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News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Regulatory approval given to Iceland’s EpiEndo for study of COPD treatment

A treatment for chronic respiratory disorders will be the subject of a clinical trial in Iceland after regulatory and ethics approval was granted. EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals will start a clinical trial of its lipopolysaccharide challenge with lead molecule EP395. Available orally, EP395 is an macrolide or Barriolide with reduced antimicrobial activity which aims to address the […]

August 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Anti-cancer drug created from reprogrammed yeast

Engineered yeast cells can synthetically produce the essential cancer medicine vinblastine, an international team of scientists showed in a new study published in Nature. In the summer and fall of 2019, some cancer patients experienced interruptions in their treatment. The reason was a shortage of the drugs vinblastine and vincristine, essential chemotherapeutic medicines for several […]

August 31, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Researchers try to bridge gap in link for patients with salmonella infection and clogged arteries

Researchers from Taiwan have discovered that patients with non-typhoidal salmonella (NTS) have higher aortic calcification and elevated plasma levels, which are an inflammatory biomarker. They say their findings suggest the need for early diagnosis of the condition in patients with atherosclerosis risk factors. NTS is a foodborne bacterium causing gastrointestinal infections and can cause life-threatening […]

August 31, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Compound found in trees has potential to kill drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers say the naturally-occurring compound hydroquinine has bacterial killing activity against several microorganisms. Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the greatest threats to public health globally. It occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making it difficult to treat infections. Because of this, there is a […]

August 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Researchers identify possible target for type of sporadic ALS

Researchers have published two papers describing how they identified a potential new pathway for treating a sporadic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The studies were published as part of a cooperative research agreement between the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Swiss biotech […]

August 31, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

United BioPharma gets FDA approval for phase 2 HIV drug trial

Taiwan-headquartered United BioPharma (UBP) says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a phase 2 clinical trial IND submitted by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of NIH. The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and antiviral activity of UB-421 in combination with optimized background ART […]

August 31, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Emactuzumab designated as an orphan medicinal product for TGCT in Europe

SynOx Therapeutics Limited says its novel monoclonal antibody, emactuzumab, in development for the treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) and other diseases, has been designated as an orphan medicinal product for both localized and diffuse types of the disease by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). No systemic treatments have been approved for TGCT in […]

August 31, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Laverock Therapeutics created to develop next generation of programmable cell therapies

Laverock Therapeutics Ltd has been founded to develop a gene silencing platform for the creation of programmable, allogeneic cell therapies. Having recently completed a seed funding round, the U.K. company has opened dedicated labs in the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, employing six new team members on top of its senior management team. Laverock Therapeutics started out […]

August 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Aug 2022

Research shows TikoMed’s ILB has the potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases including ALS

Peer-review research published in Frontiers in Pharmacology supports the broad spectrum mechanism of action of Swedish biopharma company TikoMed’s ILB neuroprotective drug platform. In multiple preclinical and clinical studies across a variety of neuroinflammation-driven diseases, the low molecular weight dextran sulfate compound both mobilized and modulated naturally occurring tissue repair mechanisms and restored cellular homeostasis […]

August 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Sanofi drops amcenestrant clinical development program

News and Trends 30 Aug 2022

Potential new cancer treatment target discovered by researchers in Sweden

A previously unknown mechanism that can control tumor growth in cultured cells and mice has been identified by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery may potentially enable future development of new drugs against a range of cancer diseases. In a research article published in the journal Nature Communications, the Gothenburg scientists described […]

August 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 30 Aug 2022

Bactolife receives $5M in new funding to address gut infections worldwide

Bactolife has received an investment of $5 million from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the use of its technology platform that develops binding proteins for gut infections. The news was announced today (August 30) that in line with the foundation’s charitable mission, the investment would help develop the binding proteins which the […]

August 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 30 Aug 2022

Scientists unravel mystery behind neurodegenerative disease protein

Scientists have unraveled the mystery behind the mechanism behind a type of protein that leads to a progressive nervous system disease. In a study, recently published in the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, the researchers say that the RNA-binding ‘fused in sarcoma’ (FUS) protein transitions between liquid and solid phases inside cells. The scientists from […]

August 30, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Regulatory approval given to Iceland’s EpiEndo for study of COPD treatment

Anti-cancer drug created from reprogrammed yeast

Researchers try to bridge gap in link for patients with salmonella infection and clogged arteries

Compound found in trees has potential to kill drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers identify possible target for type of sporadic ALS

United BioPharma gets FDA approval for phase 2 HIV drug trial

Emactuzumab designated as an orphan medicinal product for TGCT in Europe

Laverock Therapeutics created to develop next generation of programmable cell therapies

Research shows TikoMed’s ILB has the potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases including ALS

Potential new cancer treatment target discovered by researchers in Sweden

Bactolife receives $5M in new funding to address gut infections worldwide

Scientists unravel mystery behind neurodegenerative disease protein

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