The foundation End AxD, a nonprofit dedicated to research, treatment and a cure for Alexander disease, has donated $74,000 to UMass Chan Medical School to explore a gene therapy treatment for the fatal neurological disease. The funding will go to Jun Xie, PhD, associate professor of microbiology & physiological systems,...
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SAN DIEGO – Endeavor BioMedicines, a clinical-stage precision medicine company targeting the core drivers of multiple terminal diseases including oncology and fibrosis, announced that the company has dosed its first patient in a Phase 2 trial of taladegib (ENV-101) to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Taladegib is a small-molecule inhibitor...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Endeavor BioMedicines, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing medicines with the potential to deliver transformational clinical benefits to patients with life-threatening diseases, today announced successful completion of its Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating the company’s lead investigational compound, ENV-101, in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). ENV-101...
New York, NY – Endometrial cancer — which develops in the lining of the uterus (womb) and is sometimes called uterine cancer — is on the rise in the U.S. In 1987, there were 35,000 cases annually. That number has nearly doubled in 2023 to more than 66,000 cases. Deaths from...
DURHAM, N.C. — A team of physicians, neuroscientists and engineers at Duke University has demonstrated two new strategies that use deep brain stimulation to improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. By simultaneously targeting two key brain structures and using a novel self-adjusting device, the team showed that they can efficiently...
PTC Therapeutics’ Upstaza, a gene therapy for an ultra-rare genetic disorder and the first to be directly infused in the brain, is one step closer to reaching patients in the U.K. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the therapy to treat patients with aromatic L-amino acid...
SAN DIEGO – Engrail Therapeutics™ (Engrail) (the Company), a neuroscience company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of patient-centric therapies and The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), today announced that they have entered into a license agreement which grants Engrail worldwide exclusive rights to intellectual property around the use...
Cambridge, UK – For the first time, the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite have been mapped in high resolution, allowing researchers to understand this ever-adapting adversary in more detail than previously possible. The study, published today (2 May) in Science, details the critical developmental stages of the...
WILMINGTON, Del. – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Daiichi Sankyo’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+) solid tumors who have received prior treatment or...
TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Detailed primary results from the positive, pivotal DESTINY-Lung01 phase 2 trial of ENHERTU® (trastuzumab deruxtecan), the Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca HER2 directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), showed a robust and durable tumor response in previously-treated patients with...