Month: April 2022

Amgen: Repatha Studies Showed Sustained Reduction in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol with No New Safety Findings

Amgen Repatha Studies Repatha is the Longest Studied PCSK9i Amgen (AMGN) announced top-line results from two Repatha® (evolocumab) open label extension (OLE) studies to the Phase 3 FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial. The studies were designed to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of Repatha over five years in adults with clinically evident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The FOURIER-OLE (Further . . . This content is for paid …

Gilead Sciences: Remdesivir is the First and Only Approved Treatment for Pediatric Patients with COVID-19. See Also: Cassava Sciences

Gilead Sciences Receives sNDA from the FDA for Remdesivir for Pediatric Patients with COVID-19 Gilead Sciences (GILD) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Veklury®, aka remdesivir, for the treatment of pediatric patients who are older than 28 days, weighing at least 3 kg, and . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …

Interesting News from PTC Therapeutics and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings News Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings (ARCT) shared topline data from an ongoing Phase 1/2/3 trial evaluating ARCT-154, Arcturus’ self-amplifying mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19. The ongoing Phase 1/2/3 registrational study, sponsored by Arcturus’ collaborator Vinbiocare Biotechnology Joint Stock Company – a member of Vingroup Joint Stock Company, enrolled over . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log …

Gilead Sciences: The FDA Lifts Partial Clinical Hold on MDS and AML Magrolimab Studies. See Also: BioNTech

FDA Lifts Partial Clinical Hold on Gilead Sciences Studies of Magrolimab On April 12, 2022, Gilead Sciences (GILD) announced that the U.S. FDA lifted the partial clinical hold placed on studies evaluating its investigational agent magrolimab in combination with azacitidine. The FDA removed the partial hold after reviewing the comprehensive safety data from each trial. Enrollment in the U.S. can resume . . . This …

What’s Going on with the Clinical-Stage Biotech Firms. See Also: Promising News From Evotec SE

The Clinical Stage Biotech Firms   We have reasons to believe that some clinical-stage biotechnology firms, which have yet to generate revenues, have solid scientific fundamentals, breakthrough technologies and extremely promising  products that will generate billions of dollars in future years. These solid firms’ shareholders are currently experiencing selloffs of their stocks. Short-sellers, and the followers who are encouraging the ridding of these stocks, explain …

Sunshine Biopharma’s New mRNA Therapeutics Killed Cancer Cells with Little or No Adverse Effects

Sunshine Biopharma mRNA Therapeutics Effective at Destroying Cancer Cells Sunshine Biopharma, Inc. (SBFM) –  a pharmaceutical company focused on research, development and commercialization of oncology and antiviral drugs, announced that two of its newly designed mRNA molecules are effective at destroying cancer cells grown in culture. The cytotoxicity tests were performed on a variety of cancer cells including the following cancers: Multidrug resistant breast cancer …

Gilead Sciences: The FDA Approved Yescarta® – The First CAR T-Cell Therapy for Initial Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory LBCL

Gilead Sciences' Product Yescarta Kite - a Gilead Sciences (GILD) Company, announced the U.S. FDA has approved Yescarta® (axicabtagene ciloleucel) CAR T-cell therapy for adult patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) refractory to first-line chemo-immunotherapy or that which relapses within 12 months of first-line chemo-immunotherapy. Yescarta demonstrated a clinically meaningful and statistically significant . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or …

Reata Pharmaceuticals Completed Rolling NDA Submission of Omaveloxolone for Friedreich’s Ataxia

Reata Pharmaceuticals Completed Rolling NDA Submission for Omaveloxolone for Friedreich’s Ataxia Reata Pharmaceuticals (RETA) announced the completion of the rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. FDA for omaveloxolone’s treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). The NDA is supported by the efficacy and safety data from the MOXIe Part 1, Part 2 and MOXIe Extension studies. The FDA has granted Fast Track …