AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — Norgine, a leading European specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for mavorixafor as XOLREMDI® following a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).1 The marketing authorisation was granted under exceptional circumstances*, reflecting the ultra-rare nature...
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AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — Norgine B.V., a leading European specialty pharmaceutical company, today welcomes the positive opinion issued by the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation under exceptional circumstances[*] for XOLREMDI® (mavorixafor) in patients aged 12 years and older for...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands — NorthSea Therapeutics B.V. (“NorthSea” or the “Company”), a private, late-stage clinical biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary structurally engineered fatty acids (SEFAs) platform to develop novel drugs to treat rare liver diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency’s...
EVANSTON, Ill. — Researchers led by Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new, first-of-its-kind sticker that enables clinicians to monitor the health of patients’ organs and deep tissues with a simple ultrasound device. When attached to an organ, the soft, tiny sticker...
CHICAGO, Ill. — A new Northwestern Medicine study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer’s patients is epigenetically altered. That means the patients’ behavior or environment has caused changes that affect the way their genes work. Many of these altered immune genes are the same ones that...
Chicago, Ill. – Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The “wonder drug” has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation. But until now, scientists have been unable to determine how, exactly, the drug works. ...
Evanston, Ill. – Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have introduced a pioneering approach aimed at combating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In a new study, researchers discovered a new way to enhance the body’s antioxidant response, which...
Evanston, Illinois — A team of Northwestern University scientists has developed the first wireless, implantable temperature sensor to detect inflammatory flareups in patients with Crohn’s disease. The approach offers long-term, real-time monitoring and could enable clinicians to act earlier to prevent or limit the permanent damage caused by inflammatory episodes....
CHICAGO, Illinois — A genetic change or variant in a gene called SCN2A is a known cause of infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, as well as a wide range of other moderate-to-profound impairments in mobility, communication, eating and vision. The severity of these disorders can vary widely...
South Bend, Indiana – A groundbreaking neurobiology study has delivered the first direct scientific comparison of the two dominant laboratory models used to study multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially reshaping how future treatments are developed. Published by researchers at University of Notre Dame, the study examined how two widely used experimental...