São Paulo, Brazil. In recent years, physicians and scientists in parts of Brazil where visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic have seen rising numbers of cases of co-infection by Leishmania infantum and Crithidia, also a protozoan but hitherto believed to be a mosquito parasite that cannot infect humans or other mammals. Accurate diagnosis...
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Tallinn, Estonia – Surprisingly high fraction of infertile men presenting congenital testicular maldescent, cryptorchidism, were revealed as undiagnosed cases of congenital RASopathy syndromes, as stated in a recent publication by researchers from the University of Tartu and the Andrology Clinic of Tartu University Hospital. Approximately 2-4% of male newborns are...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Tetra Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shionogi & Co. Ltd., today announced positive topline results from its Phase 2 exploratory study in adult patients with Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). The study evaluated its lead candidate, BPN14770, a first-in-class phosphodiesterase‐4D (PDE4D) allosteric inhibitor. In this single-center,...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Tetra Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of compounds for the treatment of brain disorders associated with cognitive and memory deficits, notably BPN14770, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase‐4D (PDE4D), announced changes to its executive team as the company marks one year since...
TEL AVIV & WENDELSHEIM, Germany – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) and MODAG GmbH today announced a strategic collaboration on the exclusive worldwide licensing and development of MODAG’s lead compound anle138b and a related compound, sery433. Anle138b targets pathological alpha-synuclein oligomers and is being evaluated in patients with...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. and TEL AVIV, Israel — Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA), today announced the presentation of data from a real-world survey of patients taking AUSTEDO XR® (deutetrabenazine) extended-release tablets. Patients taking AUSTEDO XR reported increased social and emotional well-being as a...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., and TEL AVIV, Israel –– Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA), today announced the presentation of new data from the ongoing, real-world IMPACT-TD Registry. The findings demonstrate that treatment with AUSTEDO (deutetrabenazine) tablets or AUSTEDO XR (deutetrabenazine) extended-release tablets for...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track designation for Teva’s investigational therapy emrusolmin (TEV-56286) for the treatment of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). Emrusolmin is part of a...
San Antonio, Texas – In findings that have implications for potential new HIV therapies, researchers from Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) used genetic sequencing techniques on the nonhuman primate version of the virus to identify that lymph nodes in the abdomen are the leading source of rebound infection after...
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Understanding how viruses travel once inside the human body is critical to develop effective drugs and therapies that can stop viruses in their tracks. Scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) recently published findings in the Journal of Infectious Diseases indicating that Ebola virus creates...