After two decades of research elucidating the basic science, Tafalgie Therapeutics SA has delivered the first clinical data for its non-opioid analgesic.
Regulonix LLC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have jointly patented new sodium channel protein type 9 subunit α (SCN9A; Nav1.7) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
Chronic pain is a constant challenge to around 20% of the global population, and treatments to mitigate such pain often cause unacceptable side effects because the receptors and signaling pathways involved in pain sensing also drive necessary processes in the heart, lungs and liver. Opioid analgesics can be effective against chronic pain, but they can lead to tolerance and addiction.
Four months after Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s U.S. FDA nod for Journavx (suzetrigine) as the first drug targeting NaV1.8 for treating pain, Eli Lilly and Co. is joining the potential competition via a buyout of Siteone Therapeutics Inc., a privately held firm developing small-molecule sodium channel inhibitors, including a phase II-ready NaV1.8 inhibitor.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has synthesized sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.
Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US Inc. (APUS), a subsidiary of Kospi-listed Inscobee Inc., said May 12 that it raised $13.5 million from its stock sale on the NYSE American exchange May 9 through an offering of 3.375 million shares at $4 per share. Hopewell, N.J.-based APUS is the second pharmaceutical company with Asian ties to float shares on the U.S. market this year.
Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US Inc. (APUS), a subsidiary of Kospi-listed Inscobee Inc., said May 12 that it raised $13.5 million from its stock sale on the NYSE American exchange May 9 through an offering of 3.375 million shares at $4 per share. Hopewell, N.J.-based APUS is the second pharmaceutical company with Asian ties to float shares on the U.S. market this year.
Sevenless Therapeutics Ltd. has disclosed son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, pain, dementia, Noonan syndrome, Parkinson's disease and neurofibromatosis type 1.
