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Catabasis craters after giving up on muscular dystrophy lead

Catabasis has conceded defeat with its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug edasalonexent, pulling the plug on the drug after a phase 3 trial echoed the results of a failed mid-stage study.

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BioSig abandons COVID-19 drug trial on safety concerns

US biotech BioSig Technologies has abandoned a phase 2 trial of its antiviral drug merimepodib with Gilead’s Veklury in severe COVID-19 patients, after concluding the safety of the combinat

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NIAID drops Lilly antibody from ACTIV-3 COVID-19 trial

Eli Lilly says no more patients will be treated with its COVID-19 therapy bamlanivimab in a trial run by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), as results to

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Bayer data for kidney disease hope finerenone sets up filing...

Bayer’s blockbuster ambitions for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) drug candidate finerenone look a lot firmer with the publication of data from the phase 3 FIDELIO-DKD trial.

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Bayer buys cell & gene therapy firm AskBio for $4 billion

Bayer is making clear its ambitions in cell and gene therapy with a $4 billion acquisition of US biotech Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, also known as AskBio.

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