The Cayman Islands joins the United Nations in observing the first annual Sickle Cell Disease World Day on Friday, 19 June. The worldwide event will raise awareness of the disease, and follows a United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in December 2008 that recognizes sickle cell disease as a public...
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Melbourne, Australia – Researchers at St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research (SVI) in Melbourne have shown that a commonly prescribed rheumatoid arthritis drug can suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes. The world-first human trial, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and led by SVI’s Professor Thomas...
Manchester, England – In a momentous landmark for medical research, UK Biobank has today unveiled incredible new data from whole genome sequencing of its half a million participants. This is set to drive the discovery of new diagnostics, treatments and cures and, uniquely, is available to approved researchers worldwide, via...
Full-service contract research organisation (CRO) Worldwide Clinical Trials has partnered with Every Cure to expedite the discovery of treatments for patients with rare diseases. Worldwide will serve as a drug development and clinical trial partner to Every Cure, a non-profit organisation that aims to ‘unlock the full potential of existing...
ST. LOUIS & SAN DIEGO – Wugen, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies, today announced the completion of an oversubscribed $172 million Series B financing led by Abingworth and Tybourne Capital Management, and joined by new investors Fidelity Management & Research Company, Intermediate...
UPTON, NY – Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The technique has previously been used to look at tumors in breast tissue and...
BOSTON, Mass. — X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a company driven to improve the lives of people with rare diseases of the immune system, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved XOLREMDI™ (mavorixafor) capsules for use in patients 12 years of age and older with WHIM...
X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a leader in the discovery and development of novel small-molecule therapeutics to benefit people with diseases of the immune system, announced that, effective on February 28, 2023, the company issued inducement awards to new employees under the X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Inducement Plan”).
CHICAGO – Xentria Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel biologics to address unmet clinical needs, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has confirmed that the Company satisfactorily addressed all requirements and can proceed with initiation of the planned Phase 1 clinical trial of XTMAB-16....
CHICAGO – Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: XERS) (“Xeris”) today announced that its stockholders have voted to approve the previously announced proposed acquisition of Strongbridge Biopharma plc (NASDAQ: SBBP) (“Strongbridge”) by Xeris. At the special meeting of Xeris stockholders held on September 14, 2021, approximately 97% of the shares voted were...