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Press Releases

Defence Therapeutics Receives USPTO Allowance for Patent Application Covering Next-Gen ADC Technology

June 9, 2025
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3 min read
Press Releases

Medicus Pharma Ltd. Announces Submission of Product Development Plan to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Treat External Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) in Horses

Company Is Advancing Use of Novel Doxorubicin-containing Microneedle Array (D-MNA) Patch in Veterinary Oncology as an Orphan Drug

June 9, 2025
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10 min read
Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Keros To Return $375M to Investors After Shareholder Activism, Safety Signal

After a major shareholder pushed back, Keros is returning half of its capital to investors in a move that Guggenheim analysts called “a positive step forward.”

June 9, 2025
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2 min read
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Annalee Armstrong
Neurodegenerative disease

Avidity’s siRNA Muscular Dystrophy Drug Improves Mobility, Boosts Muscle Strength

Avidity has been given the go-ahead by the FDA to request accelerated approval of delpacibart braxlosiran—potentially the first disease-modifying treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy—with an application in the second half of 2026.

June 9, 2025
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2 min read
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Dan Samorodnitsky
Vaccines

ACIP Members Receive Termination Notices as Fears Mount Over RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Machinations

The loss of special government employee status for four members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices follows the resignation of ACIP co-lead Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who left in protest of a controversial change in COVID-19 recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women.

June 9, 2025
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2 min read
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Heather McKenzie
Press Releases

Veloxity Labs Announces NIL Partnership with Bradley University Track Star Carolina Martinez

Local collaboration celebrates resilience, community and a shared commitment to saving lives.

June 9, 2025
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1 min read
vaccines

In ‘Bold’ Move, RFK Jr. ‘Retires’ All 17 Members of CDC’s Vaccine Committee

Two weeks of upheaval at the CDC culminated Monday in the complete reconstitution of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pens op-ed criticizing “conflicts of interest” he says exist on the current committee.

June 9, 2025
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2 min read
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Heather McKenzie