Pfizer is forging ahead with a Phase III trial for its DMD therapy, even though Phase Ib data raised safety worries. Gene therapy rival Sarepta’s shares were up by 17% on the news.

Pembrolizumab should be considered the new standard of care as first-line therapy in patients with microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) metastatic colorectal cancer, KEYNOTE-177 investigator André said.

The pharmaceutical selling model will be modified even after the immediate COVID-19 pandemic crisis abates, the consulting firm ZS Associates predicts, citing new research.