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SHANGHAI & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) today announced that the following medicines and indications have been renewed in the 2025 National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) released by China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA): VYVGART® (efgartigimod alfa injection) is renewed for the treatment of adult patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who are anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody positive; NUZYRA® (omadacycl...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today presented results from the Phase 3 BASIS study (NCT03938792) evaluating HYMPAVZI® (marstacimab) for adults and adolescents living with hemophilia A or B with inhibitors. The results demonstrated the superiority of HYMPAVZI in improving key bleeding outcomes compared to on-demand (OD) treatment with bypassing agents. HYMPAVZI was administered with a straightforward, once-weekly subcutaneous injection requiring minimal preparation and no tr...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Star Therapeutics, a late clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing best-in-class antibodies for bleeding disorders and other diseases, today announced interim data from its ongoing Phase 1/2 multidose study of VGA039 in von Willebrand disease (VWD). The data are being presented in an oral session at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. VGA039 is a first-in-class monoc...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), presented Phase 1 data today with encouraging efficacy and safety results for its two investigational bicistronic CAR T-cell therapies, KITE-753 and KITE-363, respectively, in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (R/R LBCL). The results of the analysis were shared in an oral presentation (Abstract #265) at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. Both KITE-753 and...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arcellx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLX), a biotechnology company reimagining cell therapy through the development of innovative immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases, today announced new positive data from its pivotal Phase 2 iMMagine-1 study of anitocabtagene autoleucel (anito-cel), in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). These data are being presented during an oral presentation at the 67th American Society o...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), and its partner Arcellx, today announced new positive data from its pivotal iMMagine-1 Phase 2 study of anitocabtagene autoleucel (anito-cel), an investigational agent, which continues to show clinically meaningful deep and durable efficacy with predictable and manageable safety observed to date in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients who had received at least three prior lines of therapy. These new...

NEWARK, Calif. & OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (“Protagonist”) (NASDAQ:PTGX) and Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) announce that new 52-week results from the pivotal Phase 3 VERIFY study evaluating rusfertide in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) will be presented in an oral presentation at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. These findings further reinforce rusfertide’s efficacy and safety and demonstrate du...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orca Bio today announced new data presented on its lead investigational allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy, Orca-T, at the 67th ASH Annual Meeting....

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) today announced updated results from two ongoing clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of epcoritamab-bysp, a T-cell engaging antibody administered subcutaneously, as a monotherapy and in combination with other standard of care treatments in adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL). Results from two arms of the EPCORE® NHL-2 trial, evaluating first-line, fixed-treatment dur...

OSAKA, Japan & WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, a member of Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President and COO: Toichi Takino; “Ono”), today announced the oral presentation of positive results from the Phase 2a IMPRSSION study of sapablursen in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, taking place December 6-9, 2025, in Orlando, FL. The results were presented by Ionis Pharmaceuticals...