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Cartesian claims phase 2b autoimmune CAR-T win after changing endpoint


Crosswalk picks up Fabry, Pompe compounds from abandoned Takeda, Codexis collab 


Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Takeda axes another 220 jobs; Ovid undergoes 43% reduction


BARDA hands Moderna $176M to push avian flu vaccine through trials


Annovis glosses over primary endpoint in pivotal Parkinson’s data, focuses on subgroups


Gain's clinical GDP1 Parkinson's drug helps mice retain cognitive function 


Reservations, Great Plains and rural counties ripe for decentralized trials: Milken report

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Cartesian claims phase 2b autoimmune CAR-T win after changing endpoint

Cartesian Therapeutics has claimed a phase 2b win for its BCMA-directed CAR-T therapy in generalized myasthenia gravis. But the biotech’s victory came on a primary endpoint it changed in May and in a population that excluded the 25% of participants treated at community clinics.
 

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Crosswalk picks up Fabry, Pompe compounds from abandoned Takeda, Codexis collab

Crosswalk Therapeutics has strolled over to Codexis to pick up Fabry and Pompe disease compounds that remain from an abandoned Takeda collaboration.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Takeda axes another 220 jobs; Ovid undergoes 43% reduction

We really didn't want to have to create another Layoff Tracker this year. But here we are, launching the third annual iteration tracking biopharma layoffs. 

BARDA hands Moderna $176M to push avian flu vaccine through trials

Moderna has become the latest biopharma to benefit from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ concerns about avian flu, awarding the company $176 million to fund the clinical development of a potential vaccine.

Annovis glosses over primary endpoint in pivotal Parkinson’s data, focuses on subgroups

Annovis Bio has published its delayed phase 3 Parkinson’s disease data, reporting success in subgroups and secondary endpoints while skirting the question of whether the candidate moved the needle on the main goal.

Gain's clinical GDP1 Parkinson's drug helps mice retain cognitive function

Mouse models of GBA1 Parkinson’s disease that are treated with Gain Therapeutics’ clinical-stage drug GT-02287 appear to have better cognitive function and lower disease biomarkers than untreated animals, new data show.

Reservations, Great Plains and rural counties ripe for decentralized trials: Milken report

CROs aiming to get into the decentralized trials game in the U.S. may find the biggest opportunity in the Great Plains and on Native American reservations—parts of the country with high disease prevalence but where patients would have to travel long distances to take part in a clinical trial, a new Milken Institute report suggests.

Departing FDA staffers told they can still influence the agency in Big Pharma jobs: BMJ report

Under federal law, former FDA employees are prohibited from engaging in certain lobbying activities—but an investigation published in the BMJ on Monday claims that the agency’s staffers are often advised of loopholes in those regulations on their way out the door.

J&J, Legend's Carvykti shows CAR-T can extend lives in multiple myeloma

In a major win for J&J and Legend, their star CAR-T therapy Carvykti showed it can prolong the lives of patients with previously treated multiple myeloma.

Pfizer bops to the top with new Ashley Tisdale collab around alopecia areata

For its latest celebrity partnership, Pfizer went in a “Fabulous” direction.
 
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