This week's Biotech Scorecard newsletter: Monopar $MNPR and the resurrection of a shelved drug for Wilson disease.
It's a crazy story. AstraZeneca, the drug’s former owner, terminated clinical development in 2023 due to an inadvertent error made in a clinical trial.
Monopar acquired the drug last year, and then discovered the mistake, made in a formula used to analyze copper elimination from the body.
If approved, possibly in the latter half of 2026, the drug, called ALXN1840, would be the first novel treatment for Wilson disease in 40 years. Monopar plans to submit for U.S. approval early next year.