Updates

Here are some frequently asked questions and answers that touch on important COVID-19 related updates.

New analysis of Biogen’s aducanumab shows reduction in clinical decline in Alzheimer’s disease.

MN-166 (ibudilast) will be part of the Phase III clinical trial on progressive multiple sclerosis subjects with secondary progressive MS without relapses. 

Phase 2 clinical trial shows that ibudilast is linked to a 48% slowing in the progression of brain atrophy compared to placebo for patients with progressive MS.

The new site-agnostic cancer medicine, Vitrakvi (larotrectinib), gets accelerated approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

CHMP's assessment supports EMA's approval of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) medicine, Vizimpro (dacomitinib).

After failing to show a clear benefit over chemotherapy on its own, both the FDA and EMA do not recommend Lartruvo (olaratumab) for use in combination with chemotherapy for new STS patients.

A new biosimilar, Truxima (rituximab), shows comparable results to the reference medicine, Rituxan (rituximab), and takes FDA one step further toward expanding patient access to medicines.

Positive news for patients with early-stage FAP; results from a Portuguese study show that a liver transplant or Vyndaqel may extend survivability.

Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xxxx) to receive priority review by FDA as a one-time treatment of type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

A late-stage study testing Bavencio (avelumab) has failed to meet its primary endpoints in patients with certain forms of ovarian cancer.

In an exploratory study Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) slowed down loss of function in the upper extremities for patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS).

How two professors imagine a better world for stakeholders in the medical industry. 

"These results offer a leap in understanding about this disease that provides a genetically based framework for designing clinical trials to develop more effective treatments of MPAL," 

"In short, it will help produce drugs where we can be far more confident about where modifications are being made, so that side effects can be minimized in the future"