Coronavirus Update: RedHill’s Opaganib Fails As Company Accelerates RHB-107 Study
Plus, New Data From Pharming, CalciMedica
Executive Summary
The Israeli biotech announced disappointing Phase II/III data for opaganib while expanding its Phase II/III RHB-107 study. Pharming unveiled promising data from a company-sponsored study, but an imbalance in an investigator-led study confounded results, while CalciMedica built on the case for its drug as a treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia.
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