Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) played an important role in the phase III LIBRETTO-431 multicenter study, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of selpercatinib compared to control treatment, which consisted of platinum-based chemotherapy associated or not with pembrolizumab (immune checkpoint inhibitor) in non-small...
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PHILADELPHIA – iECURE, a mutation-agnostic in vivo gene editing company striving to cure devastating diseases with high unmet need, today announced it has appointed Brian Di Donato, MBA to its Board of Directors. Mr. Di Donato has more than 20 years of financial and leadership experience and currently serves as...
PHILADELPHIA, PA – iECURE, Inc., a gene editing company focused on the development of mutation-agnostic in vivo gene insertion, or knock-in, editing therapies for the treatment of liver disorders with significant unmet need, announced today approval from the U.K. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the company’s Clinical Trial Authorisation...
Copenhagen, Denmark – After five years of receiving infliximab (IFX) anti-TNF therapy, 61.8% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) showed substantial clinical benefit (ASAS40, ASsessment in AS, 40-response) and 27.6% achieved ASAS partial remission. Moreover, at five years, 78.4% of AS patients had no arthritis and 84.9% had no enthesitis...
POTOMAC, Md. — IGC Pharma, Inc. provides details on its drug candidate TGR-63, which targets amyloid-beta plaque and can potentially improve Alzheimer’s disease treatment in a significant manner. A key pathological marker of Alzheimer’s disease is the formation of abnormal clusters of protein fragments called amyloid-beta (Aβ) that deposit as...
Barcelona, Spain – Researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) have made progress in exploring potential treatments for skin tumours associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. Their findings in cell models have been published in the journal JCI Insight. Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a rare genetic disorder that...
Stockholm, Sweden — Members of the AD-RIDDLE consortium announced today that they will begin a new initiative that aims to bridge the gap between Alzheimer’s research, implementation science, and precision medicine. The AD-RIDDLE programme will offer healthcare professionals a suite of validated solutions for timely detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s...
PARIS & LEIDEN, the Netherlands – Iktos, a company specialized in Artificial Intelligence for new drug design, and Facio Therapies, a drug discovery and development company focused on developing treatments for facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), today announced entering a collaboration to apply Iktos’s generative modelling artificial intelligence (AI) technology in one of...
DORVAL, QC – Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. is pleased to announce that Health Canada has approved Ilaris® (canakinumab) for the treatment of active Still’s disease, including adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD)[1]. AOSD is a rare form of inflammatory arthritis that can be a complex disease with variable presentation and potentially life-threatening complications[2]....
The midfielder is auctioning off his signed match-worn shirt from Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of our Champions League quarter-final, with all proceeds being used to help fund Dilara Abanoglu’s life-saving surgery. Dilara was diagnosed with Ollier’s Disease – a skeletal disorder which affects...