After disappointing top-line Phase II data in diabetic peripheral neuropathy with NYX-2925, Aptinyx says the full dataset shows significance across endpoints in patients four years or more past diagnosis; a second Phase II study in this subgroup is planned.

The German major believes its drug will remain the biggest-selling SGLT-2 inhibitor boosted by expanded heart and renal disease approvals.

An all-stock transaction will see Europe’s Kiadis and US’s CytoSen bring together complementary approaches to improving stem cell transplants and cancer immunotherapy.

Gilead Raday, chief operating officer of RedHill Biopharma, talks to Lucie Ellis, executive editor of In Vivo, about recently published late-stage data and next steps for its antibiotic asset, Talicia (RHB-105), for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. 

Roche CEO Severin Schwan says the process of paying for hugely expensive gene therapies that can cure diseases needs revamping.

A 3 May meeting with the FDA is likely to be crucial for the future commercialization strategy for the biotech’s precision-targeted antibacterial.

Biotech thinks its PPAR delta agonist will prove much more potent than Genfit’s elafibranor from the same class and will offer a better tolerability profile than Intercept’s OCA.

With Spravato's launch underway, J&J reports that 800 sites have been certified to administer the depression drug. Newer drugs drove pharma sales in the first quarter, while US sales of Zytiga declined 55% due to generic competition.