EOM 1352: Fri 7 June 2024, 11:36

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Watch out, Dupixent. Pfizer’s new JAK inhibitor could come after your eczema market

In a possible relief for Pfizer and for abrocitinib as a JAK inhibitor, fewer patients on it than on placebo stopped therapy due to side effects. (Tracy Staton) P...
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‘Pathbreaking’ Ionis trial offers way forward in Huntington’s disease

An experimental drug developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Roche could offer a way forward to treat Huntington's disease, nearly three decades after researchers ...
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GSK chases Trelegy asthma nod with mixed phase 3 results

An approval for GSK's Trelegy in asthma patients could help the company offset the continued fall of its long-time blockbuster Advair. (GlaxoSmithKline) With gen...
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Roche’s breast cancer hopes get a boost from postsurgery Kadcyla approval

Kadcyla received an FDA nod for adjutant treatment of HER-2 positive breast cancer, hopefully offsetting declining sales of Roche's Herceptin. (Roche) As its onc...
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Another late-stage miss knocks Gilead from its leading NASH position

Gilead's most advanced drug for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, a fatty liver disease better known as NASH, has failed a second late-stage clinical trial, arguably co...
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Clinical biomarkers expected to lift R&D productivity: Iqvia

Drugmakers are taking longer to move a medicine from initial human testing to approval, with cumulative development times increasing from an average of about 10 year...
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Biogen’s antisense ALS drug shows promise in early clinical trial

Detailed results from a phase 1 study of Biogen's anti-SOD1 ALS therapy tofersen (BIIB067) showed early promise in slowing clinical decline. (Biogen) Biogen is s...
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Drugs to prevent stroke and dementia show promise in early trial

Treatments that prevent recurrence of types of stroke and dementia caused by damage to small blood vessels in the brain have moved a step closer, following a small s...
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Comprehensive tumor profiling promises new therapeutic options for patients with advanced cancer

The WINTHER trial, NCT01856296, led by investigators from Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology - VHIO (Spain), Chaim Sheba Medical Center (Israel) (Raanan Berger), Gu...
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SGS Implements Veeva Vault Clinical Trial Management System Across its Global Network

SGS, a leading life sciences, clinical and bioanalytical contract solutions provider, today announced that the company will implement the Veeva Vault CTMS (clinical...
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