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Jan 08, 2018

Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant disease which is caused by a deficiency in functional C1 inhibitor. It is a rare hereditary disease which is characterized by painful, unpredictable, recurrent attacks of inflammation and swelling affecting the hands, feet, face, abdomen, urogenital tract, and the...

Jan 05, 2018

Centrexion Therapeutics has raised a total of USD 67 million to fund phase 3 pain trial Jeffrey Kindler‘s managed biotech company Centrexion Therapeutics has raised $67 million. The funds will be used to promote nonopioid pain drug candidate CNTX-4975 into a phase 3 trial with patients suffering from knee osteoarth...

Jan 02, 2018

Connection between Immune cells in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease The spreading of pathology within and between brain areas is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders. In patients with Alzheimer’s disease, deposition of amyloid-β is accompanied by activation of the innate immune system and involves the inflamma...

Jan 02, 2018

British scientists looking forward to treat Alzheimer’s disease through diabetes drug A group of British scientists are looking for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in an unlikely source i.e. a drug used for treating Type 2 Diabetes. The team, from Lancaster University, has reported that an experimental three-p...

Dec 19, 2017

Regeneron/Sanofi’s PD-1 drug candidate will be tested with ISA’s HPV immunotherapy Regeneron and Sanofi’s PD-1 candidate cemiplimab is paired with Dutch biotech ISA Pharma’s human papillomavirus (HPV) targeting drug for testing. The new drug is competing to become the sixth PD-1/PD-L1 drug on the market. Joined with...

Dec 18, 2017

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystem, inflammatory autoimmune disease which leads to weakening of the immune system. It results in systemic inflammation which affects multiple organs such as kidneys, the tissue lining the lungs (pleura), heart (pericardium), and brain. Acute Cutaneous Lupus, ...

Dec 14, 2017

Positive Phase 2 data for Roche’s lymphoma ADC Roche’s antibody-drug conjugate for non-Hodgkin lymphoma polatuzumab has already received breakthrough designation from the USFDA and priority medicine status in the EU, and the expectations for the same are running pretty high. Phase 2 data presented by the company at...

Dec 11, 2017

Gaucher Disease is a rare autosomal recessive inherited multisystem disease with phenotypic variation from mild to very severe. It is the most common lysosomal storage disorder which occurs due to the deficiency of an enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase that helps in degrading glucocerebroside into glucose and ceramide. Lac...

Dec 07, 2017

AbbVie aims for best-in-class psoriasis prospect The last few years have seen a wave of new biologics take the psoriasis market by storm. But a best-in-class product may still be on its way. AbbVie prospect risankizumab showed it could bring 47% of patients to complete skin clearance by week 16 of treatment in a pha...

Dec 05, 2017

KINECT 4 Phase III Study Demonstrating INGREZZA® Improves Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced new long-term data from the KINECT 4 Phase III open-label study demonstrate that once-daily INGREZZA® (valbenazine) capsules, the first FDA approved treatment for adults with tardive dyskinesi...