The lack of animal models that mimic human disease impedes the study of many pathologies that still lack treatment beyond symptom relief. This is what has happened so far with PURA syndrome, a rare ...

Sanofi SA made good on its plan to bear down on M&A by agreeing to buy Vigil Neuroscience Inc. for $8 per share (NASDAQ:VIGL). Included in the transaction is a non-tradeable contingent value right ...

Hinge Health Inc.’s flexibility produced big rewards as the digital therapy company for physical rehabilitation finally began trading on the NYSE under the symbol HNGE on May 22 after delaying its IPO ...

STAT6 plays a central role in regulating Th2-driven immune responses. Recent studies have identified gain-of-function mutations in the STAT6 gene that are associated with early-onset, severe allergic ...

U.S. FDA commissioner Marty Makary appeared at the May 22 Senate Appropriations Committee with the news the White House ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease with limited therapeutic options and the development of new therapeutics is a clinical ...

The recent emphasis on eliminating animal studies for preclinical studies of U.S. FDA-regulated products amplifies a long-standing concern, but the U.S. Government Accountability Office raised the ...

Annji Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s rosolutamide (AJ-201, JM-17) achieved positive results in a phase I/II trial in adults with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, also known as Kennedy’s disease.

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. plans to establish a new holding company and to spin off its biosimilar division, Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd., by October. The corporate restructuring will draw clear lines ...

The recent 8-1 adcom vote against the U.S. applicability of Genentech Inc.’s Starglo trial is being seen as a warning signal expanding beyond the confirmatory trial for Columvi (glofitamab) as a ...

Infectious disease stocks stumbled in the early months of 2025, with the BioWorld Infectious Disease Index (BIDI) plunging 17.83% by the end of April, well behind the broader markets. By comparison, ...

Ovarian cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women, with high recurrence rates and resistance to chemotherapy. CAR T-cell therapies present limited efficacy in solid tumors ...