Apellis Pharma has reported mixed results with its lead drug pegcetacoplan in geographic atrophy (GA) – a major cause of blindness – with one hit and one miss in its phase 3 programme.
AbbVie has expanded its ophthalmology pipeline via a licensing deal with Regenxbio, paying $370 million upfront to get its hands on a gene therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration (
Servier and Neurochlore have been forced to admit defeat in their bid to bring the first drug to market for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), after a comprehensive fail for their
French biopharma company Hybrigenics has made another bid to merge with Belgium's Bone Therapeutics, a specialist in regenerative medicine that is still recovering from a setback in its lea
Bayer has released the data in its phase 2b trial of eliapixant in refractory chronic cough, as it tries to close the gap with Merck & Co's rival drug gefapixant.
BioMarin Pharma has had another setback in its gene therapy development programme, announcing this morning that the FDA has placed a phase 1/2 trial of its candidate for phenylketonuria (PK