Cleveland — iRxReminder LLC, a health technology company, is pleased to announce that it has received a NIH Award to validate its patented technology and approach to improve patient outcomes in managing Tardive Dyskinesia (TD), a movement disorder characterized by uncontrollable, abnormal, and repetitive movements that may affect as many...
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Sharjah, United Arab Emirates – Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (Anti-NMDA) receptor encephalitis is an acute autoimmune disorder that develops both neurological symptoms and psychiatric symptoms, including hallucination, cognitive disturbance, epilepsy, movement disorder and impaired consciousness. This disease may be misdiagnosed at the early stage as a psychosis disease because of primary psychiatric symptoms....
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – There are several risk factors for the development of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Based on an increasing number of studies linking these risk factors with Vitamin D deficiency, an article in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (May 2009) by William B....
DURHAM, N.C. – Istari Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company today announced that Jamie Iudica has joined as Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO). Iudica brings more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry to Istari, including leadership roles in engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain operations. His extensive expertise in...
MILAN – The Italfarmaco Group announced a publication in the Blood Cancer Journal outlining the first interim analysis results from follow-up of a mean of four years in 51 patients with polycythemia vera (PV), a type of hematological malignancy belonging to BCR-ABL1-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). The results show a long-term benefit in PV patients...
MILAN – Italfarmaco Group announced today topline data from its proof-of-concept Phase 2 trial with Givinostat, the company’s proprietary histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, in 51 adult males with Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD). The study was designed to evaluate the effect of Givinostat in BMD, building on the experience developed in Duchenne Muscular...
MILAN, Italy – Italfarmaco S.p.A. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to givinostat for the treatment of patients with polycythemia vera (PV), a rare haematologic cancer, for which treatment options are limited. “The FDA decision to grant givinostat Fast Track designation underscores the...
MILAN, Italy – Italfarmaco S.p.A. announced today that additional data on givinostat for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are being presented at the 30th annual International Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS) held October 7-11 in Vienna, Austria. Poster presentations highlight the long-term safety of givinostat in patients with DMD,...
MILAN, Italy — Italfarmaco S.p.A. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Duvyzat™ (givinostat), a novel histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, for the treatment of patients 6 years or older with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare X-linked progressive and life-limiting neuromuscular condition with symptoms from...
ORLANDO, Florida — Until Susan Caldwell of Waxahachie, Texas, learned in 2016 that her 8-year-old son Ryan Michael had Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), she had never heard of the disease—and only vaguely knew of muscular dystrophy, thanks to the Jerry Lewis Telethon. “It was devastating,” she recalled. “I had met...