Baltimore, Maryland – A gene associated with colorectal cancer appears to also play a role in the development of other solid tumors, according to a study of over 350,000 patient biopsy samples conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Foundation...
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Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) has been designated a National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) Rare Disease Center of Excellence. The newly established designation recognizes centers who are leaders in the diagnosis and care of people with rare diseases. JHM shares the recognition with the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Each year, clinicians...
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson today announced topline results from the pivotal Phase 3 VIVACITY study of nipocalimab in adults living with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) as well as the Phase 2 DAHLIAS study of nipocalimab in adults with Sjögren’s disease (SjD). Nipocalimab has demonstrated clinical effect in...
HORSHAM, PA. — Johnson & Johnson announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for TECVAYLI® (teclistamab-cqyv) for a reduced dosing frequency of 1.5 mg/kg every two weeks (Q2W) in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have achieved and...
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for nipocalimab for the treatment of alloimmunizeda pregnant individuals at high risk of severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN). Nipocalimab is currently...
Boston –The José Baselga Research Fund (JBRF), supported by Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, announced the initiation of the Global José Baselga Research Grant (Baselga Grant), an annual $75,000 grant to advance the treatment of prion diseases, a group of rare progressive neurodegenerative disorders. “Our family feels incredibly lucky to have...
Badalona, Spain – Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that appears mainly after the age of sixty. Its incidence, therefore, increases with the aging of the population. In this pathology, the bone marrow, the porous structure within the bones that produces normal blood cells, is invaded by an...
BEDMINSTER, N.J. – Jubilant Therapeutics Inc, a biopharmaceutical company advancing small molecule precision therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in oncology and autoimmune diseases, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the investigational new drug application (IND) for JBI-802, a novel, oral, potent and selective dual inhibitor...
A federal appeals court in the U.S. has issued a mandate that effectively vacates the 2019 regulatory approval of Jacobus Pharmaceutical’s Ruzurgi for the treatment of children with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). The ruling, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, directs a lower district court to...
New York, NY — The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) announces its ninth annual “MG Awareness Month” during the month of June, to raise awareness of the often misunderstood and under-diagnosed disease, myasthenia gravis (MG). MG Awareness Month is an effort by MGFA and its local chapters to raise...