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Articles by Randy Osborne

Zevra’s arimoclomol on track as GeMDAC backs NPC drug by 11-5

Aug. 2, 2024
By Randy Osborne
As the Sept. 21 PDUFA date looms for arimoclomol from Zevra Therapeutics Inc. in Niemann-Pick type C (NPC), the U.S. FDA’s newly formed Genetic Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee (GeMDAC) decided in favor of the drug.
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Gastric distress: ALX shares upset by phase II evorpacept data

Aug. 1, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Investors wanted more from ALX Oncology Holdings Inc.’s phase II study testing evorpacept (evo) combination therapy in gastric tumors, and the stock (NASDAQ:ALXO) tumbled 36% or $1.77 to close Aug. 1 at $3.04.
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Mayday, skipper: Pepgen shares run aground on DMD phase II data

July 31, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Pepgen Inc. fell slightly short of its phase II dystrophin goal with PGN-EDO51 for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) whose mutations are amenable to an exon 51-skipping approach, but Wall Street reacted in a big way, sending the Boston-based firm’s stock (NASDAQ:PEPG) down 33%, or $5.55, to close July 31 at $11.43.
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CIndU breakthrough? Celldex phase II scores with barzolvolimab

July 30, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Succeeding where others have failed in an indication with high unmet need, Celldex Therapeutics Inc. disclosed top-line data from the phase II trial with barzolvolimab (barzo) against two common forms of chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU): cold urticaria (ColdU) and symptomatic dermographism (SD).
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Stick to TYK2? Ventyx says no after miss in mid-stage Crohn’s bid

July 29, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Another failure with allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor VTX-958 put an end to internal work with the compound, and shares of Ventyx Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ:VTYX) fell July 29 to $2.24, down 71 cents or 24%, after the firm disclosed results from the phase II, 109-subject trial in moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease (CD).
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ARIA swan song for Leqembi in EU? Eisai, Biogen appeal AD opinion

July 26, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Biogen Inc. and partner Eisai Co. Ltd. said the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a negative opinion on the marketing bid for lecanemab in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD. The humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta monoclonal antibody is approved in the U.S., Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Israel, and is being sold in the U.S., where it’s branded Leqembi, as well as Japan and China. Eisai, of Tokyo, will ask the CHMP to re-examine the matter.
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Supranatural: Synteins being the platform, Abiologics nets $50M

July 25, 2024
By Randy Osborne
With $50 million in hand from Flagship Pioneering, Abiologics Inc. is pairing generative artificial intelligence with high-throughput chemical protein synthesis to attack oncology and immunology indications with Synteins, synthetic proteins that represent a new class of programmable medicines. Avak Kahvejian, co-founder and CEO of Abiologics and general partner at Flagship, told BioWorld that Abiologics stands “at the precipice of a completely new modality.”
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ET left behind as Zurzuvae ship flies for Sage, Biogen in PPD

July 24, 2024
By Randy Osborne
A phase II failure with SAGE-324 in essential tremor (ET) had Wall Street speculating about the fate of Sage Therapeutics Inc.’s partnership with Biogen Inc. Shares of Cambridge, Mass.-based Sage (NASDAQ:SAGE) ended July 24 at $10.38, down $2.70, or 20.6%, after the firm disclosed top-line results from the phase II Kinetic 2 dose-ranging study of oral SAGE-324 (also known as BIIB-124) for ET. The trial did not show a statistically significant dose-response relationship based on the primary endpoint, the Essential Tremor Rating Assessment Scale (TETRAS) Performance Subscale Item 4 (upper limb) total score.
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Supranatural: Synteins being the platform, Abiologics nets $50M

July 23, 2024
By Randy Osborne
With $50 million in hand from Flagship Pioneering, Abiologics Inc. is pairing generative artificial intelligence with high-throughput chemical protein synthesis to attack oncology and immunology indications with Synteins, synthetic proteins that represent a new class of programmable medicines. Avak Kahvejian, co-founder and CEO of Abiologics and general partner at Flagship, told BioWorld that Abiologics stands “at the precipice of a completely new modality.”
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Post-Vyvgart nod, players flex muscle in CIDP and beyond

July 22, 2024
By Randy Osborne
The U.S. FDA approval won in June by Argenx SE of subcutaneously given Vyvgart Hytrulo (efgartigimod alfa and hyaluronidase) for adults with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) sparked interest in other prospects taking aim at the rare disease. Some – including Argenx – are going after generalized myasthenia gravis and multifocal motor neuropathy with their compounds.
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