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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial of praliciguat, an oral, once-daily soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator being evaluated...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today announced publication of 96-week results from the Phase 2b HARMONY trial in The Lancet. The publication reports final results from HARMONY,...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today released preliminary topline week 96 results from HARMONY, a Phase 2b study evaluating the efficacy and safety of its lead product...
HONG KONG — Akeso Inc. announced the enrollment of the first patient in the registrational Phase III clinical study comparing Cadonilimab (PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody) combined with chemotherapy versus Tislelizumab (PD-1 antibody) combined with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment for patients with PD-L1 negative (PD-L1 TPS<1%) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
HONG KONG — Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) is excited to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its differentiated PD-1 monoclonal antibody, penpulimab-kcqx, in combination with cisplatin or carboplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adult recurrent or metastatic non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). FDA also approved...
HONG KONG — Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) (“Akeso” or the “Company”) announced that the first patient has been dosed in its global, multicenter, randomized Phase II registrational trial (COMPASSION-36/AK104-225). The trial will evaluate cadonilimab, Akeso’s first-in-class PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody, in combination with lenvatinib versus lenvatinib alone for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular...
HONG KONG — Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) announced that its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for gumokimab (AK111), a novel humanized anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody for the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis (AS), has been accepted for review by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). There are...
HONG KONG  —  Akeso, Inc. today announced that the Company presented the promising phase II results of cadonilimab (a tetravalent PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody) and Lenvatinib (Len) combined with TACE for the treatment of mid- and advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a poster at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology...
HONG KONG — Akeso published two phase Ib clinical results of its innovative CD47 monoclonal antibody ligufalimab (AK117) in combination with azacitidine in patients with newly diagnosed higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (HR-MDS) and treatment-naïve acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.   HR-MDS Anemia...
HONG KONG and PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) (“Akeso”), and INOVIO (NASDAQ: INO) today announced that they have entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement to evaluate cadonilimab, Akeso’s first-in-class PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody, in combination with INO-5412, INOVIO’s DNA immunotherapy candidate, for the potential treatment of GBM. The combination therapy will...