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Positive topline results from the Phase III MOTION trial showed none of the liver toxicity that earned Daiichi Sankyo’s Turalio a boxed warning and REMS in tenosynovial giant cell tumor.

Cytokinetics has a lot riding on the upcoming Phase III readout for aficamten, and crunch time is coming for plenty of other groups, too. 

The 19 breakthrough therapy designations awarded so far this year run the gamut from areas that traditionally have not fared well with BTDs, like cardiovascular and respiratory disease, alongside the traditional cancer and orphan disease tentpoles.