January 7, 2025
FDA Advisory Panels: Activity Levels Normalize After 2023 Surge
FDA advisory panels, adcomms, regulatory changes, advisory committee meetings
Denali Therapeutics’ ALS Drug DNL343 Fails to Meet Primary Efficacy Endpoints in Phase 2/3 HEALEY ALS Platform Trial
Denali Therapeutics, DNL343, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), HEALEY ALS Platform Trial, eIF2B agonist, Clinical trial failure, Neurodegenerative diseases
J&J’s Rybrevant Combination Therapy Outperforms AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso in Lung Cancer Survival Trial
J&J, Rybrevant, AstraZeneca, Tagrisso, lung cancer, NSCLC, survival trial, combination therapy
WuXi Biologics Divests Irish Vaccine Facility to Merck for $500 Million Amid Strategic Shift
WuXi Biologics, Merck, vaccine manufacturing facility, Dundalk, Ireland, asset sale, strategic shift, regulatory changes, Biosecure Act
Moderna CEO Reflects on 2024 Challenges and Advances in Shareholder Letter
Moderna, shareholder letter, 2024 review, RSV vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA medicines, Stéphane Bancel
Oculis’ Novel Peptidomimetic OCS-05 Shows Promising Results in Phase 2 Trial for Acute Optic Neuritis
Oculis, OCS-05, Peptidomimetic, Acute Optic Neuritis, Neuroprotective Therapy, Phase 2 Trial, ACUITY Trial
Merck Acquires WuXi Biologics’ Irish Vaccine Facility in $500M Deal
Merck, WuXi Biologics, vaccine facility, Ireland, $500M deal, pharmaceutical manufacturing
Orbis Medicines Secures €90 Million Series A Funding to Revolutionize Oral Macrocycle Drug Discovery
Orbis Medicines, Series A funding, oral macrocycle drugs, nCycles, biologic drug alternatives, pharmaceutical innovation
I-Mab Reprioritizes Pipeline, Halts CD73 Antibody Development to Focus on Givastomig
I-Mab, pipeline reshuffle, CD73 antibody, uliledlimab, givastomig, CLDN18.2 x 4-1BB bispecific antibody, cancer immunotherapy, metastatic gastric cancers