Preclinical

Clearance of the IND allows Samus to proceed with a Phase Ib trial to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of PU-AD in a small group of patients with recurrent malignant glioma.
The 24th Annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy presents cutting-edge work in the booming area of gene and cell therapy. Here’s a look at a few of the highlights.
Shanghai-based Alebund Pharmaceuticals has raised $60 million in a new Series B financing round that will be harnessed to further drive the company’s focus on renal disease.
The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), Duke Human Vaccine Institute, and 3M are working together on a potential vaccine that might protect individuals against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2.
BioSpace takes a look at data released this week from some of the numerous ongoing clinical studies to advance potential therapies and treatment for disease. Here are some of them.
Patients without diabetes who develop COVID-19 may be at a higher risk of actually developing diabetes following recovery, recent study claims.
Pfizer reported its first-quarter 2021 revenues of $14.6 billion, an impressive 42% operational growth.
Sarepta Therapeutics announced Monday that its next-generation PPMO candidate, SRP-5051, showed promise in a Phase II trial when used as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients amenable to exon 51 skipping.
The U.S. FDA is expected to give the go-ahead for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 and older within the week.
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.
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