Can-Fite BioPharma has submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) a protocol design for its Phase III trial and Registration Plan for the Company's lead compound CF101 in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis following a ...
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US-based XOMA Corporation (XOMA) has received Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its IL-1 beta modulating antibody 'gevokizumab' for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). Gevokizumab is a ...
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Soligenix, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat serious inflammatory diseases where there remains an unmet medical need, as well as developing several biodefense vaccines and therapeutics, ...
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Quick treatment with a new "microparticle" therapy might significantly reduce the damage caused by a heart attack, according to a new study conducted in mice. After a heart attack, much of the damage to the heart muscle is caused by ...
E. coli has earned its reputation as a deadly pathogen lurking in contaminated foods, but a multi-year study may give it some positive press as a source of medical knowledge and potential therapeutics. Researchers at Kansas State ...
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Covagen has announced that the company has secured CHF42m in a tranched Series B financing with an option to obtain an additional CHF14m that would increase the total amount of the financing round to CHF56m. This financing will mainly ...
US-based Quanterix has launched multiplexed single molecule immunoassay technology for improving diagnosis and potential treatment of complex diseases. The multiplexed single molecule immunoassays study, which was partly funded by the ...
Can-Fite BioPharma, the parent company of OphthaliX, received a patent entitled ‘Adenosine A3 receptor agonists for the treatment of dry eye disorders including Sjogren’s syndrome’ from the European Patent Office. The ...
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Biotechnology company Momenta Pharmaceuticals has announced the issuance of a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office to The Rockefeller University for sialylation technology. The patent expires in 2028 and covers methods of ...
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Drug discovery and early drug development company Trino Therapeutics has received more than €9m ($12m) funding from investors, including Fountain Healthcare Partners and founding investor, the Wellcome Trust, to advance the development ...
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The USFDA has approved Novartis' Ilaris (canakinumab) for the treatment of active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) in patients with two years age and more. The first interleukin-1 beta inhibitor is the only treatment approved ...
San Carlos, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) May 7, 2013 -- Rosa & Co. LLC today announced that Dr. Michael A. Eldon, Principal Scientific Fellow, VP, Clinical Pharmacology, Nektar Therapeutics, will present a ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Carlos, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) May 9, 2013 -- Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in drug-disease modeling and simulation, today announced that ...
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Theradiag has received a CE mark approval for its anti cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit in rheumatoid arthritis. The test further expands the Fidis portfolio of diagnostic tests for auto-immunes ...
Astellas Pharma and UCB have introduced Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) rheumatoid arthritis therapy in Japan. The PEGylated Fc-free anti-TNF medication is indicated for adult rheumatoid arthritis patients who showed poor response to ...
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