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Arrowhead Halts its ARO-ENaC Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals recently notified about its voluntary decision to put a pause on its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical study of ARO-ENaC for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The announcement came after a preliminary update from an ongoing chronic ...

Novavax targets approval for the COVID-19 vaccine in the US Novavax is targeting a second-quarter FDA filing for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. The aim hints the U.S. could join the U.K. on the list of countries to permit the vaccine in the first half of the year. The vaccine’s success in a 15,000-sub...

Roche bets USD 120 Million on UCB's anti-tau Alzheimer's antibody The Swiss pharma, Roche, is handing over USD 120 million upfront for the right of UCB's anti-tau antibody development. If everything goes according to plan, milestone payments and royalties could bring the deal's total near to USD 2 billion. Th...

Olema Oncology raises USD 54 Million for breast cancer program Olema Oncology has raised USD 54 million to push its lead program into the clinic and boost its R&D efforts in other areas.   The capital will bankroll a phase 1/2 study of the asset, OP-1250, as a single agent. Olema Oncology will a...

AbbVie, Sofinnova back USD 38 Million for Nitrome Biosciences Nitrome Biosciences contemplates treating Parkinson's disease and diabetes by targeting a new class of enzymes. The pharma raised USD 38 million from the Sofinnova Partners and AbbVie Ventures. The San Francisco-based biotech is focusing at a famil...

Immunomedics discontinues its trial early – hopes for accelerated approval of Sacituzumab govitecan for mTNBC Immunomedics- a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company has announced to freeze its Phase III confirmatory ASCENT clinical trial of sacituzumab govitecan aimed at treating metastatic triple-negative brea...