Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago published what they are calling a “first of its kind study” that found a possible direct link between neurodegenerative diseases and the herpesvirus.
Paris-based Sanofi announced that the company’s Phase III PEGASUS clinical trial of rilzabrutinib for pemphigus failed to hit the primary or key secondary endpoints. Sanofi picked up the drug when the company acquired South San Francisco-based Principia Biopharma in August 2020 for $3.68 billion.
Theravance announced that the diversified biopharmaceutical company’s oral drug candidate for the possible treatment of ulcerative colitis failed to meet the primary endpoint of a Phase IIb study.
AbbVie’s Rinvoq continues to demonstrate the medicine’s clinical potential to become the heir-apparent to the company’s blockbuster drug Humira, which will lose patent protection in 2023. In the company’s second-quarter 2021 report, AbbVie touted advances Rinvoq made throughout the three months, including positive Phase III data in ulcerative colitis.
Global pharmaceutical operations and technology company Biogen partnered with Chinese commercial-stage biopharmaceutical firm InnoCare Pharma to develop a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Galapagos announced new post-hoc analyses for the Belgium-based company’s Phase III SELECTION program for the JAK1 inhibitor filgotinib for ulcerative colitis, touting rapid symptom improvement and sustained steroid-free remission.
Recent personnel movement throughout the healthcare industry includes a new CEO for both U.K.-based Orbit Discovery and Netherlands-based Azafaros.
AbbVie’s Rinvoq (upadacitinib) hit the mark as a maintenance drug for ulcerative colitis in a Phase III study. The company said more patients treated with Rinvoq in the 52-week study achieved clinical remission compared to placebo.
The European Commission approved Roche’s injectible drug Enspryng, which can be administered at home to treat neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s oral drug Zeposia to treat adults with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
