Avoiding intubation and mechanical ventilation during subcutaneous pump implantation under local anesthesia and conscious analgosedation was feasible in patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to the results of a recent study published in Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers retrospectively reviewed outcomes of patients with PAH undergoing a surgical procedure...
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists looking for drugs to improve survival of children with high-risk neuroblastoma found a promising candidate in CX-5461. Then researchers identified safety concerns with the experimental drug that have implications for current clinical trials in adults. The study appears today in Nature Communications. CX-5461 is...
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Sail Biomedicines, Inc., a Flagship Pioneering company and leader in RNA-based programmable medicines, today provided an update on its research funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CF Foundation), with preclinical data that suggest that Sail’s Endless RNA™ (eRNA™) may offer the potential to treat the 10%-15% of...
Barcelona, Spain – Researchers from the Neuromuscular Diseases Group and the Dementia Neurobiology Group of the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and the Memory Unit of the Sant Pau Hospital, led by neurologist Dr. Ricard Rojas-García, have identified a new mutation in the ARPP21 gene that could be...
Pratteln, Switzerland – Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announces that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted for priority review the new drug application (NDA) for vamorolone in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) which was submitted by Sperogenix Therapeutics, Santhera’s specialized rare disease partner for China. The Center for Drug...
Specific gene profiles of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells are associated with phenotypic manifestations of sarcoidosis such as activity and disease severity, including immune, inflammatory, and profibrotic mediators as identified via genome-wide transcriptome analysis, according to results published in the European Respiratory Journal. Study results also suggest 4 possible sarcoidosis endotypes with specific...
LANGHORNE, Pa — Savara Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, recently launched aPAP ClearPath™, a new serum-based blood test that can be used by physicians in the U.S. to obtain a definitive diagnosis of aPAP, a rare autoimmune lung disease mediated by autoantibodies targeting GM-CSF....
Yokohama, Japan – Even though psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are quite common, their diagnosis and treatment are challenging. While doctors today have a good idea of the clinical symptoms caused by these disorders, our overall understanding of their biological characteristics and underlying...
CLINUVEL today announced that it has reached agreement with clinical and academic experts to expand its DNA Repair Program to patients diagnosed with xeroderma pigmentosum-variant (XP-V). The Program commenced in 2020, evaluating SCENESSE® (afamelanotide 16mg) in XP-C patients.“The progression of making afamelanotide available to a further group of XP patients, who...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — Scenic Biotech, a pioneer in the discovery of genetic modifiers developing therapeutics to treat severe diseases, today announced positive preclinical data for its lead small molecule QPCTL inhibitor, SC-2882. The data was also presented today by Leandro Cerchietti, MD, Richard A. Stratton Associate Professor in Hematology...