SAN MATEO, Calif. — Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc., a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on viral and liver diseases, today announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Priority Medicine (PRIME) designation to BJT-778 for the treatment of Chronic Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) infection. BJT-778 is a high-potency, fully human immunoglobulin...
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Oxford, UK – Enara Bio today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim has exercised its option to license a number of cancer antigens discovered and validated through the ongoing collaboration using Enara Bio’s Dark Antigen discovery platform, EDAPT®. This licensing event is a major milestone in the strategic collaboration between the companies...
Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany – Boehringer Ingelheim on Wednesday announced a multi-target collaboration agreement with Chinese biotech Suzhou Ribo Life Science and its Swedish unit Ribocure Pharmaceuticals to develop siRNA-based treatments for nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. The companies did not disclose what targets they would focus on, nor did...
PARKVILLE, Missouri— Bond Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage, privately held biopharmaceutical company today announced a successful meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following a scheduled pre-IND meeting with the Office of Cardiology, Hematology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology, Division of Nonmalignant Hematology to seek advice on the BBI-001 development program...
Results of a retrospective analysis showed a significantly elevated risk of bone fractures in a population-based cohort of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), particularly polycythemia vera (PV), compared with the overall population. These findings were published in Leukemia and Lymphoma. The Philadelphia chromosome-negative MPNs, characterized by clonal proliferation of 1 or more...
Melbourne, Australia – A drug that boosts bone growth in children with the most common form of dwarfism, may also reduce their chances of sudden infant death syndrome, sleep apnea and needing surgery, according to a new study. The international research trial, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and...
Orchard Park, NY – A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget in January 2024, entitled, “Bone marrow adipocytes provide early sign for progression from MGUS to multiple myeloma.” Multiple Myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematological malignancy and is characterized by clonal expansion of malignant plasma cells in...
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis has been awarded a five-year, $2.5-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study viral insulins and mechanisms related to IGF-1 receptor protein inhibition and its potential applications in cancer treatment. Altindis said he and the researchers...
Boston, Mass. – Boston Medical Center (BMC), a national leader in the treatment of sickle cell disease for more than 50 years, announced today that it will offer the first-ever gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including one that uses a type of novel genome editing technology. The new therapies...
Boston, Mass. — Each year, approximately 2,000 people die annually of gallbladder cancer (GBC) in the U.S., with only one in five cases diagnosed at an early stage. With GBC rated as the first biliary tract cancer and the 17th most deadly cancer worldwide, pressing attention for proper management of...