A new IVF method that takes thousands of pictures of embryos to select the best eggs has increased the likelihood of a baby being born by 25 percent.
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. announced a collaboration for the development of a potential gene therapy using zinc finger protein transcription factors to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) linked to mutations of the C9ORF72 gene.
Scholar Rock has raised $47 million to take its treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) into the clinic. The series C tees up Scholar Rock to find out whether its myostatin blocker can best the underwhelming performance of one-time rivals from companies including Novartis.
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global leader in rare diseases, today announced that the European Commission (EC) granted Marketing Authorization for lyophilized ONCASPAR (pegaspargase), as a component of antineoplastic combination therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in pediatric patients from birth to 18 years, and in adult patients.1 The approval – which authorizes Shire to market lyophilized ONCASPAR in the 28 member states of the European Union (EU), as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway – follows a positive opinion adopted by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on October 12.
For the first time ever, a mobile video game used to assess and treat a disease is headed for an FDA review.
MetaLinear is a start-up biotechnology company founded in 2017, focused on the identification and validation of new drug targets for difficult to treat bacterial infections. The new investment was secured from the BioCity Group Ltd, who manage the Alderley Park Ventures (APV) fund and Catapult Ventures, who manage the Greater Manchester and Cheshire (GM&C) Life Sciences Fund. Both funds look to back innovative, high-technology companies providing much needed early stage finance.
Twice on Thursday, Genentech, scored two approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) – a new medicine for hemophilia and an expansion for its cancer drug Gazyva.
Even when the flu vaccine doesn't prevent disease, it can ease some of the consequences, researchers said here.
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