AstraZeneca today announced positive top-line results of the Phase IV ASCENT trial for Tudorza Pressair (aclidinium bromide 400 μg, twice-daily), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with a history of cardiovascular disease and/or significant cardiovascular risk factors.
Exonics Therapeutics closed on a $40 million Series A financing. It was led by The Column Group.
in a paper published in the Lancet, researchers in the UK describe a landmark study in which people with diabetes went into remission—just by losing weight.
A brief review of the latest science on breathing and the brain, and overall health, serves as a reminder that breathing deserves much closer attention – there’s more going on with each breath than we realize.
In a major step forward in the battle against macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a critical trigger for the damaging inflammation that ultimately robs millions of their sight.
A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine provides real-world evidence that implementing a combination of proven HIV prevention measures across communities can substantially reduce new HIV infections in a population.
French startup Doctolib is raising money for the second time in the past twelve months. The company is building a sort of Salesforce for the healthcare industry with a big emphasis on bookings. Doctolib just raised $42 million (€35 million) from Eurazeo and existing investor Bpifrance.
Medeor Therapeutics announced it had closed on an oversubscribed Series B financing worth $57 million. The round was led by RA Capital Management. New investors included Sofinnova Ventures and 6 Dimensions Capital. They were joined by existing investors Vivo Capital and WuXi Healthcare Ventures.
Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI) (OTCQX: PFSCF) (Prometic) announced positive interim six-month clinical data from its ongoing pivotal IVIG Phase 3 clinical trial in patients suffering from primary immunodeficiencies (PID) following review of the data by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), which confirmed no significant safety issues and that efficacy appeared to be comparable to existing commercial IVIG products.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes with the four seasons, typically manifesting during the cold autumn and winter months, when the days are shorter, darker, and chillier.
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