IgAN Therapy – It’s Getting Crowded Out There

Earlier this year, the NEJM published interim data on atacicept and sibeprenlimab in IgAN, both well-designed Phase 3 pivotal registration trials of promising drugs [1],[2]. Sponsors were clearly anxious to show the world how well their drug is working, but why publish interim results?  After all, IA data are usually Continue reading IgAN Therapy – It’s Getting Crowded Out There→

Avacopan ADVOCATE Study Design

Lopsided Avacopan ADVOCATE Study Design Continue reading Avacopan ADVOCATE Study Design→

The EpiPen Episode, an Epitaph on Epinephrine as we know it, an Epilogue and an Epiphany

For a good long time, economists have been thinking about the reimbursement quandary for antibiotics, esp. antibacterials. They are just too cheap, right?  Well, with the exception of HCV and some newer HIV drugs, few compounds have ever reached the stratospheric prices that oncology drugs or TNF alpha inhibitors command. Continue reading The EpiPen Episode, an Epitaph on Epinephrine as we know it, an Epilogue and an Epiphany→