Shandong Quanzhong Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd. has disclosed receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, obesity, cancer, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, fibrosis, psoriasis and Alzheimer’s disease.
The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to FRF-001, the FOXG1 Research Foundation’s lead gene therapy candidate for the treatment of FOXG1 syndrome. This follows the FDA’s earlier award of rare pediatric disease designation to the investigational therapy.
Convelo Therapeutics Inc. has presented data on their 3-β-hydroxysteroid-Δ8,Δ7-isomerase (EBP) inhibitor CVL-1001 as a remyelinating compound for treating multiple sclerosis.
Sovargen Co. Ltd. inked a $550 million license deal with Angelini Pharma SpA, granting Angelini development and commercialization rights to SVG-105, a novel antisense oligonucleotide drug candidate in preclinical development as a potential treatment for intractable epilepsy.
Chineses researchers investigated the relationship between formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) expression and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS), specifically evaluating the therapeutic potential of the FPR1 antagonist T-0080.
Tevard Biosciences Inc. has presented new preclinical data on the use of therapeutic suppressor tRNAs (suptRNAs) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The data show potent restoration of full-length functional proteins in models of DMD and DCM caused by titin truncations (DCM-TTNtv).
Up to 71% of people carry at least one pathogenic variant that could contribute to development of a heritable disorder in offspring, but until now, prospective parents often had to undergo multiple tests to understand their risks. Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (Pacbio)’s expanded Puretarget portfolio provides a quicker and more streamlined solution as it covers all challenging tier 3 genes identified in the American College of Medical Genetics technical standard.
Anaphylaxis rates caused Larimar Therapeutics Inc.’s stock (NASDAQ:LRMR) to take a hit on the latest data from an open-label study with nomlabofusp in the neuromuscular disease Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), but the company is targeting a BLA submission to seek accelerated approval in the second quarter of next year.
Is there a link between cellular senescence and multiple sclerosis (MS) progression? Several presentations at this year’s European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis 2025 (ECTRIMS 2025) conference, in Barcelona, which ended Sept. 26, addressed this question
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