Takeda may have caught attention recently for ending work on its early-stage gene therapy R&D, but a close reading of the Japanese pharma’s latest earnings report reveals it has also culled a couple of gastrointestinal assets.
The most notable removal in the full-year presentation (PDF) is Crohn’s disease candidate sibofimloc, which was being investigated in a phase 1 trial for the luminal version of the inflammatory bowel disease as well as a phase 2 study of Crohn’s disease of the ileum occurring after surgery.
The phase 2 study was terminated due to an inability to recruit enough patients, according to the ClinicalTrials.gov entry, which was last updated in March.