Cambridge, Mass. – Gene therapy could potentially cure genetic diseases but it remains a challenge to package and deliver new genes to specific cells safely and effectively. Existing methods of engineering one of the most commonly used gene-delivery vehicles, adeno-associated viruses (AAV), are often slow and inefficient. Now, researchers at...
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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel therapeutics for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), today announced that the Company’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for resmetirom for the treatment of NASH/metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with liver fibrosis has been validated and is now under evaluation with the...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel therapeutics for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), today announced the publication of the pivotal Phase 3 MAESTRO-NASH trial of resmetirom in the New England Journal of Medicine. NASH is a leading cause of liver-related mortality and an increasing burden...
Positive recommendation based on resmetirom’s favorable profile including positive results from the pivotal Phase 3 MAESTRO-NASH trial European Commission decision expected in August 2025; if approved, resmetirom will be the first medication for people living with MASH in the EU CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDGL), a biopharmaceutical company...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel medicines to bring the curative power of stem cell transplant to more patients, announced today that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for MGTA-117 is active with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Magenta Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MGTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel medicines to bring the curative power of stem cell transplants to more patients, today announced positive preliminary results from its Phase 2 clinical trial of MGTA-145 plus plerixafor in patients with multiple myeloma, which were accepted for presentation...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGTA) today announced that it has received a clinical hold letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to its Investigational New Drug Application (IND) filed in June 2021 to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of MGTA-117 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic...
Roughly 1 out of 15,000 people born suffer from Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), a rare disease that starts with the progressive weakening of facial muscles and then the shoulders and upper body. By the time patients reach their 50s, around one-fifth of them are wheelchair bound. Now, a team of...
London, UK – Giving women at risk of premature birth a simple magnesium sulphate infusion (or ‘drip’) can prevent their babies from developing cerebral palsy, a recent Cochrane review has confirmed. The drug itself costs approximately £5 (~$6.50) per dose in England, and requires hospital admission with experienced staff to administer...
CHICAGO, Ill. — MAIA Biotechnology Inc., (NYSE American: MAIA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer, today announced the publication of extensive work describing preclinical studies for lead candidate THIO in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications. The reported findings from the...