RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Merck USA (MSD) acquires Phase 2 biotech for US$ 10.8 Bln. Furthermore the PRA035 study measured clinical remisiion (and not 'cure"). Tthe PRA035 Artemis study demonstrated a 26.5% 'clinical remission, however clinical remission is a subjective reporting parameter that does not necessarily represent a "curative" response, as outline in the attached link
Clinical remission. This is something you can identify on your own. It simply means that you don’t have any noticeable symptoms. There are several types of remission. And “remission” tends to mean something different to patients than to their doctors, says Ariela Holmer, MD, a gastroenterologist with the NYU Langone Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.
“Patients focus on symptoms, because those are what cause decreased quality of life and disability and why they come to see us in the first place," she says.
But to doctors, remission means that your small and large intestines are healthy so you can avoid complications, she says. There can be a disconnect between symptoms and what’s going on in your digestive tract.