Tag: Hematology

PharmaSignal — Hematology therapeutic area

Novo Nordisk preps filings for sickle cell drug etavopivat

Pharmaphorum

Novo Nordisk has claimed a key win in its head-to-head race with Agios to bring an oral PKR activator to the market for sickle cell disease.

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Novo’s late-stage sickle cell win piles pressure on competitors

BioSpace

Novo Nordisk’s etavopivat elicited a 27% drop in vaso-occlusive crises and 48.7% hemoglobin response after 24 weeks, creating “separation amongst PK class candidates,” Truist analysts said on Monday.

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Merck Chopped $1B Off Terns’ Offer After Seeing Updated Leukemia Data

BioSpace

Another bidder, which remains unidentified, dropped out of the bidding process.

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Agios mulls early FDA filing for sickle cell therapy

Pharmaphorum

Agios is planning to file its sickle cell disease candidate mitapivat with the FDA under the accelerated pathway within the next few months.

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Merck to buy Terns in $6.7B bet on a ‘differentiated’ leukemia drug

BioPharma Dive

If consummated, the deal would hand Merck a treatment that could challenge Novartis fast-selling Scemblix.

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Karyopharm myeloma drug yields mixed data in myelofibrosis trial

BioPharma Dive

Xpovio combined with Incyte s Jakafi helped on one key measure but missed on other goal in a disorder that, by one analyst s estimates, could triple the company s revenue.

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