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Ocular

Inmed’s INM-089 shows functional and pathological improvements in in vivo AMD models

April 17, 2024
Inmed Pharmaceuticals Inc. has released new preclinical data on INM-089 further demonstrating promising pharmacological effects targeting dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). INM-089 is a proprietary small-molecule compound acting as a preferential signaling ligand of cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors.
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Induced pluripotent stem cells
Ocular

Series A readies Rxcell's iPSC-derived photoreceptors for clinic

April 16, 2024
By Tamra Sami
On the heels of a $4.6 million series A round in December 2023, cell therapy company Rxcell Inc. is planning to raise another $15 million in 2024 to take its iPSC-derived photoreceptors to the clinic for retinitis pigmentosa and other degenerative diseases of the retina.
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Induced pluripotent stem cells
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Series A readies Rxcell's iPSC-derived photoreceptors for clinic

April 16, 2024
By Tamra Sami
On the heels of a $4.6 million series A round in December 2023, cell therapy company Rxcell Inc. is planning to raise another $15 million in 2024 to take its iPSC-derived photoreceptors to the clinic for retinitis pigmentosa and other degenerative diseases of the retina.
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Regeneron hit with fraud claims for credit card subsidies

April 11, 2024
By Mari Serebrov
With credit card fees taking a sizable bite of their billings, many U.S. health care providers are fighting back by offering patients cash discounts. But when a drug company covers card processing fees for its distributors to pass on to their provider clients so they can pay for so-called “buy-and-bill” Medicare Part B drugs with a credit card at cash prices, it’s fraud if those concessions aren’t figured into the drug’s average sales price – at least that’s what the U.S. Department of Justice is claiming in a complaint it released April 10 against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Induced pluripotent stem cells
Newco news

Series A readies Rxcell's iPSC-derived photoreceptors for clinic

April 10, 2024
By Tamra Sami
On the heels of a $4.6 million series A round in December 2023, cell therapy company Rxcell Inc. is planning to raise another $15 million in 2024 to take its iPSC-derived photoreceptors to the clinic for retinitis pigmentosa and other degenerative diseases of the retina.
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Ihealthscreen issued further patent for its AI eye screening system

April 8, 2024
By Simon Kerton
Richmond Hill, N.Y.-based Ihealthscreen Inc. reported the granting of a patent from the USPTO for automated systems for predicting and detecting the onset of glaucoma.
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Lenz’s Clarity brings presbyopia into phase III focus

April 3, 2024
By Randy Osborne
Less than two weeks after going public by way of the merger with Graphite Bio Inc., Lenz Therapeutics Inc. unveiled positive top-line data from its pair of phase III Clarity studies testing two formulations of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist aceclidine, LNZ-100 and LNZ-101, for presbyopia.
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Ocular

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor lowers intraocular pressure

March 28, 2024
Researchers from Universita degli Studi di Firenze (University of Florence) and Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse (IBBR) published the discovery of new carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors to be developed as antiglaucoma agents.
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Ruling for Regeneron, US appeals court schools on antitrust market

March 19, 2024
By Mari Serebrov
Real life economics, not functionality, is the standard for determining a relevant antitrust market for distinct versions of a prescription drug, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said as it schooled a lower court and handed Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. a win in its ongoing litigation with Novartis AG and Vetter Pharma International GmbH over the prefilled syringe market for eye drugs Eylea (aflibercept) and Lucentis (ranibizumab).
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PYC’s AU$74M advancing RNA therapy for retinitis pigmentosa

March 19, 2024
By Tamra Sami
PYC Therapeutics raised AU$40 million of an anticipated AU$74 million (US$48.6 million) capital raise to advance three candidates, including lead candidate VP-001, which could potentially be the first treatment for retinitis pigmentosa type 11 (RP11), which causes blindness that begins in childhood and ultimately leads to legal blindness by middle age.
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