Boston, MA – PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC) (“PureTech” or the “Company”), a hub-and-spoke biotherapeutics company dedicated to giving life to science and transforming innovation into value, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Commission have granted Orphan Drug Designation to deupirfenidone (LYT-100) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
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Boston, Mass. — PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC) (“PureTech” or the “Company”), a hub-and-spoke biotherapeutics company dedicated to giving life to science and transforming innovation into value, today announced presentations showcasing its deupirfenidone (LYT-100) program at the upcoming American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, taking place in Orlando, Florida, from May 15-20, 2026. Deupirfenidone is...
Boston, MA – PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC) (“PureTech” or the “Company”), a hub-and-spoke biotherapeutics company dedicated to giving life to science and transforming innovation into value, today announced new data from the open-label extension (OLE) of its Phase 2b ELEVATE IPF trial of deupirfenidone (LYT-100) in people living with...
REHOVOT, Israel — Purple Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: PPBT), a clinical-stage company developing first-in-class therapies that harness the power of the tumor microenvironment to overcome tumor immune evasion and drug resistance, today announced it has determined 100mg/kg is the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) for NT219 in combination with cetuximab in...
Busan, South Korea – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disorder, is a significant global health issue, affecting the voluntary motor nervous system in affected individuals. It is further compounded by a lack of effective treatment options. This treatment gap highlights the need to identify risk factors, particularly modifiable ones,...
BUSAN, South Korea — Atopic dermatitis (or AD) is a heterogenous, inflammatory condition of the skin and is usually accompanied by itch, redness, and swelling. AD can have a significant impact on the patient’s quality of life. While several biologic treatment approaches have been proposed in the recent years for...
Tampere, Finland – Depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are serious concerns for public health. Approximately 280 million people worldwide have depression, while 620 million people have CVD. It has been known since the 1990s that the two diseases are somehow related. For example, people with depression run a greater risk...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Pyros Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of enhanced specialty pharmaceuticals for rare diseases, announced today that VIGPODER™ (vigabatrin) for oral solution, USP, a treatment for appropriate patients with infantile spasms (IS), is now available. As a therapeutically equivalent product, VIGPODER™ is anticipated to offer the...
BOSTON, Mass. — Pyxis Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: PYXS), a clinical-stage company developing next-generation therapeutics for difficult-to-treat cancers, today announced positive preliminary data from its ongoing Phase 1 clinical studies evaluating micvotabart pelidotin (MICVO), a first-in-concept antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting extradomain-B of fibronectin (EDB+FN), a non-cellular structural component of the tumor...
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 – Q BioMed Inc. (OTCQB: QBIO), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Orphan Products Development has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Uttroside-B, a small molecule chemotherapeutic for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer....