NDA for NF1-PN Treatment Charges Ahead with Priority Review
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NDA for NF1-PN Treatment Charges Ahead with Priority Review

According to a press release from GlobeNewswire, the biopharmaceutical company SpringWorks Therapeutics recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's New Drug Application (NDA)…

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These Nonprofits Just Shelled Out $5.2 Million to Fund An Experimental Parkinson’s Drug
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These Nonprofits Just Shelled Out $5.2 Million to Fund An Experimental Parkinson’s Drug

According to a story from PR Newswire, the biotech company Mission Therapeutics was just awarded $5.2 million in funding to support MTX325, the company's investigational Parkinson's disease therapy. Intended to…

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Japanese Scientists Reversed Signs of Alzheimer’s by Restoring Synapse Function in Mouse Model
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Japanese Scientists Reversed Signs of Alzheimer’s by Restoring Synapse Function in Mouse Model

A team of scientists from Japan appear to have pioneered a method for reversing synapse damage in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Although encouraging, the theory must be tested in…

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FDA’s Panel of Experts Vote 11-0 in Favor of Donanemab to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
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FDA’s Panel of Experts Vote 11-0 in Favor of Donanemab to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

The idiom ‘third time’s a charm’ may have some significance in this instance. The panel that advises the FDA just voted unanimously in favor of Eli Lilly’s experimental drug, donanemab.…

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Farxiga® has been FDA Approved to Treat Children and Adolescents in the U.S. for Type 2 Diabetes
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Farxiga® has been FDA Approved to Treat Children and Adolescents in the U.S. for Type 2 Diabetes

Ruud Dobber, executive VP of biopharmaceuticals at AstraZeneca was quoted in a press release dated saying that type 2 diabetes is on the rise in adolescents and younger children with…

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Pfizer Acknowledges the Death of a Young Boy Who Died One Year After Participating in its Phase II Clinical Trial to Treat DMD
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Pfizer Acknowledges the Death of a Young Boy Who Died One Year After Participating in its Phase II Clinical Trial to Treat DMD

Pfizer has recently paused its Phase III clinical trial that has been assessing the Duchenne muscular dystrophy candidate fordadistrogene movaparvovec. The Phase II DAYLIGHT trial (NCT05429372), enrolled ten boys ages…

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FDA Approves Dosage Boost for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Drug FIRDAPSE
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FDA Approves Dosage Boost for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Drug FIRDAPSE

According to a story from Globe Newswire, the biopharmaceutical company Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has recently announced an update to the company's supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for its drug amifampridine (marketed…

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Phase 3 Study Results Indicate Improvement with Use of INGREZZA®
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Tardive Dyskinesia: Phase 3 Study Results Indicate Improvement with Use of INGREZZA®

This week Neurocrine Biosciences announced the results of its KINECT®-4 Phase 3 study of INGREZZA® capsules. Results of the trial were published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. A long-term…

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