Biohaven ends psychiatric push for BHV-7000 after Phase 2 trial in depression fails to show efficacy

Biohaven ends psychiatric push for BHV-7000 after Phase 2 trial in depression fails to show efficacy

Biohaven Ltd. has reported that BHV-7000, its experimental Kv7 ion channel modulator, failed to meet the primary endpoint in a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial evaluating the drug in patients with major depressive disorder. The trial assessed changes in depressive symptoms using the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale over six weeks compared to placebo. Although some numerical […]

Is twice-yearly dosing the future of autoimmune care? Inside Amgen’s UPLIZNA playbook for chronic neurology

Is twice-yearly dosing the future of autoimmune care? Inside Amgen’s UPLIZNA playbook for chronic neurology

When Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved UPLIZNA (inebilizumab-cdon) for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), the industry’s attention snapped not just to the therapy’s mechanism but to its twice-yearly maintenance schedule. For patients, this marks a seismic shift away from the exhausting cycle of daily oral immunosuppressants […]