CoLucid Pharmaceuticals Announces Confirmatory Support for Non-vasoconstrictive Mechanism of Action for Lasmiditan

February 23, 2016

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today the completion of a preclinical /in vivo /study examining the effect of lasmiditan on coronary and carotid artery diameters.
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Achillion Initiates Phase 1 Study of ACH-4471, First Orally-Administered Small Molecule Complement Factor D Inhibitor

February 11, 2016

Company's Proprietary Complement Platform Focuses on Advancing Factor D Inhibitor Drug Candidates That Could Treat Ultra-Rare Diseases Such as Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) and Other Complement-Mediated Diseases
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Five Prime Therapeutics Announces Preliminary Data From the Dose Escalation Portion of the Phase 1 Trial of FPA144 at the ASCO GI Cancers Symposium

January 21, 2016

Based on the preliminary data, Five Prime plans to continue evaluating FPA144 as a monotherapy in refractory gastric cancer, as a combination therapy in the front-line gastric cancer setting and as a potential treatment for other types of cancer.
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