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.
Japanese drugmakers stand out at the nine-month mark
Daiichi Sankyo’s incredible stock market performance stands out amid the usual mixed bag of fallers and risers among biopharma’s mid- and small caps.
Cannabis, M&A and data spur strong gains among small and midcaps
The usual story of positive data and clinical failure influencing company stock performance was given added interest in the second quarter with price fixing allegations…
EHA 2019 – Sunesis chases Arqule, but remissions prove elusive
Sunesis’s vecabrutinib has yet to put a patient into remission, so hope rests on higher dosing of this next-generation BTK inhibitor.
EHA 2019 – turnaround puts Arqule in the takeover frame
A key update confirms ARQ 531 as the leading contender to treat patients who relapse on Imbruvica or Calquence.
Imbruvica resistance provides early but fertile development ground
Targeting a mechanism of resistance to first-generation BTK inhibitors has caught the attention of biotechs like Arqule, which claimed a major success last week.
Ash 2018 event analyzer – Losers edge out winners in year’s final major meeting
Autolus leads winners in spite of scepticism over its CAR-T, and gene therapies disappoint.
What’s in a p value?
Biotech’s propensity to manipulate clinical datasets to show significance where none exists must be curbed, but a plan to raise the p value threshold looks like a way of…
