interest in the already bubbling space, where a handful of players large and small own prospects at various clinical stages.
Japan’s Healios K.K. is in discussions with Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agenc about the regulatory path forward for its Multistem somatic stem cell products, for which it conducted phase II/III trials in ischemic stroke and a phase II trial in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
The Project to Accelerate New Treatments for Tuberculosis is progressing two investigational tuberculosis combination treatment regimens into phase II trials under a joint development agreement.
Alterity Therapeutics Ltd. has begun phase II trials with its lead candidate, ATH-434, in multiple system atrophy, a rare and highly debilitating Parkinsonian disorder.
Staidson Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. is testing a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (MAb), STSA-1002 and STSA-1005, in China for the potential treatment of people with severe-to-critical COVID-19.
As biopharma and med-tech companies grapple with restrictive data privacy laws in the EU and China while trying to meet the demand for greater diversity reflective of the U.S. population, there’s been more of an interest in conducting clinical trials in the U.S., Stacy Amin, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, told BioWorld.
Kringle Pharma Inc.’s phase II trial evaluating its recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor ligand, oremepermin alfa, failed to meet both primary and secondary endpoints in a study of its potential to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Neither the primary endpoint of overall response rate nor the key secondary endpoint of progression free survival achieved statistical significance in Isofol Medical AB’s phase III Agent study of arfolitixorin in combination with 5 fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), licensee Solasia Pharma KK reported.
Beigene Ltd.’s tislelizumab met its primary endpoint of noninferior overall survival vs. sorafenib as a first-line treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), marking the eighth positive phase III trial readout for the anti-PD-1 drug across multiple cancer types and lines of therapy.
It’s an august August for Hutchmed Ltd. as it reported positive business results and a number of trial developments, including results from its pivotal global phase III FRESCO-2 trial evaluating the investigational use of fruquintinib in patients with advanced, refractory metastatic colorectal cancer, which met its primary endpoint of overall survival.
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