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AskBio Announces FDA Acceptance of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for AB-1009 Gene Therapy for Treatment of Late-Onset Pompe Disease (LOPD)

AB-1009 program advances to Phase 1/Phase 2; clinical trial initiated in the United States Therapy granted United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations Pompe...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 8, 2026

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MapLight Therapeutics Receives Fast Track Designation for ML-007C-MA for Alzheimer’s Disease Psychosis

5 January 2026 -- California and Massachusetts, US -- MapLight Therapeutics, Inc today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to ML-007C-MA, an...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 5, 2026

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FDA Clears NUZ-001 for Entry into HEALEY ALS Platform Trial

FDA has completed their review of the Neurizon NUZ-001 regimen to the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Master Protocol This marks the official entry of NUZ-001 as Regimen I in the...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 11, 2025

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Xlife Sciences AG Delivers Breakthrough in Early Alzheimer’s Detection, Unlocking Major Market Opportunity

1 December 2025 -- Zurich, Switzerland -- Xlife Sciences AG, together with saniva diagnostics GmbH, today announced a landmark achievement: NeuroMex is the world’s first certified and clinically validated medical device for...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 1, 2025

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Annovis Announces FDA Meeting to Discuss Parkinson’s Disease Dementia Program; Reaffirms FDA Alignment on Pivotal Phase 3 Alzheimer’s Disease Study

18 November 2025 -- Pennsylvania, US -- Annovis Bio, Inc, a late-stage clinical drug platform company pioneering transformative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: November 18, 2025

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ONWARD Medical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance Expanding ARC-EX System Indication for Home Use

US FDA clearance now allows use of the ARC-EX System both in clinics and homes ARC-EX is the first and only FDA-cleared technology demonstrated to improve hand strength and sensation...

Category: Biotechnology, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: November 17, 2025

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Heidelberg Pharma’s Lead ADC Candidate HDP-101 Granted Fast Track Designation by US FDA for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

Recognizes the potential of HDP-101 to address a serious or life-threatening condition with high unmet medical needs Enables more frequent engagement with FDA and eligibility for rolling review to support...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 23, 2025

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SOM Biotech secures clear registrational path for SOM3355 in Huntington’s disease after FDA End‑of‑Phase 2 Meeting

20 October 2025 -- Barcelona, Spain -- SOM Biotech, a clinical-stage company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapies for rare central nervous system disorders, announces today that it...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 20, 2025

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CONNECTA Therapeutics to Advance CTH120 into Phase II Pediatric Development for Fragile X Syndrome with EIC Accelerator Support

CTH120 is a first-in-class neuroplasticity modulator with strong Phase I safety and tolerability data Awarded a €2.5M European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator grant to prepare for Phase II development in...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: October 10, 2025

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European Marketing Application for AVT23, a Proposed Biosimilar to Xolair (omalizumab), Accepted by the European Medicines Agency

6 October 2025 -- London, UK and Reykjavik, Iceland -- Advanz Pharma Holdco Limited, a UK headquartered global pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on specialty, hospital, and rare disease...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 6, 2025

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Pharming Group announces U.S. FDA acceptance and Priority Review of supplemental New Drug Application forleniolisib in children with APDS aged 4 to 11 years

If approved, leniolisib will be first and only treatment indicated for children with activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) syndrome (APDS), a rare primary immunodeficiency Decision based on positive data from...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 1, 2025

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Sanofi’s SAR402663 earns fast track designation in the US for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Designation earned for a one-time intravitreal gene therapy with the potential to eliminate treatment burden for people living with neovascular age-related macular degeneration Neovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration can...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: September 11, 2025

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Iksuda Therapeutics receives FDA IND clearance for IKS014

FDA decision will enable Iksuda to expand its ongoing clinical trial in the US, Australia and Singapore Preliminary data from an ongoing dose-escalation study of IKS014 has shown meaningful clinical activity across...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 1, 2025

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Novo Nordisk A/S: Ozempic receives EU recommendation in peripheral arterial disease, cementing the broad benefits of semaglutide for people with type 2 diabetes and comorbidities

Pending a decision from the European Commission, Ozempic (once-weekly semaglutide) will have the broadest approved label in the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) class, demonstrating improvements in blood sugar,...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 23, 2025

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SolasCure receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Aurase Wound Gel to treat calciphylaxis ulcers

Recognises the potential of Aurase Wound Gel to improve outcomes for individuals with calciphylaxis ulcers, a rare and life-threatening condition Represents a new indication for Aurase Wound Gel, currently in...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 16, 2025

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