FDA Begins Priority Review of Xtandi, a Drug Candidate for Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

According to a press release from American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. the FDA recently agreed to review a supplemental New Drug Application for Xtandi. Xtandi was first approved for the…

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FDA Grants Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation to Investigational X-Linked SCID Therapy
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FDA Grants Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation to Investigational X-Linked SCID Therapy

According to a press release from American biotechnology company Fortress Biotech, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently awarded Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation to the experimental gene therapy…

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Beta Blocker Fails to Stop Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia-Associated Nosebleeds
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Beta Blocker Fails to Stop Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia-Associated Nosebleeds

According to a recent study published in Nature Research, a team of scientists studied the efficacy of timolol in treating nosebleeds associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Timolol is a beta…

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CPRIT Awards Emtora Biosciences $3 Million Grant to Develop Investigational Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Drug
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CPRIT Awards Emtora Biosciences $3 Million Grant to Develop Investigational Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Drug

According to a recent press release, Texas-based biotechnology company Emtora Biosciences was chosen earlier this month to receive a $3 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of…

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PointR Data Merges into Mateon Therapeutics — Company Will Focus on Using Data Analysis and AI to Develop New Treatments
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PointR Data Merges into Mateon Therapeutics — Company Will Focus on Using Data Analysis and AI to Develop New Treatments

According to a press release from Mateon Therapeutics, Mateon's recent merger agreement with PointR Data establishes plans to combine the use of artificial intelligence and data collection for the development…

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Amicus Therapeutics Continue to Develop Investigative Treatments for Fabry, Pompe, and Batten Diseases
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Amicus Therapeutics Continue to Develop Investigative Treatments for Fabry, Pompe, and Batten Diseases

According to a publication from Fabry Disease News, Amicus Therapeutics has as many as 14 investigational drugs currently in development for the treatment of rare diseases including Fabry, Pompe, and…

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New Study Suggests as Many as Half of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Affected by Sarcopenia
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New Study Suggests as Many as Half of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Affected by Sarcopenia

According to a publication from Scleroderma News, a recent study published in Rheumatology International suggests that the majority of systemic sclerosis patients experience sarcopenia as a result of their condition. Perhaps…

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CTD Holdings Gives Presentation on Investigatory Niemann-Pick Type C Drug at Family Support and Medical Conference

According to a press release from CTD Holdings, a biotechnology company based in Gainesville, Florida, the Company recently presented data collected from their investigatory Niemann-Pick Disease treatment, Trappsol Cyclo, to…

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Abivax Begins Enrollment in Phase 2b Study of Experimental Ulcerative Colitis Treatment
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Abivax Begins Enrollment in Phase 2b Study of Experimental Ulcerative Colitis Treatment

According to a press release from French biotechnology company Abivax, the Company has successfully begun recruitment for its phase 2b clinical study of ABX464, its experimental once-a-day ulcerative colitis medication.…

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Proof of Concept Study of Investigative Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Drug Begins
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Proof of Concept Study of Investigative Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Drug Begins

According to a press release from the German-American biotechnology company Immunic Therapeutics, the Company recently began a proof-of-concept trial for its investigational primary sclerosing cholangitis treatment, IMU-838. About Primary Sclerosing…

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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Investigational Hepatitis D Treatment
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Investigational Hepatitis D Treatment

According to a press release from Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted the Company's experimental hepatitis delta virus drug (hepatitis D), peginterferon lambda, breakthrough therapy…

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Synlogic Halts Development of Investigational Hyperammonemia Treatment SYNB1020
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Synlogic Halts Development of Investigational Hyperammonemia Treatment SYNB1020

According to a press release from Synlogic Therapeutics, the Company recently halted development of its investigational hyperammonemia treatment SYNB1020 after an unsuccessful phase 1/2 clinical study. About Hyperammonemia Hyperammonemia is…

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ICYMI: Successful Phase 3 Study of Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome Drug May Win Drug Approval in US
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ICYMI: Successful Phase 3 Study of Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome Drug May Win Drug Approval in US

According to a publication from BioPortfolio, American biotechnology companies Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals recently published final study results from their phase 3 clinical study of Waylivra (generic name volanesorsen)…

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Enrollment Opens for Phase 3 Study of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Primary Immunodeficiency Patients

According to a publication from BioSpace, New Jersey-based Kedrion Biopharma recently announced the enrollment of the first participant in their CARES10 study. CARES10 is a phase 3 study of a…

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Phase 2 Study of Experimental Eosinophilic Gastritis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Drug Yields Encouraging Data
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Phase 2 Study of Experimental Eosinophilic Gastritis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Drug Yields Encouraging Data

According to a press release from Allakos, the Company's experimental eosinophilic gastritis and eosinophilic gastroenteritis drug candidate AK002 has met all primary and secondary endpoints in a phase 2 study…

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FDA Permits Retrotrope’s Phase 2/3 Study of Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Drug Candidate
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FDA Permits Retrotrope’s Phase 2/3 Study of Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Drug Candidate

According to a press release from the California-based biotechnology company Retrotrope, Inc., the Company has completed recruitment for its upcoming phase 2/3 study of RT001, an experimental drug designed for…

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Duke Neurologist Receives Grant to Investigate Origins of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
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Duke Neurologist Receives Grant to Investigate Origins of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

According to a publication from Duke University, Dr. Karissa Gable, a neurologist at the University, has received a one-year research grant from the GBS|CIDP Foundation International to study the activity…

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Study Findings Suggest Concentration of Immune Cells Could Help Predict Systemic Sclerosis
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Study Findings Suggest Concentration of Immune Cells Could Help Predict Systemic Sclerosis

According to a publication from Scleroderma News, a recent study suggests that blood concentrations of certain immune cells could correlate with the severity of cases of systemic sclerosis. About Systemic…

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NeuroGen to Host No-Charge Outpatient Stem Cell Therapy Consultation Camp in Chandigarh
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NeuroGen to Host No-Charge Outpatient Stem Cell Therapy Consultation Camp in Chandigarh

According to a publication from NewZNew, the NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute in India plans on hosting an outpatient stem cell therapy consultation camp in Chandigarh on the last day…

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New Study Suggests Activity of Propranolol in Hypotrichosis-Lymphedema-Telangiectasia Patients
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New Study Suggests Activity of Propranolol in Hypotrichosis-Lymphedema-Telangiectasia Patients

According to a publication from ScienceDaily, a new study of propranolol suggests explanations for its ability to shrink certain benign tumors in infants and relieve symptoms of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia syndrome. About…

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