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Actithera draws new investors to radiopharma drug pitch

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

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Biogen Advances Investigational SMA Therapy to Registrational Trials After Positive Phase 1 Data

The Pharma Data

Biogen Reports Promising Interim Phase 1 Results for Salanersen in Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Prepares for Registrational Trials Biogen has announced encouraging topline results from its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating salanersen (BIIB115/ION306) , an investigational antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

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The rising impact of biomarkers in early clinical development

Drug Target Review

As our understanding of the underlying biology of disease grows more sophisticated, emerging therapies operate on increasingly complex biopathological systems and mechanisms. A surrogate endpoint is a marker used in clinical trials as a substitute for a direct clinical outcome. There are several types of biomarkers to consider.

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Merck’s WINREVAIR Succeeds in Phase 3 Trial for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

The Pharma Data

Study Overview and Population The HYPERION study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of WINREVAIR when used in combination with standard background therapy, compared to placebo, in adult patients recently diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension. It follows two earlier landmark studies: STELLAR and ZENITH.

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J&J’s Dual-Target CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Large B-Cell Lymphoma

The Pharma Data

Standard single-target CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapies typically enable long-term remissions in roughly 40% of patients, emphasizing a significant unmet need for new and more effective treatment strategies. Among patients who had previously undergone two or more lines of therapy (n = 12), the ORR was 92% and the CRR was 75%.

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UCB’s GEMZ Phase 3 Trial Shows Promising Results for Fenfluramine in Treating CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder

The Pharma Data

The trial met both its primary and key secondary endpoints, signaling a potential breakthrough in a condition with few, if any, effective treatment options. The trial met both its primary and key secondary endpoints, signaling a potential breakthrough in a condition with few, if any, effective treatment options.

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Future-proofing drug development with GenAI

Drug Target Review

It is becoming increasingly evident that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a resourceful tool for helping pharmaceutical companies reduce manual tasks required by clinical trials. Because LLMs are trained on extensive, internet-scale datasets, they can learn to identify contexts linking words and language.