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Opioids have shown tremendous efficacy in pain management. At the same time, the dangers of the addiction to the medication have become well-known in recent years as an epidemic has swept across the United States.
Sarepta Therapeutics’ experimental gene-therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is showing some early signs of promise. Patients who received the therapy are showing increasing signs of a muscle protein that had been missing, the company said.
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly released data from their Empagliflozin as Adjunctive to inSulin thErapy (EASE) Phase III trial in type 1 diabetes.
In April, Dr. Robert Redfield, the new head of the CDC, boldly predicted that the AIDS epidemic can be defeated by 2025. This morning Merck, Janssen and Gilead all released clinical data for HIV treatments that could make Redfield’s prediction a reality.
PTC Therapeutics announced interim data from Part 1 of its open-label clinical trials, FIREFISH and SUNFISH, of risdiplam for Type 1, 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy in collaboration with Genentech.
Despite winning regulatory approval for a copycat version of Copaxone earlier this year, Cambridge, Mass.-based Momenta Pharmaceuticals has completed a strategic review that includes slashing its staff by 50 percent as the company focuses its resources on two biosimilar candidates in its pipeline.
Following the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s rescheduling of GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex from a Schedule I to a Schedule V, other cannabis-based drug development companies believe there is momentum for their medications to gain regulatory approval.
Personalized medicine continues to grow in importance, and having the ability to monitor health data has proven to be a significant desire for people as the number of wearable devices continues to grow.
Gamida Cell Ltd. filed for a $69 million initial public offering for the Nasdaq exchange, according to a filing submitted last week to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Israel’s Calcalist first reported last week.
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