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Oct 28, 2024

AbbVie inks $1.4B Aliada buyout, landing ex-J&J Alzheimer’s drug to leap the blood-brain barrier


After prior trial flop, EyePoint's Duravyu bounces back with promising data in DME


TCT 2024: Studies show early TAVR procedures help prevent later hospitalizations


Ramping up for FDA submission, Ironwood makes further bid for $1B GI drug with subgroup data


Novartis, Apellis drop dueling datasets as they race for approval in rare form of kidney disease


BMS and UT San Antonio win $615K government grant to develop green pharma manufacturing processes


Astellas doesn't see eye to eye with Europe on geographic atrophy drug Izervay

 

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AbbVie inks $1.4B Aliada buyout, landing ex-J&J Alzheimer's drug to leap the blood-brain barrier

AbbVie has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to buy Aliada Therapeutics. The buyout will give AbbVie control of an Alzheimer’s disease drug candidate that Aliada in-licensed from Johnson & Johnson to try to improve on the first generation of anti-amyloid-beta antibodies.
 

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After prior trial flop, EyePoint's Duravyu bounces back with promising data in DME

EyePoint released new diabetic macular edema data Monday that a Mizuho Securities analyst described as "very promising." The trial win provides a needed turnaround for the company's lead candidate Duravyu, which failed a study in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy earlier this year.

TCT 2024: Studies show early TAVR procedures help prevent later hospitalizations

Two late-breaking studies examined the early replacement of a patient's heart valve before they began showing symptoms of aortic stenosis, with mixed results.

Ramping up for FDA submission, Ironwood makes further bid for $1B GI drug with subgroup data

On the heels of a phase 3 win that failed to impress investors, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is back with more data in efforts to prove that its long-acting GLP-2 analog can do more than beat placebo.

Novartis, Apellis drop dueling datasets as they race for approval in rare form of kidney disease

Novartis and Apellis dropped new data on their respective meds, iptacopan and pegcetacoplan, in the rare kidney disease C3 glomerulopathy. While Apellis' drug seems to have an efficacy edge based on a cross-trial comparison, Novartis may have gotten the jump by filing for approvals ahead of its competitor.

BMS and UT San Antonio win $615k government grant to develop green pharma manufacturing processes

The National Science Foundation has awarded $615,000 to the laboratory of chemist Doug Frantz, Ph.D., at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), for a partnership with BMS that seeks to make pharma manufacturing more environmentally friendly.

Astellas doesn't see eye to eye with Europe on geographic atrophy drug Izervay

While Astellas’ Izervay and Apellis’ Syfovre battle for market share in geographic atrophy (GA) in the United States, both companies are struggling to reach patients in the indication in Europe. Four months after Europe's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) rejected Apellis’ GA application for Syfovre for a second time, Astellas has withdrawn its application for the approval of Izervay based on discussions with the European regulator.
 
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