AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu Wins Historic FDA Approval as First Tumor-Agnostic HER2-Directed Therapy

Enhertu, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, FDA Approval, Tumor-Agnostic, HER2-Directed Therapy, Metastatic HER2-Positive Solid Tumors, Accelerated Approval, DESTINY-PanTumor02 Study, Objective Response Rate (ORR), Duration of Response (DoR)

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Demonstrates Survival Benefit in Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Study

AstraZeneca, Imfinzi (durvalumab), Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Limited-stage SCLC, ADRIATIC Phase III study, Overall Survival (OS), Progression-Free Survival (PFS), Immunotherapy

Genmab Acquires ProfoundBio for $1.8 Billion to Challenge AbbVie’s Elahere in ADC Market

Genmab, ProfoundBio, $1.8 billion acquisition, Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), Competition with AbbVie’s Elahere, Rinatabart sesutecan (Rina-S), Folate Receptor Alpha (FRα), Midphase clinical trials

Roivant’s Anti-Inflammatory Med Shows Promise in Phase 2 Trial for Non-Anterior Non-Infectious Uveitis

Roivant, Brepocitinib, Phase 2 trial success, Non-Anterior Non-Infectious Uveitis (NIU), Priovant Therapeutics, Stock buyback plan, Sumitomo Pharma stake acquisition, Humira comparison

Verve Temporarily Halts Lead Base Editing Study Following Adverse Event, Prioritizes Alternative Therapy

Verve Therapeutics, Lead base editing program, Adverse event, VERVE-101, Serious adverse events (SAEs), Grade 3 ALT elevation, Thrombocytopenia, Pause enrollment in Heart-1 study, Alternative therapy focus: VERVE-102, Ionizable lipid delivery system, Phase Ib Heart-2 clinical trial, Q2 2024 initiation of Heart-2 clinical trial.

Medicare Coverage Gap Linked to Reduced Prescription Rates for GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

GLP-1 drugs, Medicare coverage gap, Lower prescription rates, Obesity treatment, Semaglutide (Wegovy), Tirzepatide (Mounjaro), Liraglutide (Saxenda), Healthcare costs, Truveta study