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Lead-up to Lorcaserin's PDUFA Date No Carnival for Arena

June 26, 2012

Two days ahead of Wednesday's PDUFA date for obesity drug lorcaserin, shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. continued to slide after a roller coaster of a ride last week.

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Biallelic variants in COX18 identified as cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous sensorimotor peripheral neuropathies. It is the most frequent inherited...

Brain-derived tau in blood predicts stroke severity and outcome

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Brain-derived tau, a protein that is exclusive to the brain and detectable in the blood, could serve as an indicator of brain damage after an ischemic stroke. The...

Centessa’s CNT-9982 shows promise for MDD

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Orexin OX2 receptor agonists have demonstrated the ability to enhance wakefulness in rodent models, as well as in nonhuman primates and patients with narcolepsy...