Senisca Ltd. has been awarded a £571,350 (US$712,000) grant from Innovate UK toward the development of oligonucleotide therapeutics for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Vesigen Therapeutics Inc. has been awarded a grant by the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) to develop a targeted genome editing therapeutic strategy for Friedreich’s ataxia.
Olatec Therapeutics LLC has been awarded a research grant by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to evaluate its lead molecule, dapansutrile (OLT-1177), in preclinical Parkinson’s disease progression models.
Praetego Inc. has been granted a US$300,000 phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) award by the National Eye Institute (NEI) to advance the company's lead candidate, PTG-630, into preclinical proof of concept in diabetic retinopathy.
Genascence Corp. has been awarded US$11.6 million over 4 years from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to help advance the company's GNSC-001 gene therapy for knee osteoarthritis (OA). The funding will support a phase Ib trial and manufacturing activities.
NRG Therapeutics Ltd. has been awarded a second US$500,000 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), to support its lead drug discovery program and the development of a novel treatment for Parkinson's disease.
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