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FDA approves new treatment option for anaemia due to kidney disease

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vafseo (vadadustat) Tablets for the treatment of anaemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults who have been receiving dialysis for at least three months. Vafseo is now approved in 37 countries.

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Endometriosis partners to discover personalised treatments

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PrecisionLife and the University of Oxford have signed a data access agreement to license the Oxford Endometriosis Gene (OXEGENE) dataset to develop new personalised treatments for endometriosis patients. The post Endometriosis partners to discover personalised treatments appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Antibody treatment for geographic atrophy enters clinical trials

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Collaborators Boehringer Ingelheim and CDR-Life have commenced a Phase I evaluation of BI 771716, their antibody fragment-based treatment developed to preserve the vision of people with geographic atrophy (GA).

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Potential treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia 

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Overcoming Resistance to FLT3 Inhibitors in the Treatment of FLT3-Mutated AML. Around one third of patients with AML are diagnosed with FLT3-mutations, which are associated with a higher risk of relapse and poor clinical outcome. and Leung, A. International Journal of Molecular Science, 21(4): 1537. and Wang, H-G.

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‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ funds FDA-approved ALS treatment

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to AMX0035, a new treatment for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). million from the ALS Association, raised by the 2014 social media craze the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Another 40 potential new treatments are being investigated. .

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€28M for neurodegenerative disease treatments

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Teitur Trophics, a biotech company developing new treatments for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, has complete a €28M Series A financing. The financing was co-led by Sunstone Life Science Ventures and Sound Bioventures, with participation from new investors, Industrifonden, Innovestor’s Life Science Fund and P53 Invest.

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Collaboration extended for the treatment of severe neuropsychiatric disorders 

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The collaboration aims to identify potential novel drug candidates for the treatment of severe neuropsychiatric disorders. . This extension in our partnership has the potential to produce the next new generation of neuropsychiatric treatments,” said Emer Leahy, CEO of PsychoGenics. “We

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