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Vertex Acquires Alpine Immune Sciences for $4.9 Billion to Boost Immunology Trail
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Alpine Immune Sciences, $4.9 billion acquisition, Immunology trail
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)
Enhanced Optimization for Influenza B Strains Planned in CureVac’s mRNA Seasonal Flu Vaccine Trials
CureVac, mRNA flu vaccine, Influenza B strains, Targeted optimization, Phase 2 studies, Multivalent candidate, Improved immune response, Collaboration with GSK
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
Diagonal Therapeutics Secures $128 Million Funding to Target Rare Diseases
Diagonal Therapeutics, Antibody biotech, $128 million funding, Rare diseases focus, Orphan disease treatment, Chronic anemia, Merck’s Winrevair related research, Blue-chip investors
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.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Zeposia Misses Mark in Phase 3 Crohn’s Disease Study
Bristol Myers Squibb, Zeposia (ozanimod), Phase 3 Trial Setback, Crohn’s Disease, Clinical Remission Endpoint Not Met, YELLOWSTONE Program, Unmet Medical Need in Crohn’s Treatment
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