North Bethesda, Maryland – A trial of a new drug regimen to treat tuberculous meningitis (TBM) has started enrolling adults and adolescents in several countries where tuberculosis (TB) is prevalent. The Improved Management with Antimicrobial Agents Isoniazid Rifampicin Linezolid for TBM (IMAGINE-TBM) trial will compare a six-month regimen of four...
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SPRING HOUSE, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced findings from the Phase 2 DAHLIAS study published in The Lancet showing that nipocalimab, an investigational FcRn treatment for Sjögren’s disease (SjD), significantly decreased disease activity and severity in patients with moderate-to-severe disease.1 The study met its primary endpoint, with statistically significant improvement...
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational nipocalimab Fast Track designation (FTD) for the treatment of adult patients with moderate-to-severe Sjögren’s disease (SjD), having previously been granted Breakthrough Therapy designation (BTD) for the investigational therapy late...
Denver, CO – Researchers have shown that the drug benralizumab is as effective and safe as mepolizumab for inducing remission in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. The results of the non-inferiority study were presented at...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — NKGen Biotech Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic, and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapeutics, today announced that it has received a No Objection Letter (“NOL”) from Health Canada for its Clinical Trial Application (“CTA”) for a Phase...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — NKGen Biotech, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic, and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapeutics, today announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 1/2a trial evaluating SNK01, a cryopreserved autologous, non-genetically modified NK cell therapy...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — NKGen Biotech, Inc. (OTC: NKGN) (“NKGen” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous and allogeneic natural killer (“NK”) cell therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Expanded Access Program (EAP) authorization...
STANS, Switzerland – NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: NLSP, NLSPW) (“NLS” or the “Company”), a Swiss clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapies for patients with rare and complex central nervous system disorders, announces new study data which support the mechanism of action for mazindol, the active...
STANS, Switzerland – NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: NLSP, NLSPW) (“NLS” or the “Company”), a Swiss clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapies for patients with rare and complex central nervous system disorders, announces that it has entered into a License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Novartis Pharma...
An experimental stem-cell treatment developed by StemCells of Palo Alto has shown no dangerous side effects after being injected into six children with a rare and as-yet always fatal brain disorder, the company said Monday. The groundbreaking study begun in 2006 involves children suffering from Batten disease, a heretofore incurable...