EASL 2019 – Research reminds hep B bulls that progress will be slow
Presentations from Assembly Biosciences and Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals could disappoint those hoping to see more definitive steps towards a functional cure for hepatitis…
EASL 2019 preview – Viking and Spring Bank abstracts pique early interest
High-profile presentations from the likes of Intercept and Alnylam remain under wraps before Europe’s biggest liver disease conference next month, but the early abstract…
Upcoming events – pivotal data loom for Novavax and Mallinckrodt
Novavax awaits phase III data with its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine ResVax, while Mallinckrodt hopes to bounce back with its next big pipeline hope, CPP-1X plus…
Death of a unicorn
Moderna’s upsized IPO is the biggest-ever for a pre-commercial biotech. But its share price has fallen in early trade on its first day.
Upcoming events – Crucial data for Neurocrine and Redhill
Neurocrine Biosciences is hoping to untick the box on its previous Tourette’s failures, while Redhill hopes that it has the Talicia keys.
Arbutus’s hep B handicap grows
Arbutus Biopharma already looked second best to Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals in the race to develop a functional cure for hepatitis B. New data have made the former’s task…
Go or no go? Ionis, Sanofi, Regeneron and Roche await big regulatory decisions
October looks to be a big month for label expansions, with Dupixent and Hemlibra both poised to move into big new patient populations. Meanwhile Ionis is awaiting a…
Looking for new mechanisms to cure hepatitis B
A genome editing tie-up between Gilead and Precision Biosciences, and promising early data with Arrowhead’s RNA interference project, are two novel approaches in hep B.
Abivax seeks funds to follow another fork
Encouraging early data in inflammatory bowel disease have given Abivax a second avenue to pursue with its lead HIV asset.
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