9 Meters must go a lot further than that
Innovate combines with RDD, but the success of the takeover relies in large part on a project for coeliac disease.
Genfit’s liver disease Hail Mary approaches
Genfit's quiet delay means it will be five years since a Nash failure before investors find out whether pressing on into phase III was worth it.
Upcoming events – Reneuron’s conference data and Provention takes on Crohn’s
Reneuron is set to release further data with its hRPC stem cell therapy in retinitis pigmentosa, while Provention Bio aims to target Crohn’s early with PRV-6527.
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…
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