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Articles by Randy Osborne

Crinetics’ kinetics: On the move with phase III acromegaly win

March 19, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Clearing the way for a U.S. regulatory bid in the second half of this year are positive top-line results from Pathfindr-2, the second of two successful phase III studies testing the efficacy and safety of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s oral, once-daily paltusotine for acromegaly.
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IV drips

Adcom CAR T party favors Carvykti in MM, Abecma not so much

March 15, 2024
By Randy Osborne
The U.S. FDA’s Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee, in two separate sessions, took up the matters of Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) from Johnson & Johnson and the Bristol Myers Squibb Co. product Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) – specifically, whether the benefits of each CAR T therapy outweigh the risks in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM).
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Kidneys and adrenal glands

CAH-veats abound in Spruce phase II vs. Neurocrine data

March 14, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Spruce Biosciences Inc.’s results from two studies with tildacerfont in adult and pediatric classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) spurred Wall Street to speculate – further, again – about the prospect’s odds against a drug in the works from Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.
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Heart with blocked arteries

Silence finds its jams as zerlasiran fosters phase II lipid win

March 13, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Silence Therapeutics plc disclosed positive top-line 36-week data from the Alpacar-360 phase II study with zerlasiran, a short interfering RNA gene muter that targets lipoprotein(a), but also said Mallinckrodt plc has quit development of a separate prospect.
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‘Second’ language speaks well of Regulus phase Ib kidney bid

March 12, 2024
By Randy Osborne
With a second batch of phase Ib data from the trial testing RGLS-8429 in hand from Regulus Therapeutics Inc., Wall Street is looking forward to results from the third cohort in midyear and weighing prospects with the compound in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Screening of the fourth cohort will start during the second quarter. Meanwhile, the company has begun to mull a pivotal phase II trial that would launch in the middle of next year, and may help with accelerated approval by the U.S. FDA.
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Sound approach? Sensorion phase IIa wins in hearing loss

March 11, 2024
By Randy Osborne
After a disappointment with the same product in another indication about two years ago, Sensorion SA met the primary endpoint in its proof-of-concept phase IIa trial with SENS-401 for residual hearing preservation after cochlear implant.
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Arrow missing target

Centaur doesn’t hold as Amylyx’s Relyvrio phase III fails in ALS

March 8, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Tweaks made to the design of the phase III trial called Phoenix (vs. the narrowly positive phase II Centaur study) with Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate plus taurursodiol) didn’t work. Now, the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm is facing possible withdrawal of the treatment from the U.S. and Canada, where it’s known as Albrioza. Shares of Amylyx (NASDAQ: AMLX) closed March 8 at $3.36, down $15.61, or 82.3%, after the firm disclosed top-line results from Phoenix, a global, 48-week, randomized, placebo-controlled phase III effort with Relyvrio, also known as AMX-0035.
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$182M for Sionna’s ‘new standard of care’ in cystic fibrosis

March 6, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Sionna Therapeutics Inc.’s approach with small molecules in cystic fibrosis (CF) yielded the Boston-based firm an upsized and oversubscribed $182 million series C financing. The company is working on drugs that could fully restore the function of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator protein by stabilizing the first nucleotide-binding domain (NBD1). Four compounds are expected to enter the clinic this year – three NBD1 stabilizers and one ICL4 modulator.
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Apogee peaks with phase I atopic dermatitis data

March 5, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Apogee Therapeutics Inc.’s phase I home run put IL-13-targeting antibody APG-777 on an accelerated development path in atopic dermatitis, and the company touted its similarity to further-along IL-13 competitor lebrikizumab, from Eli Lilly and Co., as a likely indicator of further success.
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Good EFX deepen in phase IIb with Akero MASH drug

March 4, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Akero Therapeutics Inc.’s phase IIb data with FGF21 analogue efruxifermin (EFX) in patients with pre-cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) kept interest alive in the face-off between the company and 89bio Inc. with pegozafermin, another FGF21 drug targeting MASH, for which a phase III study is planned.
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