Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), a late-stage biotechnology Company developing DNA-based immunotherapies and vaccines to combat cancer and infectious diseases, announced the grant of up to $9 million by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop a vaccine for Coronavirus 2019-nCoV, a deadly new...
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR), a biopharmaceutical Company engaged in developing candidates for oncology, auto-immune and chronic pain, has announced the withdrawal of its application for oxycodegol (formerly NKTR-181), as it received adverse advisory committee decision from both Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee, and...
According to an estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), SCD affects over 100,000 Americans and is a major public health concern as it resulted in 75,000 hospitalizations between 1989 through 1993, and cost over $475 million. The Medical expenditure of children with...
Gout is a form of inflammatory Arthritis caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood, and is characterised by the formation of needle-like crystals in the joints that cause pain, tenderness and swelling. The disease manifests in four stages namely Asymptomatic hyperuricemia in...
Methylmalonic Acidemia, a rare inherited disease that occurs in an estimated 1 in 50,000 to 100,000 people, is characterized by the inability of the body to process proteins and lipids effectively. This disease mostly affects infants leading to hypotonia, hepatomegaly and in severe cases failure...
Prostate Cancer is the second leading cause of death in men in the U.S, with over 1 in 41 men likely to succumb to the disease. According to an estimate by the American Cancer Society there would be 174,650 new cases of prostate cancer and...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack healthy tissue causing inflammation, photosensitivity, oral ulcers, pleuritis, joint pain, arthritis, fever and a butterfly rash. In the long-run it can affect the kidneys, brain and heart as well....
G1 Therapeutics (NASDAQ: GTHX) shares soared by almost 25% on the basis of news that it had a productive phase 2 meeting with the FDA for the company’s lead candidate Trilaciclib, a first-in-class myelopreservation agent that protects the bone marrow from damage by chemotherapy. The...
PhaseBio’s (NASDAQ: PHAS), PB2452 is the new drug on the block, which has received a breakthrough therapy status from the FDA in April 2019. The company’s stock rose by almost 32%, on the day it announced the news. It acts as a reversal agent for...
Gonorrhoea, caused by a bacterial pathogen N. gonorrhoea, is the second most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the U.S alone. The data made available by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that in 2017, a total of 555,608 cases of gonorrhoea were reported...
