Lilly's COVID-19 antibody fails trial in hospitalized patients Ultragenyx pauses antisense trial after patients lose ability to walk Pfizer Q3 cull sees midstage fast-tracked NASH drug axed, with a cancer vaccine and arthritis asset also chopped EQRx grabs 2 late-stage checkpoint inhibitors from CStone in $150M deal Catabasis DMD effort fails again as it cuts drug from pipeline, considers 'strategic options' Journey Colab bags $3M from 'moonshot' fund to push new development model for psychedelic treatments Newly discovered immune cell offers path to treating ALS, MS and other brain diseases Covance starting to rebound, but clinical trial business still being hit by COVID-19 Featured Story | By Nick Paul Taylor The NIH has scrapped a clinical trial of Eli Lilly’s anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Investigators stopped enrolling patients in the study after finding LY-CoV555 is unlikely to improve outcomes in the studied patient population. read more |
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Top Stories By Nick Paul Taylor Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has paused dosing in a phase 1/2 trial of a rare disease drug after patients temporarily lost the ability to walk. All subjects had lower extremity weakness after receiving antisense oligonucleotide GTX-102, leading Ultragenyx to pause the study and plan to amend dosing. read more By Ben Adams All eyes are on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine work, but the Big Pharma has today quietly culled two midstage trials and one phase 1 test. read more By Amirah Al Idrus EQRx is adding a pair of PD-1/PD-L1 meds to its pipeline through a licensing deal with China’s CStone Pharmaceuticals worth $150 million upfront, but that could net the latter up to $1.15 billion in milestone payments. Under the deal, EQRx picks up the rights to develop and commercialize the drugs outside of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. read more By Ben Adams It’s the final nail in the coffin for Catabasis Pharmaceuticals’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy hopeful as edasalonexent has once again failed to deliver. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Psychedelics have the potential to become new, better treatments for mental illnesses, but today’s drug development model—not to mention the war on drugs—have hindered their progress. Journey Colab thinks it has the solution, and it’s caught the eye of Apollo Projects, a fund that backs moonshots. read more By Arlene Weintraub A research team led by Ohio State University discovered an immune cell that might be harnessed to partially reverse nerve damage in MS, ALS and other brain disorders. 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