Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD), a commercial biotech company, today announced the initiation of two Phase III clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of IW-3718 in patients with persistent gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) are discontinuing the global Phase III clinical trials of lanabecestat, an oral beta secretase cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor
The findings include updated survival data showing a 19 per cent reduction in the risk of death over standard treatment in the intent-to-treat population