Chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Ardelyx has struck gold on its third attempt with Xphozah (tenapanor), the chronic kidney disease medication. Following two prior rejections, the FDA has granted its long-awaited approval. Xphozah, an innovative phosphate absorption inhibitor, is now officially sanctioned for the management of serum phosphate level...

Chronic kidney disease burden and diagnostic barriers Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive and irreversible ailment characterized by gradual loss of kidney function. It is clinically defined by a glomerular filtration rate of less than 60mL/min/1.73m2 or albuminuria of at least 30mg per 24 hours, or any...

Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. for USD 1.35 Billion While its rumored acquisition of Seagen has yet to materialize, Merck & Co has continued to bolster its pipeline with smaller transactions, the most recent of which was a USD 1.35 billion agreement to acquire Imago BioSciences and its bomedemstat ...

Amgen Reveals the Top-line Result of its CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in Lung Cancer The top-line result of Amgen's CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in lung cancer was presented in abstract form at ESMO two weeks ago, showing a 34% improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to chemotherapy. The fu...

Bayer Scores FDA-Approval for its CKD Drug Finerenone Following a priority review, the USFDA finally gave its thumbs-up to Bayer AG’s Kerendia (finerenone) for chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) based on the results from the Phase III FIDELIO-DKD study. Finerenone is the first ...

Abingworth Achieves Financial Close, Raises USD 582 Million Abingworth, a London-based venture capital firm, has announced the closing of its new Clinical Co-Development Fund 2 (ACCD 2) worth USD 582 million, however, the fund was aiming to gather USD $350 million.  Not long ago, the company also closed ...

Evotec, Chinook Therapeutics to Advance Chronic Kidney Diseases Therapy Market Evotec and Chinook Therapeutics have collaborated to develop and discover precision medicine therapies for patients with chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The duo plans to jointly identify, characterize and validate novel mechanisms and ...

World Kidney Day World Kidney Day is a global awareness campaign for raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. 850 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE are now estimated to have kidney diseases from various causes. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes at least 2.4 million deaths per year and is now the 6th fastest ...