Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
US Drug Shortages Hit Record High Since 2001: ASHP Report
Drug shortages, Record high, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), 323 drugs in shortage, Chemotherapy drugs, ADHD therapies, Central nervous system stimulants, Antimicrobials, Hormone agents, Intravenous fluids, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Biden administration, White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, Defense Production Act (DPA), Incentives for hospitals, Quality concerns, Controlled substances
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
Diagonal Therapeutics Secures $128 Million Series A Funding through Innovative Antibody Agonists
Diagonal Therapeutics, Series A funding, Antibody agonism, Cellular “on” switches, Rare diseases
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
Acorda Therapeutics Concludes $185M Asset Sale with Merz amid Bankruptcy Filing Following Disappointing Sales
Acorda Therapeutics, $185M asset sale, Merz, Bankruptcy filing, Years of disappointing sales, Multiple Sclerosis drug Fampyra, Biogen returns ex-US rights, Generic competition, Declining sales, Neurological diseases
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.
Carisma Therapeutics to Lay Off Staff, Discontinue CAR-M Programs in Pursuit of Second Candidate
Carisma Therapeutics, Layoffs, Workforce reduction (37%), Dropping clinical CAR-M program, Anti-HER2 CAR-macrophage CT-0508, Anti-mesothelin CAR-monocyte candidate CT-1119, Second candidate focus
FDA Approves Vadadustat (Vafseo) for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Dialysis and Daprodustat (Jesduvroq) for Dialysis-Dependent CKD Adults
Anemia, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Vadadustat (Vafseo), Daprodustat (Jesduvroq), Oral medication, FDA approval, Hemoglobin levels, Black Box Warning, Efficacy and safety data, Post-marketing safety data
Pfizer Discontinues Phase III Trial for Sickle Cell Treatment Amid Challenges in Patient Recruitment
Pfizer, Sickle Cell Disease, Phase III Study, Inclacumab, Poor Accrual, Recruitment Challenges, THRIVE Program, ClinicalTrials.gov, Gene Therapies