Biota ends laninamivir in flu after trial failure

Biota Pharmaceuticals will no longer develop laninamivir octanoate (LANI) on its own following the inhaled flu treatment's failure in a 639-patient Phase II clinical trial that lost US government backing in May.

Biota Pharmaceuticals will no longer develop laninamivir octanoate (LANI) on its own following the inhaled flu treatment's failure in a 639-patient Phase II clinical trial that lost US government backing in May.

The Atlanta, Georgia-based company reported on 1 August that neither the 40mg nor the 80mg dose of LANI, a long-acting...

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