Pipeline Watch is a weekly snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events and approvals announced by pharmaceutical and biotech companies at medical and industry conferences, in financial and company presentations, and in company releases and statements.

Astellas’s oral HIF-PH inhibitor shows non-inferiority to one established ESA in head-to-head trial and while there were cardiovascular benefits, the picture is complex.

Biopharmaceuticals President Ruud Dobber talked to Scrip about the launches of Lokelma and roxadustat in kidney disease, building with a high bar in cardiovascular disease and expanding in cell and gene therapy.