Sentynl Therapeutics acquires Eiger BioPharmaceuticals’ Zokinvy program to expand portfolio in rare diseases

Sentynl Therapeutics acquires Eiger BioPharmaceuticals’ Zokinvy program to expand portfolio in rare diseases

Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company wholly owned by Zydus Lifesciences, Ltd. (Zydus Group), has closed the acquisition of Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Zokinvy (lonafarnib) program. Zokinvy is the only FDA-approved treatment for progeria, specifically Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) and processing-deficient progeroid laminopathies (PDPL), affecting children from 12 months and older. Financial terms of the […]

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals doses first patients with Lambda in COVID-19 trial

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals doses first patients with Lambda in COVID-19 trial

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals said that it has dosed the first patients in a phase 2 trial of its hepatitis delta virus drug candidate peginterferon lambda (Lambda) in outpatients at the Stanford University School of Medicine having mild COVID-19. The California-based biopharma company said that nearly 120 patients will be randomly grouped in a 1:1 ratio to […]