Chief medical officer Samit Hirawat outlines R&D successes – though there have been some setbacks since it bought Celgene for $74bn last year – and the company’s commitment to clinical trial diversity.

Akero gets FDA’s ok to conduct Phase IIb/III study of FGF21 analog efruxifermin in biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients. With NASH leadership up in the air, Akero, 89bio and other FGF analog sponsors jockey for top spot.

Hopes that the Phase II TAURIEL trial could potentially validate the anti-tau antibody approach to treating Alzheimer's have been dashed as semorinemab did not meet its endpoints.

Sanofi/Regeneron’s anti-PD-1 product Libtayo may be late to the NSCLC party but strong data from EMPOWER-Lung 1 suggest it could gain traction in the space, especially in patients with high PD-L1 expression levels.

The rollercoaster ride continues for Novartis’s gene therapy Zolgensma, with the company committing to providing further clinical data on an intrathecal formulation for older spinal muscular atrophy patients.

A number of anti-TIGIT drugs are jockeying for position to provide benefit as monotherapies and in combinations for non-small cell lung cancer and Merck's offering is looking to challenge Roche's tiragolumab for the lead.

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.

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.

Trelegy, already approved for COPD, will be targeted to the roughly one-third of asthmatics not controlled on maintenance therapy.

Apparently positive news for two unglamorous indications – acne and allergy – should be balanced against restrictive reimbursement and market fragmentation.

Regulators in the US have approved Gavreto for metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer, setting the stage for a head-to-head battle for market share with Eli Lilly's Retevmo.

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.