Shionogi’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has held its own against Pfizer’s Comirnaty in a study of the effect of booster shots on antibody levels, offering the company encouragement as it barrels towa
CANbridge is coming for the anti-C5 market. With access to Soliris and Ultomiris limited in parts of the world, CANbridge has taken a rival C5 inhibitor through a phase 1 study, teeing it up to start an early test of the efficacy of the molecule.
UCB’s $2.5 billion gamble on Ra Pharmaceuticals has yielded positive phase 3 data. With the rare disease clinical trial hitting its primary endpoint, UCB is preparing to file to join AstraZeneca and argenx in an increasingly congested space.
Novartis is coming for the COVID-19 antiviral market. After failing in hospitalized patients, Molecular Partners linked ensovibep to a 78% risk reduction in an earlier-stage population, prompting Novartis to pay 150 million Swiss francs ($163 million) for an asset that could soon add to the anti-omicron arsenal.