Glaxo dips a lonely big pharma toe into the coeliac space
With the buyout of Sitari Pharmaceuticals, Glaxosmithkline becomes only the second major drug maker to have an interest in coeliac disease.
Go or no go? Novo awaits call on oral sema
The Danish group tops the list, while Ardelyx could get its first nod for tenapanor, and Xeris gets a second shot with its hypoglycaemia rescue pen.
No Enigma in mid-stage success, Allakos insists
The company’s Enigma study in an orphan digestive tract disease points a way to approval, notwithstanding the company’s statistical analysis method.
Upcoming events – mid-stage Nash data from NGM and Enanta near
Newly-listed NGM Biopharmaceuticals needs its Nash project to impress in phase II, while Enanta must show that it also has a foot in the door in the liver disease.
Boehringer splashes the cash in Nash
Paying $40m up front for a preclinical asset is a bold move, even for the red-hot Nash space, though Boehringer has shelled out here before.
As Genfit deals and Conatus folds, Nash plays on
A China licensing deal from Genfit and the collapse of Conatus provide the latest news from the closely watched Nash space, which nervously awaits the next wave of…
EASL 2019 – Alnylam lays out givosiran's benefit
Full data from Alnylam's pivotal givosiran programme show a big impact for severe patients, though a case still needs to be made for a broader population.
EASL 2019 – Having filed to float, all Cirius needs now is the data
The IPO hopeful Cirius Therapeutics presented intriguing Nash data at EASL, but with the final readout from a phase IIb study looming the company’s real value is hard to…
EASL 2019 – Intercept builds a case for Ocaliva
A look at the abstract on Intercept’s Regenerate trial seems to confirm the earlier topline result, ahead of a full data presentation later today.
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