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Business

New grant offering signals increased role for infectious diseases specialists researching Alzheimer’s causation, says Dr. Leslie Norins of Alzheimer’s Germ Quest, Inc.

The recently announced offering of two research grants by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation signals the timely addition of a relevant medical specialty to those already seeking the causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), says Leslie Norins, MD, PhD, founder and CEO of Alzheimer’s Germ Quest Inc.

July 17, 2018
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Business

Capricor and USAISR Announce Collaboration to Investigate Exosome Platform to Treat Injured Troops

Capricor Therapeutics announced it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) to study the potential for the company’s next-generation investigational therapeutic platform, designated CAP-2003

July 17, 2018
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BioCapital

Ascentage Pharma Raises $150 Million in Series C Financing

Funding to support broad and innovative product pipeline of apoptosis-targeted candidates and build-out of state-of-the-art R&D centers and manufacturing facilities

July 17, 2018
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Genetown

HotSpot Therapeutics Completes $45 Million Series A Financing to Advance New Approach to Allosteric Drug Discovery

First and only technology platform to systematically identify and target “hotspots” - a unique family of allosteric sites used by nature to regulate protein function

July 17, 2018
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Drug Development

Viking Therapeutics Announces VK5211 Phase 2 Study Results Selected for Plenary Oral Presentation at ASBMR 2018 Annual Meeting

Presentation to Highlight Data for Novel, Orally Available SARM in Patients Recovering from Hip Fracture Surgery

July 17, 2018
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FDA

Gamida Cell Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA for NiCord® as a Treatment for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Gamida Cell announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for NiCord as a treatment for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

July 17, 2018
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Business

Arkivum Continues to Expand Presence in North America, Scaling Its Boston Hub

A testament to Arkivum’s expansion is their growing footprint in North America

July 17, 2018
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FDA

Inozyme Pharma Receives Orphan Drug Designation for INZ-701 in the United States and European Union

Novel Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Development for Treatment of ENPP1 Deficiency

July 17, 2018
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Drug Development

Arcus Biosciences Announces Final Safety Results From Phase 1 Trial for AB928 in Healthy Volunteers

AB928 was safe and well tolerated at all doses evaluated

July 17, 2018
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Biotech Bay

Journal of Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Publishes New Clinical Study Data on Karius Test

Study Confirms Liquid Biopsy for Infectious Diseases Accurately Detects Invasive Fungal Infections

July 17, 2018
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