Organic Chemical
FDA Delays Decision on KalVista’s HAE Drug Sebetralstat, Citing Heavy Workload
KalVista Pharmaceuticals; sebetralstat; FDA delay; hereditary angioedema; resource constraints; PDUFA date; drug approval; oral on-demand treatment
FDA Approves UroGen’s Chemo-Turned-Gel Drug ZUSDURI Despite Negative Advisory Vote
UroGen; FDA approval; ZUSDURI; UGN-102; chemo-turned-gel drug; mitomycin gel; low-grade intermediate-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer; negative AdComm vote; ENVISION trial; ODAC
Nuvation Bio Scores First FDA Approval for Oral Lung Cancer Drug Ibtrozi
Nuvation Bio; FDA approval; Ibtrozi; taletrectinib; lung cancer; ROS1-positive NSCLC; oral treatment; tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Novo Nordisk Signs $812M Deal with Deep Apple to Develop Non-Incretin Obesity Drugs
Novo Nordisk; Deep Apple Therapeutics; obesity; non-incretin; GPCR; cardiometabolic disease; small molecules; research collaboration; deal; drug discovery
FDA Places Clinical Hold on Five Gilead HIV Studies Due to Safety Concerns
FDA; Gilead Sciences; HIV; clinical hold; GS-1720; GS-4182; clinical trials; safety signal; CD4+ T-cell; lymphocyte count; Biktarvy; lenacapavir
Axsome Plots New Fibromyalgia Trial After FDA Refuses Review of Former Pfizer Candidate
Axsome Therapeutics; esreboxetine; fibromyalgia; FDA; refusal to file; clinical trial; Pfizer; AXS-14; trial design; pain medicine
NewAmsterdam Reports Cholesterol Drug Obicetrapib May Slow Alzheimer’s Biomarker Buildup
NewAmsterdam Pharma; obicetrapib; cholesterol ester transfer protein inhibitor (CETP); Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers; p-tau217; ApoE4; BROADWAY trial; Phase 3
Merck’s Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Enlicitide Significantly Reduces LDL Cholesterol in Phase 3 Trials
Merck; PCSK9 inhibitor; enlicitide; phase 3 trials; cholesterol; LDL-C; oral therapy; hyperlipidemia; familial hypercholesterolemia; CORALreef HeFH; CORALreef AddOn; statin therapy
AstraZeneca’s Calquence Combo Approved for First-Line CLL in EU
AstraZeneca; Calquence; EU approval; chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; first-line treatment; venetoclax; obinutuzumab; BTK inhibitor; Amplify trial
Regenxbio Reports Consistent One-Year Benefit for DMD Gene Therapy RGX-202
Regenxbio; DMD; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; RGX-202; gene therapy; AFFINITY DUCHENNE trial; clinical trial; microdystrophin; biomarker; phase I/II; functional data