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BioMarin’s ROCTAVIAN™ (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) Approved by European Commission (EC)

HIGH IMPACT – The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) gene therapy for the treatment of severe hemophilia A in adults without Factor VIII inhibitors and without antibodies to AAV5. Roctavian is the first approved gene therapy for hemophilia A. BioMarin stated there are 3,200 patients who will be […]

AbbVie discontinues phase 1 trial for I-Mab’s anti-CD47 therapy in AML and MDS

HIGH IMPACT – Chinese biotech I-Mab announced that its U.S. partner AbbVie will discontinue a phase 1b study evaluating a combination treatment for its anti-CD47 antibody therapy lemzoparlimab + venetoclax + azacitidine in MDS and AML. The decision is not based on specific or unexpected safety concerns. I-Mab is continuing the development of lemzoparlimab with […]

Neurocrine to advance selective M4 agonist to Phase 2 for Schizophrenia in the second half of 2022

HIGH IMPACT – Neurocrine announced that the FDA accepted its IND for NBI-1117568 (selective M4 agonist). The company says that it anticipates initiating a Phase 2 study evaluating NBI-1117568 in Schizophrenia in H2 2022. Neurocrine is developing NBI-1117568 in partnership with Sosei Heptares under a multi-program muscarinic receptor agonist collaboration agreement established between the two […]

Small Pharma Patents Novel Injectable Formulation of its DMT and Other Psychedelic Compounds

HIGH IMPACT – Small Pharma announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will be issuing a patent for its application pertaining to novel injectable formulations of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) based compounds including the company’s lead assets, SPL026 (DMT) and SPL028 (deuterated DMT). Additionally, the patent also covers novel injectable formulations of other known psychedelic […]