No drugs are currently approved to treat the underlying cause of osteoarthritis but Merck KGaA is hoping that sprifermin, which has shown promise in mid-stage trials, could be the first disease-modifying therapy for the disabling condition.
The German group's hopes are based on results from FORWARD, a five-year, Phase II study of sprifermin, a recombinant human...






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