BioSpace News Archive

Drug Development

A Whole New Era Begins as Roivant and Montes Archimedes Merge in Cash-Rich SPAC

Roivant Sciences is combining with Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp (MAAC). Once the deal is closed, outstanding shares and warrants of MAAC will be traded for newly issued shares and warrants of the company.

May 3, 2021
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Mark Terry
Drug Development

The Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease Explained

There are seven stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and understanding each stage is a useful aid. This article will help you understand each stage properly.

May 3, 2021
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Lorenzo Soliman
FDA

AstraZeneca Celebrates a First as FDA Approves Farxiga for Chronic Kidney Disease

The regulatory nod marks the first time the FDA approved an SGLT2 inhibitor for the treatment of CKD regardless of diabetes status.

May 3, 2021
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Alex Keown
Business

Already on Fast Track, Aceragen Launches with $35 Million and Farber Disease Drug

Grabbing a fast-tracked novel enzyme replacement therapy for a rare pediatric disease, new biopharma Aceragen launched with $35 million in hand for product financing.

May 3, 2021
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Kate Goodwin
Drug Development

New Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Patients as FDA Approves Chiesi’s Ferriprox

The U.S. FDA approved Chiesi Global Rare Diseases’ Ferriprox for treatment of transfusional iron overload caused by sickle cell disease (SCD) or other anemias in adults and children ages three years and older. This approval expands the use of the drug for patients with SCD or other anemias.

May 3, 2021
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Mark Terry
Business

Relay Therapeutics Appoints Key Leadership Members Following Acquisition

Clinical-stage precision medicine company Relay Therapeutics has brought two new senior level management team members into the fold, including Tara O’Meara and Charles Ferté.

May 3, 2021
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Brandon May
Business

Astellas Pulls the Plug on R&D Partnership with Cytokinetics

One year after Astellas and California-based Cytokinetics extended an agreement to develop Skeletal Sarcomere Activators, the Japanese pharma company is walking away from the deal.

May 3, 2021
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Alex Keown
Six Dementia Patients Received Controversial Gene Therapy Injection in Mexico, BioVia Says

If actually administered to these patients, this could represent the first recorded attempt to manage dementia that uses an injectable gene therapy technique.

May 3, 2021
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Brandon May
Genetown

Aura Biosciences Presents New Preclinical AU-011 Data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2021 Annual Meeting

AU-011 Demonstrates Targeted Cytotoxicity In Vitro and In Vivo in Both Breast and Lung Tumors, Demonstrating the Potential to Treat Human Choroidal Metastases Tumor Distribution of AU-011 in the Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma Also Presented Using Intravitreal and Suprachoroidal Administration

May 3, 2021
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Drug Development

Precision BioSciences Announces Paper Presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2021 Annual Meeting

Precision BioSciences Announces Paper Presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2021 Annual Meeting Preclinical Research with ARCUS Genome Editing Rejuvenated Rod Photoreceptor Structure and Function in a Transgenic Pig Model of Human Blindness

May 3, 2021
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