Keytruda looks to secure a June double play
Merck & Co faces two US FDA decisions in June, and neither is an obvious guarantee of success.
Colorectal cancer could see Array stand alone at last
The group’s Braftovi/Mektovi combo shows the potential of a targeted approach in colorectal cancer, so where is the competition?
GW sets its sights on Zogenix and a new Epidiolex use
A strong pivotal result should allow the company to broaden Epidiolex’s reach to tuberous sclerosis complex, as long as liver injury risk can be ruled out.
EASL 2019 – Intercept and medics clash in Nash
Yesterday’s high-profile presentation of the Regenerate trial failed to quash concerns about Ocaliva in Nash, despite Intercept’s best attempts to polish the data.
Events overtake Bavencio in ovarian cancer
Pfizer/Merck KGaA scrap a pivotal trial, partly because it tested Bavencio against what is no longer the relevant standard of care.
ACC 2019 preview – Amarin and Esperion look for an edge
Amarin and Esperion get a chance to reinforce their lipid-lowering candidates, while a Bayer heart failure project gets a high-profile slot despite its discontinuation.
Upcoming events – Beacons of hope for Array and Proteon
Array Biopharma hopes for a label extension for its Braf/Mek inhibitor, and Proteon tries to make a better fist of its second phase III trial of vonapanitase.
Asco-GU 2019 – checkpoint blockers might not be created equal after all
Until now all PD-(L)1 blockers were assumed to have broadly similar activity, with any differences being put down to trial design; the latest renal cancer data could…
Intercept's Nash hopes rest on Ocaliva's borderline hit
Intercept’s Regenerate trial in Nash, one of the hottest clinical readouts of 2019, is technically a success, but toxicity casts a long shadow.
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