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Celldex Safety Clouds Pivotal Wins & Otsuka–Ionis ALS Trial Hits Joint Endpoint

Wed, Sep 23, 2026 15 min Hosts: Alex Mercer & Maya Patel
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Celldex's pivotal barzolvolimab wins in chronic hives carry an anaphylaxis signal. Otsuka and Ionis report a joint-endpoint ALS result for ulefnersen, while Iambic's IPO filing puts its AI platform and early cancer data before investors. Johnson & Johnson's Caplyta (lumateperone) reports bipolar mania data, Compass faces a filing-path question, and Roche's enicepatide and Viking's VK2735 add metabolic results. We also cover NewAmsterdam and Menarini's European obicetrapib authorization and Merck's Winrevair (sotatercept-csrk) label update in pulmonary arterial hypertension.Alex Mercer and Maya Patel host. Get the daily rundown in your inbox — subscribe at https://thepharmacloseout.com.

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