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BioWorld - Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Genitourinary/Sexual Function

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  • July 1, 2022
    By Lee Landenberger

    Akebia regains vadadustat rights from Otsuka

    More than five years after agreeing to collaborate in a deal that had the potential to top $1 billion, Akebia Therapeutics Inc. executed an agreement to terminate its troubled partnership to develop vadadustat with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Otsuka will pay Akebia a $55 million settlement fee.
  • Women gyno uterus ovary
    June 21, 2022
    By Subhasree Nag

    Ovarian fibrosis-mediated ovulation failure is reversible: study

    Failure to ovulate and release mature oocytes is one of the most common female infertility problems. With increasing age or conditions like obesity, no oocytes are released even on ovulation induction with hormonal treatment.
  • Heart and kidneys
    June 16, 2022
    By Tamra Sami

    Vectus shows lead candidate reverses heart, kidney fibrosis

    From 20 years of research on metabolic change as a result of salt intake, Karen Duggan discovered in 2003 that a naturally occurring molecule in the human body, native vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), was capable of reversing fibrosis caused by hypertension and other chronic diseases such as diabetes. From that discovery, Vectus Biosystems Ltd. was founded, and the company has developed a new class of mimetic drug candidates and a drug library based on VIP.
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