The first patenting from Neuro-Joy Ltd. details development of a device that electrically stimulates facial nerves and muscles in order to emulate a facial expression configured to ameliorate a mood disorder and improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and sleep disorders.
Aliad Biopharma Co. Ltd. has described compounds acting as autophagy inducers and mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, among others.
Scientists from different laboratories around the world have presented the latest advances in research into malignant brain tumors at the 31st Annual Congress of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT), which is being held Oct. 22 to 25 in Rome.
Despite positive findings from an earlier trial, Alto Neuroscience Inc.’s BDNF-targeting candidate, ALTO-100, failed to best placebo in a phase IIb study in major depressive disorder, sending shares of the company to their lowest price since going public in a February 2024 IPO, as investors worried about readthrough to Alto’s biomarker-based approach for treating psychiatric disorders.
The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Agency has become the third to approve Eli Lilly and Co.’s Kisunla (donanemab), but the drug’s spending watchdog has simultaneously ruled the Alzheimer’s disease treatment is not cost effective.
Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. has patented compounds acting a type-2 angiotensin II receptor (AGTR2; AT2) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of neuropathy and neuropathic pain.
Nippon Chemiphar Co. Ltd. has disclosed morphinan derivatives acting as κ-opioid receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cough, pain, pruritus, substance abuse and dependence, and liver, respiratory, neurological and cardiovascular disorders.
Oblique Therapeutics AB has achieved a milestone within its research project on the Nav1.8 ion channel with the goal of developing innovative therapeutics for patients with chronic pain.
At the ongoing European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy meeting in Rome, Aviadobio Ltd. presented preclinical data for a novel ATXN2-targeting miRNA-containing vector, AVB-205, developed based on previous research that has shown the potential of ATXN2 silencing as a promising therapeutic strategy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and tau-negative frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Targeting NMDA in mental health has chalked wins but not universally, as shown by Sage Therapeutics Inc.’s failure of the placebo-controlled phase II Lightwave study testing dalzanemdor in Alzheimer's disease, which missed the primary outcome measure, another bit of bad luck from the company that was disclosed Oct. 8.
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