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Gdańsk, Poland – PolTREG S.A. (Warsaw Stock Exchange: PTG) , a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cellular therapies for a range of autoimmune diseases, today announces it has published data in International Immunopharmacology which suggest that PD-1+ T-cells are a dependable biomarker for efficacy in pediatric early-onset Type-1 diabetes (T1D) patients,...
Ottawa, Canada – A new review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is aimed at helping clinicians diagnose and manage polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), an endocrine disorder that affects about 10% of females. This disorder affects females of reproductive age and is associated with infertility, miscarriage and pregnancy complications. Its...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today announced updated efficacy and safety data from its Phase 2 clinical trial of picoplatin in patients with metastatic castration-resistant (hormone-refractory) prostate cancer (CRPC). The data demonstrate that picoplatin in combination with...
SEOUL, South Korea – A research team at the Yonsei University College of Medicine reported in Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism that poor physical function at baseline is associated with premature death in patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)—2 conditions that fall under the umbrella of...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer’s disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica. Researchers with the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, in collaboration with scientists...
Posaconazole was non-inferior to voriconazole for the primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis, according to an international, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled non-inferiority trial published in the Lancet. Between October 25, 2013, and September 10, 2019, investigators randomly assigned 585 participants to receive either posaconazole or voriconazole. In the posaconazole group, 288 participants...