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Articles by Randy Osborne

Merck headquarters

For $11.5B, Merck will acquire Acceleron

Sep. 30, 2021
By Randy Osborne and Lee Landenberger
In the year’s second biggest M&A deal, Merck & Co. Inc. will take over pulmonary and hematologic specialist Acceleron Pharma Inc. for $11.5 billion. The acquisition brings Merck a pair of potential blockbuster drugs, one of them already marketed. There is sotatercept, in development for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH), and also Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt), the first and only erythroid maturation agent approved in the U.S., Europe and Canada for treating anemia in certain blood disorders.
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Mirum wins FDA nod for Livmarli in ALGS cholestatic pruritus

Sep. 29, 2021
By Randy Osborne
As expected, Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc. won FDA clearance for Livmarli (maralixibat), a minimally absorbed ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor, for cholestatic pruritus in patients with the rare liver disease Alagille syndrome, 1 year of age and older.
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Arya ready for this? Amicus spins off gene therapy into Caritas

Sep. 29, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Amicus Therapeutics Inc.’s plan to spin off its gene therapy work by way of the combination with blank check firm Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. IV “allows us to be laser-focused on maximizing the opportunity for Galafold [migalastat]” while setting up launch preparations for AT-GAA, said Bradley Campbell, chief operating officer.
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Illustration of cancer cells and immunotherapy treatment

HER2/neu space bustling, Greenwich duet shows promise

Sep. 28, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Imugene Ltd.’s recent win with a patent granted in Japan with its HER-Vaxx immunotherapy, in development for HER2-positive gastric cancer, represented a smallish but significant win in the HER2/neu space, where plenty of other players are busy, with Greenwich Life Sciences Inc. a strong emerging name.
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Bayes haze? Moving to phase III, Evelo ‘powers up’ bid in psoriasis

Sep. 27, 2021
By Randy Osborne
What one analyst characterized as “a little bit of an exotic or at least unusual statistical analysis on the phase II primary endpoint” may have dampened enthusiasm somewhat for Evelo Biosciences Inc.’s results in mild and moderate psoriasis with EDP-1815, but the firm is advancing the compound to registration studies.
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Capricor PULs out stops in DMD with CAP-1002, partner sought for phase III

Sep. 24, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Capricor Therapeutics Inc. CEO Linda Marban said the company’s CAP-1002 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) should serve as “adjunctive to any of the therapies out there” – a handful are approved – and bring bonus favorable effects on cardiac function that one analyst called “a one-two punch” against the disease.
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Illustration of cancer cells and immunotherapy treatment

HER2/neu space bustling, Greenwich duet shows promise

Sep. 24, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Imugene Ltd.’s recent win with a patent granted in Japan with its HER-Vaxx immunotherapy, in development for HER2-positive gastric cancer, represented a smallish but significant win in the HER2/neu space, where plenty of other players are busy, with Greenwich Life Sciences Inc. a strong emerging name.
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DNA on digital background

Sweet six team at Hexagon using $61M honey pot to comb microbial genomes for small-molecule drugs

Sep. 22, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Hexagon Bio Inc.’s latest, $61 million financing to advance work with small molecules mined from microbial genomes will help the firm build its DNA database, add to the team and advance preclinical work, said CEO Maureen Hillenmeyer.
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Close-up of elderly eye

Eye copy that: FDA front door for Lucentis biosimilar from Biogen, Samsung

Sep. 21, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Biogen Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. gained FDA clearance for Byooviz (ranibizumab-nuna), a biosimilar that references the VEGF therapy Lucentis (ranibizumab) from Roche Holding AG, as a treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration, macular edema following retinal vein occlusion and myopic choroidal neovascularization.
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Pemphigus bids continue to bubble after Sanofi’s phase III fail

Sep. 20, 2021
By Randy Osborne
Sanofi SA’s high-profile phase III blow-up Sept. 9 with the oral BTK inhibitor rilzabrutinib in pemphigus brought fresh attention to the group of rare diseases – which cause blisters on the skin and mucous membranes throughout the body – and to players pushing for a new treatment.
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