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Nilo Therapeutics launches with $101 million Series A financing to advance a new class of medicines targeting neural circuits in immune disease and appoints Kim Seth as Chief Executive Officer

Series A led by The Column Group, DCVC Bio, and Lux Capital, with participation from the Gates Foundation and Alexandria Venture Investments 8 October 2025 -- New York, New York...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 8, 2025

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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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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FDA Grants OKYO Pharma Fast Track Designation to Urcosimod for Neuropathic Corneal Pain

1 May 2025 -- London, UK and New York, US -- OKYO Pharma Limited, an ophthalmology-focused bio-pharmaceutical company which is developing urcosimod (formerly called OK-101) to treat NCP, an ocular...

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

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PLL Therapeutics enrolls first patient in phase I/II trial of drug candidate PLL001 for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Multi-stage Australian study will evaluate safety of PLL001 in 12 ALS patients, testing three different doses along with placebo 140 ALS patients will participate in second stage of study to...

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Posted: April 15, 2025

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Lundbeck to present positive pipeline data at American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting

4 April 2025 -- Valby, Denmark -- H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) to present positive interim results from the PACIFIC trial open-label extension investigating bexicaserin, in addition to new analyses from...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 4, 2025

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Fondazione Telethon Submits US Biological License Application for Etuvetidigene Autotemcel Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Wiskott-Aldrich Sydrome

11 March 2025 -- Milan, Italy -- Fondazione Telethon, an Italian biomedical charity focused on rare genetic diseases, announced that it has submitted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for the...

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

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OKYO Pharma Files for Fast Track Designation with FDA for Urcosimod to Treat Neuropathic Corneal Pain

10 March 2025 -- London, UK and New York, US -- OKYO Pharma Limited, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain, a severe...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 10, 2025

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Bioxodes obtains Orphan Drug Designation for hemorrhagic stroke therapeutic candidate in US and Europe

FDA, EMA grant BIOX-101 ODD status to treat intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke (ICH) ODD status may expedite drug candidate development and approvals BIOX-101 interim Phase 2a data in ICH imminent. 5...

Category: Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 5, 2025

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Tiziana Life Sciences Files Investigational New Drug Application with FDA for ALS Phase 2 Clinical Trial

4 March 2025 -- New York, US -- Tiziana Life Sciences, Ltd, a biotechnology company developing breakthrough immunomodulation therapies with its lead development candidate, intranasal foralumab, a fully human, anti-CD3...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 4, 2025

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Boehringer’s nerandomilast meets primary endpoint in Phase III study FIBRONEER-ILD, in progressive pulmonary fibrosis

Topline data from FIBRONEER™-ILD show that the investigational compound nerandomilast met its primary endpoint, which was the absolute change from baseline in forced vital capacity [mL] at week 52 versus...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 10, 2025

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Lundbeck announces positive results from 12-month Open-Label Extension (OLE) of the PACIFIC trial evaluating bexicaserin in participants with Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies

Bexicaserin achieved an overall median seizure reduction of 59.3 percent in countable motor seizures over a 12-month open-label extension (OLE) treatment period. The treatment with bexicaserin demonstrated favorable safety and...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 30, 2025

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Opella reaches study milestone for Cialis

21 January 2025 -- Paris, France -- Opella, Sanofi’s Consumer Healthcare business, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted a clinical hold on its planned actual...

Category: Clinical Trials, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 21, 2025

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