Molecular Forecaster Inc. (MFI) is excited to announce it has secured funding to further develop its structure-based drug-design software, offer its research services, and expand into new niche drug targets.
Read MoreLaurent Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing LAU-7b, a first-in-class pro-resolving drug candidate, reported today topline results from its Phase 2 RESOLUTION clinical trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Read MoreLAVAL, QC, April 22, 2021 /CNW/ -- Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) ("Bausch Health") and its dermatology business, Ortho Dermatologics, one of the largest prescription dermatology health care businesses, today announced statistically significant topline results from a second pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating its investigational medicine IDP-126, a combination retinoid, anti-bacterial and antibiotic topical, to treat acne vulgaris in patients nine years of age and older. If approved, IDP-126 would be the first-in-class with this triple combination.
Read MoreTORONTO, April 16, 2021 /CNW/ - On April 8, 2021, Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte announced the results of COV-BARRIER, a Phase 3 study evaluating baricitinib 4mg once daily plus standard of care (SoC) versus placebo plus SoC. The trial did not meet statistical significance on the primary endpoint, which was defined as a difference in the proportion of participants progressing to the first occurrence of non-invasive ventilation including high flow oxygen or invasive mechanical ventilation including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or death by Day 28. Baricitinib-treated patients were 2.7 per cent less likely than those receiving standard of care to progress to ventilation (non-invasive or mechanical) or death, a difference that was not statistically significant (odds ratio [OR]: 0.85; 95% CI 0.67, 1.08; p=0.1800).
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