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May 17, 2021

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a disease in which a person’s blood remains too acidic. It is a group of transport defects in the reabsorption of bicarbonate (HCO3−), the excretion of hydrogen ion (H+), or both when the kidneys fail to excrete acids into the urine. There are four types of RTA, among which distal, p...

May 14, 2021

Neuropathy is the most usual complication that occurs due to diabetes, affecting up to about 50% of the patients. Painful diabetic neuropathy tends to take place in ~25% of the patients suffering from diabetes mellitus. These patients get treated in office settings, and it affects their quality of life. It also occ...

May 13, 2021

Lilly, MiNA ink agreement to upregulate proteins using RNA Eli Lilly will utilise the power of MiNA Therapeutics’ proprietary small activating RNA (saRNA) technology platform to develop five novel drug candidates against diseases across the company’s core areas of focus. Eli Lilly declared a drug development ...

May 12, 2021

Over the past three-four decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of morbidity and mortality due to asthma. As per the WHO’s 2019 data, an estimated 262 million people worldwide were affected by asthma and caused nearly 4,61,000 deaths. The low- and lower-middle-income countries registered the m...

May 11, 2021

Abingworth Achieves Financial Close, Raises USD 582 Million Abingworth, a London-based venture capital firm, has announced the closing of its new Clinical Co-Development Fund 2 (ACCD 2) worth USD 582 million, however, the fund was aiming to gather USD $350 million.  Not long ago, the company also closed ...

May 10, 2021

Alagille syndrome (ALGS), also referred to as Alagille–Watson syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant condition. Mutation in JAG1 or NOTCH2 gene causes the condition to occur, but most of the individuals’ mutation in the JAG1 gene is noted. The symptoms vary in patients, and the severity of the disease ranges from m...

May 07, 2021

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, also called Benign prostatic hypertrophy or Benign prostatic obstruction, is a common condition in men as they get older. The prostate gland is a walnut-shaped gland present in men's reproductive systems, and its primary purpose is to produce a fluid that is secreted into semen. The pr...

May 06, 2021

Pfizer suffers a DMD delay and halts BCMA trials amid safety woes  Pfizer has paused after seeing three cases of peripheral neuropathy in an early-stage study, enrollment in a critical analysis of its anti-BCMA bispecific antibody. Big Pharma shares news with details of delays to the start of the US part of...

May 05, 2021

Osteoporosis is a significant health burden worldwide and associated with pain and decreased physical, social, and mental well-being. The affected person experiences prolonged immobilisation and limited daily activities, which deteriorates the quality of life. At the economic level, fractures due to osteoporosis re...

May 04, 2021

Zimmer Biomet Receives FDA Approval for its Rosa System On 20 April 2021, Zimmer Biomet received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Rosa Partial Knee system for robotically-assisted partial knee replacement surgeries. This is the new edition to Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Robotics platform, which comprises the Rosa Knee syst...