Therapy Area topics
Cardiovascular
Anthos doubles down on its novel blood thinner
The group continues its niche-targeting strategy with abelacimab’s latest pivotal trial.
Xylocor sees enough to press on with angina gene therapy
A pivotal trial is in the works, but can the group succeed where other VEGF gene therapies have failed?
Gossamer unravels
The group's pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy might work in sicker patients, but investors are unwilling to stick around.
Central Nervous System
Novartis trims its pipeline
Discontinuations for branaplam, iptacopan and Piqray could increase pipeline scepticism, but more pruning is coming.
Diabetes
Astrazeneca gets personal
A collaboration this week with the blood testing specialist Capitainer underlines the big pharma’s ambition to have a diagnostic linked with every pipeline project.
Digital Health
ESC 2022 – Preventicus gets halfway there
Improving atrial fibrillation diagnosis is one thing; improving outcomes another.
Better Therapeutics banks on data and partnerships
But difficulties around reimbursement, selling and market value could make it hard for the app maker to live up to its name.
Trad device start-ups catch the cash
Young device makers were surprisingly appealing to VCs in the first half of 2022 – unless they were active in digital health.
Oncology
A renewed push into early bladder cancer
Ferring's Adstiladrin has joined Keytruda with a US approval, but it might not be the answer doctors are looking for.
Respiratory
Astrazeneca gets personal
A collaboration this week with the blood testing specialist Capitainer underlines the big pharma’s ambition to have a diagnostic linked with every pipeline project.
Various
Go or no go? Overcoming delays
US Pdufa decisions loom for Apellis and Travere, while Menarini and Lilly got their approval firsts already.
