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Roche’s Genentech has presented positive Phase III results from the IMvigor130 study aimed at studying Tecentriq (atezolizumab) tested in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy. The drug, Tecentriq, combined with Pt-based chemotherapy showed a noteworthy improvement in patients with untreated advanced bla...

Batten disease overview Batten disease, referred to as Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL), is a family of rare diseases and a debilitating autosomal recessive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by cellular accumulation of abnormal auto-fluorescent lipoproteins lipofuscin. Patients with Batt...

Stipe Therapeutics (STipe) has raised USD 22 Million to move forward its clinical development of novel candidates to target intracellular protein-protein interactions of the STING Pathway. The financing round was led by Sunstone Life Science Ventures Fund IV, Novo Holdings, Arix Bioscience, and Wellington Partne...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) manifests as a clinical syndrome characterized by chronic sinopulmonary infection as well as by gastrointestinal, nutritional, and other abnormalities. Lung damage secondary to chronic infection is the main determinant of morbidity and mortality in individuals with cystic fibrosis. CF indivi...

European Commission Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Nirogacestat for the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Nirogacestat is a selective oral small molecule, gamma-secretase inhibitor under development by SpringWork Therapeutics. Currently, in Phase III development, the drug is investigated for the treatment o...

Hypoparathyroidism is a rare endocrine condition marked by low-calcium and high-phosphate levels as compared to a normally lower or inappropriate level of normal Parathyroid hormone (PTH). Understanding of the Hypoparathyroidism epidemiological data become difficult, considering that the country-specific data i...

World Lung Day World Lung Day, September 25th, is an occasion for us all to unite and promote better lung health globally. It is the day for people to raise awareness who are affected by respiratory disease, come together for lung health action. #KeepLungsHealthy #LungDay

Flagship Pioneering has launched Omega Therapeutics with an aim to take forward the genomic medicine. The launch of Omega therapeutics was planned to focus on epigenetic drugs to target diseases. Study of changes in gene expressions without any changes in the DNA sequence is known as Epigenetics.  This oft...

Boehringer Ingelheim and Inflammasome Therapeutics Inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive a co-development and license agreement to develop therapies for the patients with retinal diseases.The deal is about jointly developing three novel therapies for retinal diseases with the help of Inflamma...

World Alzheimer’s Day World Alzheimer’s Day takes place on 21 September of every year. World Alzheimer's Day is a campaign to raise awareness and highlight issues faced by people those who are affected by dementia. The exact cause of Alzheimer's disease is not known, although several things are considered to ...