Oxurion Pins Hopes On THR-149 After THR-687 Flops In DME
Executive Summary
THR-687’s failure in Phase II marks the second drug to flunk in the disease after a Phase IIa study of THR-317 showed disappointing results in 2019, but THR-149 has shown some encouraging data.
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