Tezepelumab significantly reduces exacerbations of severe asthma
In a Phase III trial, tezepelumab was shown to meaningfully reduce annualised asthma exacerbation rates in a range of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma.
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In a Phase III trial, tezepelumab was shown to meaningfully reduce annualised asthma exacerbation rates in a range of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma.
The EMA’s committee adopted positive opinions of six medications, including two orphan drugs, and concluded its review of the use of REGN-COV2 – an investigational antibody therapy for COVID-19.
The EMA has begun a rolling review of Celltrion’s regdanvimab (CT-P59) antibody for COVID-19 and assessing new data on Veklury (remdesivir).
The approval was based on a Phase III trial in which Libtayo reduced risk of death by 43 percent in non-small cell lung cancer patients with ≥50 percent PD-L1 expression in their tumours.
The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab was based on a trial where the antibodies lowered risk of hospitalisation and death in COVID-19 patients.
The ACTIV-3 sub-study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AZD7442 synthetic antibody combination in at least 150 participants with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
The EMA's CHMP has begun a rolling review of REGN-COV2, Regeneron's COVID-19 antibody candidate, after successful pre-clinical trials.
In vitro neutralisation assays show REGEN-COV and AZD7442 are effective against the new SARS-CoV-2 variants, while other antibody therapies, including Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab, were not.
Data from a Phase III trial shows high-risk patients treated with bamlanivimab and etesevimab were 70 percent less likely to be hospitalised due to COVID-19.
Interim data from the Phase III trial evaluating REGEN-COV™ as a passive vaccine to prevent COVID-19 finds it reduces overall infection rate, viral load and length of infection.
The additional doses of casirivimab and imdevimab, two monoclonal antibodies, will be used in non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
CT-P59, a monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19, was found to be particularly effective at reducing recovery times in moderate COVID-19 patients aged 50 plus.
Research shows that the antibodies induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise SARS-CoV-2 viruses with the N501Y mutation.
Two Phase III trials have shown that two doses of risankizumab met the primary endpoints in patients with Crohn's disease.
IL-6 receptor antagonists tocilizumab and sarilumab have a significant impact on COVID-19 patient mortality, a study has shown.