Halozyme Therapeutics Q & A Yesterday, Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO) announced that Argenx Company (ARGX) has received . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Halozyme and argenx Collaboration argenx (ARGX) dosed the first subject in phase 1 clinical trial for the safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of its product efgartigimod plus Halozyme’s (HALO) drug delivery technology ENHANZE®. The drug aims at treating severe autoimmune diseases including myasthenia gravis (MG), immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)and skin blistering diseases.    We find it good news that this first clinical trial has been initiated in a …

Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO) and argenx (ARGX) announced a global collaboration and license agreement offering argenx the right to use Halozyme's ENHANZE® drug delivery technology to develop multiple subcutaneous product formulations for current or future argenx product candidates. The agreement provides argenx exclusive access to ENHANZE® for any product targeting the human neonatal Fc receptor, FcRn, including argenx's lead asset efgartigimod (ARGX-113) and up to two additional targets, potentially shortening …

Phase 2 clinical trial data of argenx’s (ARGX) product Efgartigimod (ARGX-113) in adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)  showed a favorable safety and tolerability profile. The results also demonstrated that efgartigimod caused meaningful platelet count improvements across doses and ITP patient classifications, including newly diagnosed, persistent and chronic, and correlated with a consistent reduction in IgG levels. Commenting on the news, Nicolas Leupin, Chief Medical …