BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics has received a notice of allowance from the US Patent Office for its ‘Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of CNS Diseases’ (serial number 12/994,761) patent application. This patent relates to ...
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BioAlliance Pharma, an innovative Company dedicated to the development of orphan oncology, announced today that Validive (clonidine Lauriad) received a Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention ...
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InnaVirVax, a biopharmaceutical company, has commenced a Phase II clinical trial evaluating the therapeutic properties of the VAC-3S vaccine when combined with standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the course of HIV-1 infection. The ...
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) subsidiary Janssen Biotech and Pharmacyclics (PCYC) have won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their breakthrough therapy Imbruvica (ibrutinib) to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma ...
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Canadian biopharmaceutical firm Aeterna Zentaris has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ghrelin agonist, macimorelin acetate (AEZS-130), a novel orally-active small molecule. The ...
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Alzheon announced the launch of the company, the securing of initial private financing, and the signing of an exclusive license agreement to a novel clinical drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease, a family of analogs, and a drug ...
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT), an affiliate of the CF Foundation, has provided $1.7m research award to US-based Savara Pharmaceuticals for advancing the development of AeroVanc (vancomycin hydrochloride inhalation powder). ...
The Israeli Ministry of Health (IMH) has approved Pluristem Therapeutics’ request to start a Phase II trial using its PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cells in the treatment of intermittent claudication (IC). IC is a subset of peripheral ...
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Naurex has announced the issuance of new US patent for selective NMDA receptor partial agonist, GLYX-13, covering methods of treating major depressive disorder through 2030. In a Phase II trial, GLYX-13 demonstrated considerable safety, ...
Cha Bio&Diostech, a South Korean partner of Pluristem Therapeutics, has filed its first investigational new drug (IND) application for Pluristem’s PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cells with the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA). ...
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Activaero has reported the positive results from its phase II trial in children with mild to moderate asthma. The proof-of-concept trial was conducted with Activaero's drug-device combination consisting of budesonide in liquid formulation ...
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Neuralstem has obtained notice of allowance for a patent that covers various methods to use expanded spinal cord stem cells such as NSI-566 to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). The company completed Phase ...
Moberg Derma has announced the discontinuation of the development of Limtop, an actinic keratosis drug, as it failed to reach the predefined efficacy target in a completed phase II trial. Moberg Derma president and CEO Peter Wolpert said ...
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Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, now a part of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, has entered into an agreement to use Sequenta's new LymphoSIGHT sequencing method in its randomized E1411 phase II trial. LymphoSIGHT is designed for ...
TissueGene has completed enrolling patients in a US-based Phase II trial of its TG-C therapy, designed to treat patients with Grade 3 chronic degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the knee. Comprising human allogeneic chondrocytes, the TG-C ...
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