Takeda and Alkermes Detail Strong Clinical Results for Orexin Drugs in Narcolepsy – Head-to-Head Race Accelerates

Takeda; Alkermes; orexin agonists; narcolepsy; oveporexton; alixorexton; clinical trials; Phase 3; excessive daytime sleepiness; cataplexy; maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT)

FDA Approves Tonix’s Tonmya: First New Fibromyalgia Drug in Over 15 Years

Tonmya; FDA approval; fibromyalgia; Tonix Pharmaceuticals; non-opioid analgesic; cyclobenzaprine HCl sublingual tablets; chronic pain; phase 3 clinical trials

Novartis antibody ianalumab clinches another Phase 3 win in rare blood disease (ITP)

Novartis; ianalumab; VAY736; primary immune thrombocytopenia; ITP; rare disease; Phase 3; time to treatment failure; safe platelet levels; eltrombopag; autoimmune; B-cell depletion; BAFF-R inhibition; Sjögren’s disease; regulatory submissions

IO Biotech’s cancer vaccine Cylembio narrowly misses Phase III primary endpoint in advanced melanoma, but company eyes FDA filing in 2025

Cylembio; IO Biotech; melanoma; Phase 3; pivotal trial; progression-free survival (PFS); hazard ratio 0.77; p-value 0.056; Keytruda (pembrolizumab); FDA BLA; overall survival (OS) trend; IOB-013/KN-D18; NCT05155254; imsapepimut; etimupepimut; stock drop

Novartis plans global filings after ianalumab hits primary endpoints in two Phase 3 Sjögren’s disease trials

Novartis; ianalumab; BAFF‑R; B-cell depletion; Sjögren’s disease; NEPTUNUS-1; NEPTUNUS-2; ESSDAI; Phase 3; regulatory filings; first targeted treatment; safety profile