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NAARDEN, Netherlands – Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotech company focused on developing novel treatments for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to pridopidine for development as a potential treatment for Huntington’s Disease (HD). Fast Track is a...
NAARDEN, Netherlands – Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotech company focused on developing novel treatments for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, received a positive opinion on European Orphan Drug Designation for pridopidine in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The orphan designation is expected to be granted within 30 days, following the positive...
NAARDEN, the Netherlands – FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for pridopidine for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotech company focused on developing novel treatments for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — Prime Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRME), a biotechnology company committed to delivering a new class of differentiated, one-time curative genetic therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for PM359, submitted on March 29, for the...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Prime Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRME), a biotechnology company committed to delivering a new class of differentiated, one-time curative genetic therapies, today reported new preclinical data demonstrating the ability of its ex vivo Prime Editing program, PM359, to correct a common disease-causing mutation of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)....
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Worldwide, an estimated, 40 million people live with HIV. Two-thirds of this group on the African continent. In 2022, more than 600,000 people died from HIV-related causes and more than 1.3 million were infected. There is no vaccine against the world’s second most deadly infection, after TB....
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Prize4life and the Alzheimer Research Forum announce the release of the ALS Forum (www.ResearchALS.org), a web-based resource for researchers interested in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neuron disease. The site is modeled on the Alzheimer Research Forum’s popular website, www.alzforum.org,...
Researchers have made progress in developing malaria vaccines over the past few decades, but the goal remains a daunting challenge. Malaria has evolved to thwart almost every aspect of the human immune system. On March 16-17, 2009, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Progentec, a leader in diagnostic and digital technologies for the proactive management of autoimmune diseases, announced today an 18-month collaborative research agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to evaluate novel measurement and management tools for systemic lupus erythematosus (“SLE” or “lupus”). At least 5 million people worldwide are living with...
BUFFALO, NY- February 28, 2024 – A new research paper was published in Aging  Volume 16, Issue 3, entitled, “Prognostic model development and molecular subtypes identification in bladder urothelial cancer by oxidative stress signatures.” Mounting studies indicate that oxidative stress (OS) significantly contributes to tumor progression. In this new study,...