A team of researchers from the University of Alberta have created a possible treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Their work has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…
According to a press release from the Boston Children's Hospital, a study has discovered the efficacy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). As…
Losmapimod is an experimental treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and it recently received the Orphan Drug designation from the FDA. Not only did it receive this designation, but its…
A recent press release from Fulcrum Therapeutics, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, announced preliminary findings of the company's phase 1 clinical study of losmapimod in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Losmapimod is…
The Bad News Unfortunately, it has recently been announced that an experimental treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) will not be continuing on in clinical trials. This is because the…
It was announced this Monday that Fulcrum Therapeutics, a Phase 1 biotech developing therapies based on gene regulation for rare diseases, announced terms for its initial public offering (IPO), aka its…
According to a press release from Massachusetts-based biotech company Fulcrum Therapeutics, the company has successfully secured global commercialization rights of GlaxoSmithKline-developed experimental facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) drug losmapimod. Losmapimod, an…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company Acceleron Pharma, which develops TGF-beta based treatments for rare and serious illnesses, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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