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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today announced updated efficacy and safety data from its Phase 2 clinical trial of picoplatin in patients with metastatic castration-resistant (hormone-refractory) prostate cancer (CRPC). The data demonstrate that picoplatin in combination with...
Posaconazole was non-inferior to voriconazole for the primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis, according to an international, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled non-inferiority trial published in the Lancet. Between October 25, 2013, and September 10, 2019, investigators randomly assigned 585 participants to receive either posaconazole or voriconazole. In the posaconazole group, 288 participants...
MELBOURNE, Australia – Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: NEU) has received clear and constructive guidance from the FDA Office of Neuroscience in pre-IND meetings for Phase 2 clinical trials of NNZ-2591 in Phelan-McDermid, Angelman and Pitt Hopkins syndromes. All three syndromes are serious neurological disorders that emerge in early childhood and have no...
STOCKHOLM – Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi™) and Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLS) (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) today reported positive top-line results from the phase 3 PRINCE study evaluating the efficacy and safety of pegcetacoplan in adults with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) who are treatment naïve, meaning they had not received a...
ATLANTA — UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, will present a post hoc analysis of the EXXELERATE trial examining the efficacy of CIMZIA® (certolizumab pegol) and adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with high rheumatoid factor (RF) levels. The data are being presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. (MTPA) today announced a post-hoc analysis of its Phase 3 edaravone study reviewing the results of intravenous (IV) edaravone treatment on disease progression milestones and events among people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In the analysis, a risk reduction was observed...
HAIFA, Israel and MIAMI, FL — Insightec, a global healthcare company dedicated to using acoustic energy to transform patient care, today announced a promising clinical study in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease leveraging focused ultrasound (FUS) technology, which has been reported in the latest issue of The New England Journal...