SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Eurofarma Laboratórios SA launched a new joint venture (JV) called Mentis Care Inc. Oct. 21, dedicated to developing an AI-powered platform for epilepsy management.

SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Eurofarma Laboratórios SA launched a new joint venture called Mentis Care Inc. Oct. 21, dedicated to developing an AI-powered platform for epilepsy management.

Two months after starting the phase I/II Synrgy trial with its gene therapy, CAP-002, enrolling 12 pediatric patients with rare disease STXBP1 encephalopathy, Capsida Biotherapeutics paused the study following the death of the trial’s first patient.

Saniona AB has selected SAN-2668 as a first-in-class clinical candidate for pediatric epilepsy.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc and Saniona AB have entered into a global license agreement for Jazz to obtain exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize SAN-2355 for epilepsy and other potential indications.

Praxis Precision Medicines Inc. is making a change to its upcoming registrational, 400-patient Power2 study – adding a dose arm plus a depression/mood endpoint – based on encouraging phase II data from the Radiant study with vormatrigine in focal onset seizure (FOS) patients over an eight-week period. Specifically, Power2 will test 20 mg, 30 mg, and 40 mg of the drug against placebo for 12 weeks.

Cassava Sciences Inc. a has reported positive preclinical results of a study evaluating simufilam in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-related epilepsy. TSC is a rare genetic disorder resulting from a mutation in the TSC1 or TSC2 gene.

In the search for effective and safe Kv7 activators, a collaboration spanning Belgium, Germany and Italy has identified JNJ-37822681 as a promising lead.

The U.S. FDA has cleared Actio Biosciences Inc.’s IND application and granted fast track designation to ABS-1230, an expected first-in-class, orally administered small-molecule KCNT1 inhibitor, for the treatment of KCNT1-related epilepsy.