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Sep 27, 2019

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...

Sep 26, 2019

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...

Sep 25, 2019

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...

Sep 25, 2019

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

Sep 24, 2019

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...

Sep 23, 2019

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...

Sep 21, 2019

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 ...

Sep 20, 2019

The US FDA has in a recent move granted Roche’s Gazyva Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for adults with lupus nephritis. Gazyva (obinutuzumab) is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug. Classified as a "monoclonal antibody", Gazyva is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody. The drug...

Sep 19, 2019

FUJIFILM Corporation has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with an Australian bio-venture Cynata Therapeutics Limited for CYP-001. Under the agreement, FUJIFILM will gain rights to develop, manufacture and market a drug for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). CYP-001 is a Cynata’s lead cand...

Sep 18, 2019

Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended the use of Ibsrela (tenapanor), for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) in adults. A 50 mg, twice daily oral pill, Ibsrela is a small molecule that acts locally in the gastrointestinal tract to inhibit the sodium-hydrogen...