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BioWorld - Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Genitourinary/sexual function

First-in-class antibody combats male and female infertility in preclinical models

July 11, 2024
Researchers from Igyxos SA presented the preclinical profile of IGX-12, a humanized IgG4 antibody, in both female and male infertility models.
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Biomarkers

ALG3 behind pathogenesis of preeclampsia, study unveils

July 10, 2024
Researchers have hypothesized that asparagine-linked glycosylation protein 3 homolog (ALG3) may be involved in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia by impacting the function of trophoblasts. Preeclampsia is still the leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity, but the mechanism behind it is still not clear.
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Test tubes, dropper and capsules
Genitourinary/sexual function

Targeting KAT14 as a new therapeutic strategy against endometriosis-associated fibrosis

July 9, 2024
Researchers from Southern Medical University and affiliated organizations assessed the molecular mechanisms behind TGF-β-induced fibrosis in ovarian endometrioma.
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Heart and kidneys

Novo’s ocedurenone study flop ricochets, hits Mineralys stock

June 28, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Just seven months after in-licensing ocedurenone (KBP-5074) from KBP Biosciences Pte. Ltd. in a $1.3 billion deal, Novo Nordisk A/S halted its late-stage study after ocedurenone failed to significantly control hypertension in chronic kidney disease patients.
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Durable good best: Urogen’s mitomycin benefit lasts in bladder

June 13, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Urogen Pharma Ltd. shares (NASDAQ:URGN) closed June 13 at $17.50, up $4.78, or 37%, on word of an 82.3% 12-month duration of response data by Kaplan-Meier estimate from its phase III Envision study with UGN-102. The finding was made in in low-grade, intermediate-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients who achieved complete response at three months after the first instillation of the drug for intravesical solution.
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Biomarkers

NXT2 gene involved in male infertility

June 5, 2024
The export of RNA from the cell nucleus is a key mechanism in the cell and during developmental stages. The pathway involving NTF2-related export protein 1 (NXT1) and nuclear RNA export factor 1 (NXF1) mediates bulk polyA mRNA through the nuclear pores.
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Endometriosis

Tiumbio’s Merigolix hits phase II endpoint for endometriosis pain

May 14, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Tiumbio Co. Ltd., of Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, reported positive phase IIa top-line data on May 8 for Merigolix, its lead asset to reduce pain in female patients with moderate to severe endometriosis.
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Endometriosis

Tiumbio’s Merigolix hits phase II endpoint for endometriosis pain

May 9, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Tiumbio Co. Ltd., of Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, reported positive phase IIa top-line data on May 8 for Merigolix, its lead asset to reduce pain in female patients with moderate to severe endometriosis.
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Illustration of kidney with DNA structures

Vertex buying Alpine for $4.9B for phase III-ready IgAN asset

April 11, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. is acquiring Alpine Immune Sciences Inc. for $4.9 billion in cash to gain Alpine’s lead product, phase III-ready povetacicept, which demonstrates best-in-class potential in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Povetacicept (ALPN-303), or “pove,” holds potential “as a pipeline in a product in a number of other serious renal diseases and cytopenias,” Vertex CEO Reshma Kewalramani said during an April 10 conference call, noting that the deal was “just the right fit with just the right assets at just the right phase of development where Vertex can add value.”
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EU flag, pills, syringe

EMA’s CHMP backs new antibiotic, oral PNH drug in March meeting

March 26, 2024
By Jennifer Boggs
The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of Pfizer Inc.’s Emblaveo (aztreonam-avibactam), an antibiotic combination that would offer a new option to patients with serious bacterial infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
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