Milwaukee, Wis. – Preeclampsia is a mysterious condition that occurs in about one of 10 pregnancies without any early warning signs. After 20 weeks or more of normal blood pressure during the pregnancy, patients with preeclampsia will begin to experience elevated blood pressure and may also have increased levels of...
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Laurel Hollow, New York – Recent findings at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) shine a new light on pancreatic cancer. More than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases are attributed to an aggressive, deadly form of the disease called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC. Researchers have a poor understanding of how...
Boston, Mass. – About three years before he retired, David Campbell noticed something weird happening as he typed. Whenever he tried to hit a letter, say “a,” he’d get “aaa,” like the keyboard was jamming or his finger was triple-tapping the key. That wasn’t the only thing that seemed off—his...
RAMAT GAN, Israel — Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE American: CANF) (TASE:CANF), a biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of proprietary small molecule drugs that address oncological and inflammatory diseases, today announced submission of an investigational new drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of...
PETACH TIKVA, Israel — Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE American: CANF) (TASE:CANF), a biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of proprietary small molecule drugs that address oncological and inflammatory diseases, today announced it received a Notice of Allowance from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for its patent application titled “An A3 Adenosine Receptor...
TORONTO, Canada – Biogen Canada Inc. is encouraged by the recent Health Technology Assessment (HTA) evaluations issued by Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA) and the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) for QALSODY™ (tofersen injection), the first therapy designed to target a known genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). CDA Issues Positive Reimbursement...
Santa Cruz, Calif. – Long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO2), a gaseous air pollutant generated by the burning of fossil fuels, significantly increases the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study in Canada. Exposure to other forms of air pollution, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ground-level ozone...
BEIJING & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – CANbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc., a leading China-based global rare disease-focused biopharmaceutical company committed to the research, development and commercialization of transformative therapies, announced that the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for CAN106, a long-acting humanized monoclonal antibody...
Berlin, Germany – The team at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is astounded by the huge improvement seen in a female patient with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) after being treated with the cancer medication teclistamab. Not long ago, the 23-year-old was wheelchair-bound due to the autoimmune disease. Nearly six months...
Examination of Japanese cases of gynecological cancer offers a better understanding of the profile of a rare ovarian tumor and could change treatment guidelines. Ovarian granulosa cell tumors are a rare type of ovarian cancer that affect the ovaries and fallopian tubes, and can extend further into the pelvis and...