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WILMINGTON, Del. —  AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Ionis’ WAINUA™ (eplontersen) has been approved in the US for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults, commonly referred to as hATTR-PN or ATTRv-PN. WAINUA is the only approved medicine for the treatment of ATTRv-PN that can be self-administered...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: WVE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on unlocking the broad potential of RNA medicines to transform human health, today announced it has regained full rights to WVE-006, an investigational GalNAc-conjugated RNA editing oligonucleotide (AIMer) for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), from GSK. This...
WASHINGTON DC – Gene-editing technologies are progressing fast, and there are now more than 100 ongoing trials for new therapies and diagnostics based on CRISPR-Cas, zinc finger nucleases, TALENS, and base editors. While most of these trials are evaluating ex vivo gene-edited cell-based therapies for cancers and genetic blood disorders,...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Ascendis Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ASND) today announced topline results from Week 52 of COACH, the first Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate combination therapy with once-weekly TransCon CNP (navepegritide) and once-weekly TransCon hGH (lonapegsomatropin) in children with achondroplasia. At Week 52, combination therapy showed durable growth without...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Novo Nordisk announced today that Health Canada has issued marketing authorization with conditions [Notice of Compliance with Conditions (NOC/c)] for Wegovy® (semaglutide injection) for the treatment of non-cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in adults with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis (consistent with stages F2 to F3 fibrosis).1 Authorization in Canada...
New York, NY – Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York and GHESKIO Centers in Haiti. Second-line medications are those that are given when...