SITC – the morning after the night before
Nextcure’s Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer presentation gave investors little reason for cheer, but there's better news for Pieris, Celyad and Nektar.
Upcoming events – Axsome takes on migraine and Kala looks to dry eye again
Axsome hopes to find a niche with its migraine project, AXS-07, while Kala's latest phase III needs to win over the regulators.
Ash 2019 preview – the first winner and losers emerge
Celgene’s registrational Transcend NHL-001 study will be a big story at Ash, but the early focus falls on what has not been presented.
Vascepa's future could hinge on next week's panel
Amarin’s Vascepa is widely expected to receive approval in a huge new patient population. So why has the company not been bought?
ASN 2019 preview – fears grow that roxadustat could come up short
Fibrogen investors’ nerves jangle as another key cardiovascular safety readout approaches for the anaemia project.
SITC 2019 preview – Pieris joins the quest for a better Herceptin
Any signs of efficacy with PRS-343 could help Pieris claw back some of its recent losses, but Her2 targeting is increasingly competitive.
Upcoming events – key tests approach for Kadmon and Surface
Kadmon awaits key graft-versus-host disease data, and Surface Oncology's change of tack comes under the spotlight.
Go or no go? Agile and Lipocine hope to make it third time lucky
Smaller projects dominate the list, but this doesn’t make them any less important for November’s hopefuls.
First blood: Rubius approaches its big test
The first clinical data from Rubius Therapeutics will show whether its lead project, RTX-134, has a future. More importantly, the readout is a test of its entire red…
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