Novo Nordisk Announces Positive Results for Higher-Dose Wegovy®, Showing Significant Weight Loss in Adults with Obesity

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Novo Nordisk has announced compelling results from its phase 3b STEP UP clinical trial, demonstrating that a higher 7.2 mg dose of its weight-loss medication, Wegovy® (semaglutide), led to a significant average weight loss of 21% in adults with obesity.

Roche Advances Prasinezumab Into Phase III for Early Parkinson’s Disease, Citing Promising Data

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Swiss healthcare giant Roche is advancing prasinezumab, a potential first-in-class anti-alpha-synuclein antibody for early Parkinson’s disease, into Phase III trials. This decision follows encouraging data from the Phase IIb PADOVA study and its long-term follow-up, suggesting the drug offers clinical benefits.

U.S. FDA Approves AbbVie’s MAVYRET® to Treat Acute Hepatitis C in Adults and Children with 96% Cure Rate

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In an important milestone for the treatment of hepatitis C, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a label expansion of MAVYRET® (glecaprevir/pibrentasvir), its pangenotypic, oral, direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy. The new indication [Read More…]