Amsterdam, Netherlands – Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes a tuberculosis infection, is present in exhaled breath of 90% of those presenting with suspected tuberculosis. This includes those who were negative on conventional sputum testing and not diagnosed with TB. This raises the possibility that those who have tested...
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Amsterdam, Netherlands – Research led by Amsterdam UMC across ten Dutch and two Italian hospitals has found that not placing a drain during surgery improves outcomes in patients undergoing a left-sided pancreatic resection, also known as ‘distal pancreatectomy’. The study, today published in Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, set out to...
AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that the European Medicines Agency has granted Orphan Drug Designation to AMT’s gene therapy product AMT-021 for the treatment of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). Orphan Drug Designation for AIP entitles AMT to...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLX) today announced interim data from the ongoing Phase 2 HELIOS clinical trial of AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate [PB] and taurursodiol [TURSO, also known as ursodoxicoltaurine]) in adults living with Wolfram syndrome, a rare, progressive genetic disease impacting approximately 3,000 people in the U.S. The...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLX) today announced it has completed enrollment of its Phase 2 HELIOS trial of AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate [PB] and taurursodiol [TURSO]) for the treatment of Wolfram syndrome (WS), a rare genetic disease that typically results in neurodegeneration and premature death, which has no...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the first participant has been dosed in ORION, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial of AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate [PB] and taurursodiol [TURSO]) for the treatment of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). The Phase 3 trial will enroll approximately 600 participants...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLX) (“Amylyx” or the “Company”) today announced the presentation of early safety and tolerability data from its Phase 1 LUMINA trial of AMX0114 and results from ongoing work characterizing biomarkers of AMX0114 target engagement at the 36th International Symposium on ALS/MND (MNDA) held from December...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the first participants have been dosed in the Phase 3 Study A35-004 (PHOENIX) (NCT05021536), a global trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate (PB) and taurursodiol (TURSO; also known as ursodoxicoltaurine)) in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)....
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its intention to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate (PB) and taurursodiol (TURSO)) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The decision by the company to submit the application in...
Data at Week 48 demonstrated that treatment with AMX0035 led to sustained stabilization or improvement in multiple outcomes related to disease progression, including pancreatic function, glycemic control, vision, and overall symptom burden AMX0035 continued to be generally well-tolerated in all participants Week 48 data and discussions with FDA will inform...