This week's sponsor is Premier Research. | | Overcoming Risk in Oncology Drug Development Oncology drug development is fraught with obstacles and risks, and you must carefully plan each step. Click here for tips on finding the fast track. Premier Research. It's what we do. Best. | Today's Rundown AstraZeneca dumps Amgen-partnered drug after midphase fail ReNeuron climbs on updated vision loss cell therapy data Celgene wraps up EU, U.S. filings for anemia drug luspatercept [Sponsored] Using the Innate Immune System to Treat Disease New insight into melatonin could lead to better sleep drugs EuroBiotech Report—Genentech backs U.K. accelerator, GSK punts heart drug, Boehringer and more FiercePharmaAsia—Lilly China asset sale; Daiichi's bispecific I-O deal; Torrent 1M-bottle sartan recall Chutes & Ladders—Novartis nabs GSK executive for Sandoz CEO Featured Story | Friday, April 26, 2019 AstraZeneca has dropped Amgen-partnered autoimmune drug prezalumab from its pipeline. The action follows the failure of the anti-B7RP1 antibody in a midphase Sjöogren’s syndrome trial. |
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| This week's sponsor is WCG. | | | Top Stories Friday, April 26, 2019 ReNeuron has reported further improvements in the vision of patients treated with its cell therapy. The mean increase in visual acuity across the three retinitis pigmentosa patients now stands at 23 letters, well above the level deemed clinically meaningful by the FDA. Friday, April 26, 2019 Three weeks after filing luspatercept for FDA approval, Celgene has submitted the anemia drug for consideration by the European Medicines Agency. The applications come four months after the Acceleron-partnered drug reduced the reliance of beta-thalassemia patients on blood transfusions in a phase 3 trial. Monday, April 22, 2019 Reprogramming the innate immune system, rather than the adaptive immune system, may be the path to treat both cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Thursday, April 25, 2019 Melatonin is a hormone that regulates our biological clock, but scientists don’t fully understand how it interacts with two cellular receptors to do the job. Now, a team of researchers has shed some light on the receptors’ structures, which they say could help improve the design of drugs to treat sleep disorders. Thursday, April 25, 2019 In this week's EuroBiotech Report, Genentech backs U.K. startup accelerator, GSK punts failed heart drug and more. Friday, April 26, 2019 Eli Lilly sells legacy brands and a manufacturing facility in China to focus on new therapies. Daiichi Sankyo picks its first bispecific antibody developed under a deal with Zymeworks. Torrent Pharma recalls more than 1 million bottles of losartan. And more. Friday, April 26, 2019 Novartis nabs GSK executive for Sandoz CEO, bringing in some digital prowess; Pfizer oncology executive hops to Aduro as CMO; and Alkermes' former COO will head up operations at Paragon. 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