Clinical research

Cerevance reported positive clinical trial results for CVN424, an experimental treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced meaningful results from two Phase II studies of its therapeutic VX-548. It is a non opioid pain medication that promises results.
Taysha Gene Therapies announced that it will focus its efforts on clinical programs targeting Rett Syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN), resulting in a 35% reduction in its workforce.
The U.S. FDA placed a partial hold on CytoDyn’s HIV program and a full clinical hold on its COVID-19 program in the U.S.
It’s a promising day for advanced ovarian cancer research as two biopharma companies achieved positive results. Here’s what you need to know about research.
In a meeting of the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee, six members voted not to approve the NDA for Amylyx’s ALS candidate, AMX0035, while four voted in favor.
The FDA has rejected Cambridge, Mass.-based Akebia Therapeutics’ New D2rug Application (NDA) for vadadustat, a therapeutic for anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD).
A meeting with an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient in Israel who could only speak with the assistance of a computer changed the life and direction of NeuroSense CEO Alon Ben-Noon.
Biogen will await word after submitting the final study protocol for its confirmatory Phase IV ENVISION trial of Aduhelm to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
A team at the University of California, San Diego developed a drug screening method to help determine why Alzheimer’s drugs fail. The system analyzes disease mechanisms in human neurons.
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