Mar 19, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb Enhances Neuroscience Arm with Karuna Therapeutics Buyout Bristol Myers Squibb has declared the finalization of its purchase of Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. With this acquisition concluded Karuna’s shares are no longer being traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, as Karuna is now fully owne...
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Sep 18, 2023
Huntington’s disease is an incurable, rare genetic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), about 30,000 people in the United States have Huntington’s disease, and another 200,000 are at risk of developing the condition. As per DelveInsight analy...
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Feb 28, 2023
Sage Therapeutics Receives EU Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington's Disease Treatment Candidate Sage Therapeutics declared the European Medicines Agency granted Orphan Drug Designation to SAGE-718 for the treatment of Huntington's disease. SAGE-718 is developing as a potential oral therapy for cognitive disor...
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Aug 30, 2022
Aktis Oncology Raises USD 84 Million To Advance Novel Targeted Alpha Radiopharmaceuticals Aktis Oncology has raised an additional USD 84 million in its Series A round, adding to the USD 72 million raised last year to help bring its radiopharmaceuticals to market. The extension to the first round included Merck's...
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Jun 03, 2019
Huntington's disease is an incurable genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It is caused by a defect in a gene present on chromosome 4 that causes an excessive build-up of the Huntington protein. This protein build-up ultimately defaces nerve cells in parts of the brain,...
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May 07, 2019
Roche's takes a step- forward to treat Huntington's disease A new drug co-developed by Roche and Ionis Pharmaceuticals can be a potential candidate to treat Huntington's disease. RG6042 which is an antisense oligonucleotide is able to successfully lower down the production of a toxic protein that results in dysf...
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Jan 07, 2015
Many companies have tried over the years to find a way to reverse the course of crippling neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington’s but have failed. Fortunately, Gene therapy has proven to be an answer to a wide range of serious neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s etc. The HD gene vs...
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Roche’s HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Treatment Franchise
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Jul 24, 2024
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