Ipsen scraps pivotal trial as partial clinical hold drags on

Ipsen scraps pivotal trial as partial clinical hold drags on

Source: 
Fierce Biotech
snippet: 

Ipsen has terminated a pivotal trial of its troubled rare disease drug palovarotene in response to the ongoing clinical hold. The action likely deprives Ipsen of a shot at generating data to bring a drug it bought in a $1.3 billion (€1.2 billion) deal to market in a blockbuster indication.