All being well, the Italian firm will soon have the results from a late-stage study of evenamide in schizophrenia patients who show an inadequate response to atypical antipsychotics.

Agency refutes Supernus’ defense that Sage’s generic drug cartridges are ‘free-riding’ on the supply of the injector pen for its branded product. Company’s alleged exclusionary contract with pen distributor and pressure on specialty pharmacies not to provide the generic involve important antitrust issues, FTC tells court.

Public Company Edition: Aileron, Talaris and Frequency said they will reduce expenses and seek options for maximizing shareholder returns under tough stock market conditions. However, CureVac and Supernus are among firms recently able to access new cash – $250m and $150m, respectively.

The Swedish firm’s Parkinson's disease drug has failed to hit its primary endpoint in a Phase IIb study but Irlab believes that positive results on secondary goals merit further development of mesdopetam.