The amyloid-targeting drug is years behind Biogen/Eisai’s aducanumab, but its subcutaneous administration and the GRADUATE studies’ design could give Roche’s gantenerumab an advantage.

Correvio's atrial fibrillation drug Brinavess will return to a US FDA advisory committee more than a decade after the agency first declined to approve the drug;  FDA still has a series of cardiovascular safety concerns related to the drug and is not convinced by data from the European experience.

FerGene bladder cancer therapy achieved a complete response in more than half of patients in its pivotal trial. The joint venture now looks to commercialization and potential expansion of indications.