An over-the-counter prostate cancer test kit could be coming to a pharmacy near you, thanks to the collaborative work of a University of Central Florida chemist and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando researchers. UCF’s Qun “Treen” Huo and M.D. Anderson-Orlando’s Dr. Cheryl Baker and Jimmie Colon teamed up about 18...
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London, England – A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial. The findings, published in Ophthalmology, describe the efficacy and...
Treatment with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and anticytokine biologics is not effective in decreasing the frequency of coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD), but the incidence of treatment resistance may be reduced with these agents compared with conventional intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy alone, according to findings from...
Use of a new diagnostic guideline for hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), published in 2020, has resulted in half of patients with HP also being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to authors of a recent study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The investigators who conducted...
FREIENBACH, Switzerland – EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA, a commercial-stage company that commercializes niche and orphan medicines in Switzerland and Europe, today announced that Swissmedic has approved Bronchitol® (inhaled mannitol) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in adults and in children aged 6 years and above as add‐on to other medicines. Bronchitol® is...
Stockholm, Sweden — Egetis Therapeutics AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: EGTX) announced that the Company, as part of its initiatives to increase disease awareness about MCT8 deficiency, has participated and informed about MCT8 deficiency, at the following medical conferences during the first quarter of 2023: British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) Annual...
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies for rare metabolic diseases, today announced that it and its partner AnGes, Inc. received marketing approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for Zokinvy (lonafarnib), a treatment for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria...
Palo Alto, Calif. — Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EIGR), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies for hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and other serious diseases, reported financial results for fourth quarter and full year 2022 and provided a business update. “In December, we announced that both our...
DOVER, Del. — Eilean Therapeutics LLC, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing best-in-class and first-in-class small molecule inhibitors to target escape mutations in hematologic and solid malignancies, today announced the completion of a single ascending dose Phase 1 clinical study of lomonitinib and initiation of a multiple ascending...
DOVER, Del. — Eilean Therapeutics LLC, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing best-in-class and first-in-class small molecule inhibitors to target escape mutations in hematologic and solid malignancies, today announced the clearance from the Human Research Ethics Committee in Australia to begin human dosing in the Phase 1 clinical...