Agios Pharmaceuticals stops tebapivat sickle cell development after mixed Phase 2 results
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has decided not to advance tebapivat in sickle cell disease after a randomized Phase 2 trial involving 59 participants failed to establish the differentiated clinical profile required for further investment. The Nasdaq-listed rare-disease drug developer said the once-daily pyruvate kinase activator improved haemoglobin and markers of haemolysis, but the response pattern did