Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive cancer from the CNS usually characterized by a very bad prognosis. It is known that around 30%-35% of patients with GBM develop epilepsy as a comorbidity of the disease.

The first patenting from Theta Neurotech Inc. sees the company’s co-founders describe their development of a wearable earpiece that uses an electroencephalography technology and machine learning algorithms to alert epilepsy patients 30 to 60 minutes before they have a seizure.

Ceribell Inc. launched its initial public offering of more than 10.6 million shares of common stock at $17 and steadily saw the trading value rise, before closing just over $25 on Oct. 11 per share. Ceribell, which developed a portable electroencephalogram for use in intensive care and emergency department settings, expected to gross $180.3 million from the IPO excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The IPO will close on Oct. 15.

In what represents its first patenting, Roseville, Minn.-based Iveacare Inc. provides insights as to what its first therapeutic target will likely be since the developer of neuromodulation therapy devices emerged from stealth mode in April 2024 with the closing of $27.5 million series A financing.

Disappointing top-line data from two failed phase III studies of soticlestat for Dravet syndrome (DS) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) have crumpled the stock of co-developer Ovid Therapeutics Inc., which lost three-quarters of its value June 17.

Disappointing top-line data from two failed phase III studies of soticlestat for Dravet syndrome (DS) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) have crumpled the stock of co-developer Ovid Therapeutics Inc., which lost three-quarters of its value June 17.

Saniona AB has initiated preclinical development of SAN-2355, a potential best-in-class and new-generation Kv7.2/Kv7.3 activator for the treatment of focal onset seizures.

In what represents its first patenting, PBSF Inc. filed for protection of brain monitoring and neuroprotection strategies for infants at high risk on a large scale.