The Week in Review #28 The approval of revolutionary products created by biotech firms with solid scientific fundamentals, superior scientists and advanced technologies is what motivates us to pick for investment biotech and biopharmaceutical firms. So, let’s see what has been approved in the parting week  from firms that we picked for investment.       IMPORTANT APPROVALS       Prohost Picked Firm     …

MOTIF BIO Antibiotic Motif Bio’s (MTFB) antibiotic drug Iclaprim met the Phase 3 Revive-2 trial’s primary endpoints of non-inferiority against the current standard of care antibiotic, vancomycin in acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). The drug demonstrated a 78% clinical skin infection cure. According to Motif Bio, Iclaprim was nearly identical compared to vancomycin. The firm observed, though, that within 48 to 72 hours, a …

Amicus (FOLD) announced the failure of its topical wound-healing product SD-101 for patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The drug failure was revealed when top-line results from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical ESSENCE study SD-101 were announced. The results showed that the drug did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference from placebo in the intent to treat (ITT) population. The first primary endpoint results …