Researchers at UNC Are Experimenting With a New Way to Deliver Drugs For Medulloblastoma

A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina have been exploring an experimental method of delivering drugs to medulloblastoma that involves converting skin cells into stem cells that…

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Orphan Drug Designation Has Been Granted to a Gene Therapy for Bietti’s Crystalline Dystrophy
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Orphan Drug Designation Has Been Granted to a Gene Therapy for Bietti’s Crystalline Dystrophy

Reflection Biotechnologies has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has awarded Orphan Drug Designation to their RBIO-101 program, which is focused on a gene therapy designed to treat…

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Researches Are Developing a Way to Predict Who Will Respond to Checkpoint Inhibitors for Melanoma
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Researches Are Developing a Way to Predict Who Will Respond to Checkpoint Inhibitors for Melanoma

A recent study, carried out by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (part of the NIH) and several other universities, outlines a potential new method of predicting whether immune checkpoint…

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Taking These Two Immunotherapies in Order Could Make MS Symptoms Worse, Report Suggests
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Taking These Two Immunotherapies in Order Could Make MS Symptoms Worse, Report Suggests

According to a story from Multiple Sclerosis News Today, a recent case report suggests that switching from the immunotherapy drug Gilenya to another immunotherapy called Lemtrada could cause a severe…

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Research Shows a Drug For Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy May Significantly Reduce Mortality in Patients

  Pfizer has released the primary results from the Phase 3 clinical trial of tafamidis, an investigational drug being researched as a potential treatment for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. For more…

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The First Patient Has Been Dosed on a Study of a Drug For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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The First Patient Has Been Dosed on a Study of a Drug For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

The Australian biopharmaceutical company Antisense Therapeutics has announced that the first patient has been dosed on a Phase 2 clinical trial of the investigational drug ATL1102, which is being developed…

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A Drug Being Developed to Treat Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Has Been Given a Generic Drug Name

The United States Adopted Name Council, which selects simple, new, and informative generic drug names, has approved ‘Onvansertib’ as the generic name for PCM-075. PCM-075 is an investigational drug that…

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New Information Revealed About The Link Between Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging

According to a story from hms.harvard.edu, a recent study is revealing new information about the connection between aging and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.…

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Researchers Find a New Way to Deliver Nusinersen to Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Researchers Find a New Way to Deliver Nusinersen to Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

A recent study suggests an alternative procedure for delivering the drug nusinersen to patients being treated for spinal muscular atrophy. Although more research needs to be done to estabilish its…

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Two Clinical Studies of Enzalutamide in Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer Have Been Amended
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Two Clinical Studies of Enzalutamide in Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer Have Been Amended

Two clinical trials have had their study protocols amended, announces Pfizer and Astellas Pharma. The Phase 3 trials, called ‘Arches’ and ‘Embark’, will investigate the safety and effectiveness of the…

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Ribitol Could Benefit Patients With Rare Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications highlights a potential therapy for the treatment of muscular dytrophies and other diseases linked to mutations of the FKRP gene. In the study, the…

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Investigational Gene Therapy for Hereditary Angioedema Gets Orphan Drug Designation
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Investigational Gene Therapy for Hereditary Angioedema Gets Orphan Drug Designation

According to a story from globnewswire.com, the gene therapy company Adverum Biotechnologies recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted them Orphan Drug designation for their…

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The NIH Has Granted $8.9 million to Researchers Investigating a Drug For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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The NIH Has Granted $8.9 million to Researchers Investigating a Drug For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have granted the University of Alabama at Birmingham $8.9 million to fund research into an investigational drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. You can read…

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