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High hopes as Inventiva takes NASH contender into phase 3

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The regulator said it wanted more long-term safety and efficacy data from the REGENERATE study before making a final decision on the drug, which had been expected to be the first entrant into a likely multi-billion dollar market niche. billion annually if approved.

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uniQure signs license deal for Apic Bio’s gene therapy for SOD1-ALS

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Under the terms of the deal, uniQure will obtain the worldwide rights to develop and market the clinical stage gene therapy, APB-102. uniQure stated that the license of APB-102 further strengthens its gene therapies pipeline developed for the treatment of neurological disorders as well as miRNA-based gene silencing programmes.

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Two biotechs target dry eye disease after Novartis’ Xiidra problems

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billion for its FDA-approved dry eye drug Xiidra during the Japanese pharma’s merger with Shire in 2019, outlining the sales potential in this market niche. Tivanisiran is based on gene silencing technology using RNA interference (RNAi) and selectively inhibits production of the transient receptor potential cation channel (TRPV1).