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NanoViricides has submitted a pre- Investigational New Drug (IND) briefing document of its anti-influenza drug candidate, FluCide to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a lethal influenza infection mouse model, FluCide has...

Orexo and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, formerly Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Janssen Pharmaceutica, have terminated their research collaboration and license agreement regarding the OX-CLI and OX-ESI programs. A third, undisclosed Janssen program was also terminated. Each party has...

Precision BioSciences has received US patent which covers claims related to methods of cleaving a target DNA site in a cell using an engineered meganuclease. These methods are broadly utilized as a part of Precision's...

Vanda Pharmaceuticals' tasimelteon has shown the ability to reset the body clock and to align it to a constant 24-hour day in patients suffering from Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (Non-24-Hour Disorder). Tasimelteon is a circadian...

Dutch-based biopharmaceutical company, Prosensa has raised €23m in new equity financing to advance its portfolio of RNA-modulating therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Myotonic Dystrophy (DM1) and Huntington's disease (HD). ...

Selventa, a biomarker discovery company, has received US patent entitled Computer-aided Discovery of Biomarker Profiles in Complex Biological Systems. The patent is related to methods and techniques that facilitate discovery of biomarkers and aid in the...

Upsher-Smith Laboratories has launched B-Nexa, a prescription prenatal vitamin for pregnant women who suffer from nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP). B-Nexa is designed with B vitamins and ginger to help calm NVP, also...