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Oct 5, 2022

GSK hits go on pivotal TIM-3 lung cancer trial after phase 2 clears bar for advancement

FDA nixes EUA ambitions for Eiger’s COVID treatment, proposes full approval pathway instead

OncoSec sheds 45% of staff to fund IL-12 drug through Keytruda combo trial

Novo Nordisk ready to submit once-weekly insulin to FDA after scoring final phase 3 win

Chasing Biogen and Sage, Eliem hustles depression drug into phase 2 after clearing up PK question

HHS preps for potential pandemics, gives Vir Biotechnology chance to make up to $1B in multiyear contract

 

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GSK hits go on pivotal TIM-3 lung cancer trial after phase 2 clears bar for advancement

GSK’s anti-TIM-3 antibody is moving into a pivotal trial after hitting the mark in the midphase portion of the study, cementing the Big Pharma’s status as a front-runner in a thinning field featuring Novartis.
 

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FDA nixes EUA ambitions for Eiger’s COVID treatment, proposes full approval pathway instead

Eiger won't be nabbing emergency use authorization for its COVID treatment after all. The company says the FDA rejected the pathway citing concerns about the trial and the general state of the pandemic in the U.S.

OncoSec sheds 45% of staff to fund IL-12 drug through Keytruda combo trial

Following a shake-up at the top, OncoSec Medical is now reducing its workforce by almost half as it tightens its focus on its lead melanoma trial of its only clinical-stage candidate.

Novo Nordisk ready to submit once-weekly insulin to FDA after scoring final phase 3 win

Novo Nordisk added the final piece to the puzzle the Danish drugmaker wanted to complete before submitting its once-weekly insulin icodec to regulators next year.

Chasing Biogen and Sage, Eliem hustles depression drug into phase 2 after clearing up PK question

Eliem Therapeutics’ would-be challenger to Biogen and Sage Therapeutics’ zuranolone is moving into a phase 2a clinical trial. The transatlantic biotech greenlit the study after a pharmacokinetic study cleared up drug exposure concerns raised in another clinical trial.

HHS preps for potential pandemics, gives Vir Biotechnology chance to make up to $1B in multiyear contract

The U.S. government has granted Vir Biotechnology a multi-year contract and the chance to make up to $1 billion in efforts to respond to public health emergencies and prepare for future pandemics prompted by the flu or other infectious diseases.

After years of manufacturing woes, Takeda is calling it quits on Natpara

After an indefinite commercial delay on its Shire-acquired rare disease drug this spring, Takeda’s yearslong Natpara manufacturing saga is drawing to a close.

Google Cloud introduces digital suite for medical imaging

The company’s Medical Imaging Suite will also serve as a gateway for the development of AI programs for quickly parsing patient scans.

AstraZeneca's Evusheld loses potency against new omicron subvariant, FDA warns

Amid reports that AstraZeneca's Evusheld is ineffective against the latest subvariant of omicron, BA.4.6, the FDA has updated its fact sheet for the antibody combo. The agency now says the product can increase the risk of COVID-19 infection for variants that it does not neutralize.

Teva parries patent challenge from Eli Lilly in long-running migraine feud

While much of the current migraine hubbub revolves around AbbVie's oral franchise and Pfizer's Nurtec ODT, a patent feud between a pair of veteran injectables has been quietly raging in the background. Early this week, Teva Pharmaceutical parried a riposte from Eli Lilly.
 
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