Worcester, Mass. – A study led by UMass Chan Medical School viral immunologists Liisa Selin, MD, PhD, and Anna Gil, PhD, discovered similarities in immune system dysfunction as a potential biomarker among people living with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The research also introduced a novel treatment...
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The increasing amount of patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes benefit greatly from the recently developed GIPR:GLP-1R co-agonists. These novel compounds lead to substantial weight loss, offering a revolutionary approach to patients worldwide. Although the hormone glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) was already shown by Helmholtz Munich scientists to decrease...
MINNEAPOLIS – OX2 Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held Minneapolis based company, announced today encouraging early results from phase 1 human trials of their new cancer treatment. Developed to combat recurrent high-grade brain tumors, the treatment utilizes a newly developed peptide inhibitor. “OX2 works to explore the therapeutic potential of the new immune...
LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM — uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to AMT-130 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease, a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder...
LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM — uniQure N.V., a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced updated interim data including up to 30 months of follow-up from 39 patients enrolled in the ongoing U.S. and European Phase I/II clinical trials of AMT-130 for...
LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced the completion of enrollment in the first cohort of the Phase I/IIa trial of AMT-191, an investigational gene therapy for the treatment of Fabry disease....
LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced positive topline data from the pivotal Phase I/II study of AMT-130 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease. The study met its prespecified primary endpoint,...
Nijmegen, The Netherlands – TB is a major threat to public health, being among the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2021, the disease claimed the lives of 1.6 million people, making it the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19.[1] Drug-resistant TB and long treatment regimens have increased the urgency...
Study demonstrated safety and tolerability of Tyvaso DPI™ in patients with PAH transitioning from Tyvaso® Inhalation Solution A separate study in healthy volunteers demonstrated comparable treprostinil exposure between Tyvaso DPI and Tyvaso Inhalation Solution Tyvaso DPI NDA filing anticipated in April 2021 with priority review SILVER SPRING, Md. and RESEARCH...
SILVER SPRING, Md. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) announced today that the first patient has enrolled in the phase 3 TETON study, which is expected to evaluate approximately 396 adult patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This 52-week study will evaluate the impact of...