Formulation Development

Amunix Announces Report by Bioverativ on Unprecedented Half-Life Obtained in Patients Treated With Novel, Long-Acting FVIII Utilizing XTEN Technology

Amunix Operating Inc. recently reported that Bioverativ (a Sanofi company) has announced preliminary Phase 1/2a safety and pharmacokinetic clinical data for BIVV001 (rFVIIIFc-VWF-XTEN), a novel and investigational factor VIII therapy for people with hemophilia A that incorporates Amunix’s XTEN technology to improve circulatory half-life.

Nabriva Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results From Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Oral Lefamulin

Nabriva Therapeutics plc recently announced positive topline results from its Lefamulin Evaluation Against Pneumonia (LEAP 2) clinical trial, the second of two global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of lefamulin. LEAP 2 evaluated the safety and efficacy of 5 days of oral lefamulin compared to 7 days of oral moxifloxacin in adult patients with moderate community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).

Bellerophon Reaches Agreement With FDA on Study Design of Phase 2b Trial

Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced that, following the receipt of minutes from a recent meeting with the US FDA, the company has reached agreement with the FDA on all key aspects of its planned Phase 2b study of INOpulse for the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (PH-COPD).

Advantagene Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration Clinical Study to Combine GMCI With Opdivo

Advantagene, Inc. recently announced that the company entered into a clinical trial collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of Advantagene’s investigational Gene Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy (GMCI, aglatimagene besadenovec + valacyclovir), in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s programmed death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitor, Opdivo (nivolumab), in newly diagnosed malignant glioma patients receiving standard of care (SOC) surgery and radiation with or without temozolomide.

Syndax & Nektar Therapeutics Announce Immuno-Oncology Clinical Trial Collaboration

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Nektar Therapeutics recently announced a non-exclusive, clinical collaboration to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Nektar’s NKTR-214, a CD122-biased agonist, in combination with entinostat, Syndax’s oral, small molecule Class 1 specific HDAC inhibitor, in patients with metastatic melanoma who have previously progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) agent.