In what represents the first patenting to emerge in the assignee’s name, additional protection is being sought for Rapidpulse Inc.’s aspiration system, which delivers high-frequency pulsed vacuum forces to increase the efficiency of aspiration thrombectomy and remove thrombus from the neurovasculature.
Speculation about potentially wider meaning among developers of psychedelic drugs was reignited after the complete response letter (CRL) from the U.S. FDA to Lykos Therapeutics Inc. for midomafetaminecapsules, which the company wants to use in combination with psychological intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). CEO Amy Emerson called the FDA move “deeply disappointing,” adding that San Jose, Calif.-based Lykos plans to request a meeting with the FDA to ask for reconsideration.
China’s National Medical Products Administration has cleared Luye Pharma Group Ltd.’s new schizophrenia candidate LY-03020 to enter phase I trials in China. Independently developed by Shanghai-based Luye, the new chemical entity is a dual agonist that targets both the trace amine-associated receptor 1 and the 5-HT2C receptor and is intended to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease psychosis.
Precision Biosciences Inc. has announced that its experimental allogeneic T cell therapy azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel) for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has received IND clearance from the FDA.
Researchers at Rockefeller University have identified a signaling loop between breast cancer cells and sensory neurons that promoted tumor metastasis, and showed that in animal models, treatment with the approved anti-nausea medication aprepitant could disrupt that loop.
Neuren Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s NNZ-2591 met the primary endpoints in a phase II trial in children with Angelman syndrome, with improvements seen in clinically important aspects of the disease, including communication, behavior, cognition and motor abilities, Neuren CEO Jon Pilcher said during an Aug. 9 conference call.
Researchers from the Key Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province have gained new insights into the role of histamine receptors in fear memories.
Researchers from Alzecure Pharma AB presented preclinical data for ACD-137, a negative allosteric modulator (NAM) of tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA), being developed for the treatment of pain.
Researchers from Contineum Therapeutics Inc. have presented preclinical data for the novel brain penetrant lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPAR1) antagonist, PIPE-791, being evaluated in models of neuropathic pain.
The interaction between the transcriptional co-repressor runt-related transcription factor 1 translocation partner 1 (Runx1t1) and MYCN, a member of the MYC proto-oncogene family, plays a crucial role in the development of neuroblastoma, according to a study led by the Children's Cancer Institute at Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW Sydney.