Crescent Biopharma is going public via a reverse merger with GlycoMimetics that will capitalize the combined company with $200 million. Crescent's lead program is a bispecific antibody for cancer that replicates the properties of a Summit Therapeutics bispecific drug that recently trounced Merck's blockbuster med Keytruda in a pivotal head-to-head study.
In an open letter published by BIO, the executives emphasized the importance of science-driven evaluation of medicines and regulatory independence. The letter came amid growing concern about political pressure over the FDA, as well as lack of diversity in trials and companies being too quick to announce data that are inconclusive.
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Pfizer, which had been running the trial of rivipansel in SCD, reported that it had failed on its primary and key secondary endpoints.