– Trofinetide met co-primary efficacy endpoints demonstrating statistically significant improvement over placebo in the Rett Syndrome Behaviour Questionnaire (RSBQ) (p=0.0175) and the Clinical Global Impression of Improvement (CGI-I) (p=0.0030) – Trofinetide met key secondary endpoint demonstrating statistically significant improvement over placebo in CSBS-DP-IT–Social (p=0.0064), caregiver scale of ability to communicate...
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According to the results of a phase 1/2 study, the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor acalabrutinib was safe and efficacious, with durable remissions, in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The findings were reported in Blood. The single-arm study, ACE-CL-001 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02029443), evaluated efficacy and safety of acalabrutinib monotherapy...
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CDER’s Accelerating Rare disease Cures (ARC) Program harnesses CDER’s collective expertise and activities to provide strategic overview and coordination of CDER’s rare disease activities. CDER’s ARC Program is governed by leadership from across CDER’s Office of the Center Director, Office of New Drugs, and the Office of Translational Sciences. The program...
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ALAMEDA, Calif. and TAIPEI — Acepodia (6976:TT), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class cell therapies with its unique Antibody-Cell Conjugation (ACC) and allogeneic gamma delta 2 (γδ2) T cell platforms to address gaps in cancer care, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s...
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