Positive clinical results in Parkinson’s pave path forward for Japanese firm’s potential istradefylline successor.

Vifor CEO Stefan Schulze tells Scrip that an expanded deal with Korsuva developer Cara Therapeutics means the US biotech will not have to invest in a commercial organization as the Swiss firm will mobilize its well-established sales force to launch the treatment for dialysis patients with CKD-associated pruritus.

The first close of a series C financing should enable InRhythm to enter Phase III as an inhalable anti-arrhythmic for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in a medically supervised setting.

Two Edwards quality experts explain to Medtech Insight how the firm is benefiting by using a new CAPA framework that shifts corrective and preventive action from a one-size-fits-all method to a more nuanced approach that separates higher-risk events from others that don’t need to be elevated to the level of a traditional CAPA.