In April 2020, as the world went into lockdown and laboratories shuttered, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis was on the move. Her team’s clinical trial of a potential treatment for fragile X syndrome — one of the most common inherited forms of intellectual disability and a leading genetic cause of autism — was nearly complete. But she and her...
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WALTHAM, Mass. – Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELOX) today announced the addition of a new study arm in the ongoing global Phase 2 clinical program for ELX-02 for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients with at least one G542X allele. The Phase 2 clinical program now includes a...
PINE BROOK, N.J. and BASEL, Switzerland — Elusys Therapeutics and Lonza Sales AG entered into an agreement for the production of Anthim(TM), a therapeutic monoclonal antibody in late stage development for the treatment of anthrax infection. Under this agreement, Lonza will provide process development services and manufacturing capacity for this...
Elypta announces the enrollment of the first patient in the newly initiated AURORAX-0093A (AUR93A) study. AUR93A is intended to explore Elypta’s metabolism-based liquid biopsy platform for the prognosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) before neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The first patient was enrolled at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. AUR93A In AUR93A,...
HYOGO, Japan – JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (TSE 4552; Chairman and President: Shin Ashida; “JCR”) announced today that European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug designation to JR-171, an investigational drug for the treatment of mucoplysaccharidosis type I (MPS I, or Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndrome). JR-171 is a blood-brain-barrier...
CASTELVECCHIO PASCOLI, Italy — Kedrion announces that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to its investigational treatment for Congenital Aceruloplasminemia (ACP), a rare genetic disorder of iron metabolism. Aceruloplasminemia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the CP gene, leading to a deficiency or...
Blacksburg, VA – Every 65 seconds, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating form of dementia that affects 6.2 million Americans. Though it was initially identified almost 120 years ago, Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder with no cure and few treatments. It starts out with minor...
ROCKLAND, Mass. — EMD Serono, the Healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in the U.S. and Canada, today announced the presentation of two new post-hoc analyses of tertiary endpoints from the MAGNIFY-MS study, a Phase IV, prospective, open-label study evaluating the efficacy and safety of MAVENCLAD® (cladribine) tablets in...
Vancouver, Canada — The global orphan drug market size was USD 154.20 Billion in 2022 and is expected to register a rapid revenue CAGR of 12.3 % during the forecast period. Rising frequency of uncommon illnesses and increasing number of governments providing regulatory incentives for development of orphan drugs are...
LAS VEGAS — Muscular dystrophies encompass a range of muscle disorders resulting from genetic mutations. Over time, these conditions lead to muscle weakness, which hinders everyday activities. Muscular dystrophy takes various forms, each targeting specific muscle groups and manifesting at different ages with varying degrees of severity. It can either...