Italian pharmaceutical conglomerate Zambon has partnered with Montreal-based Valeo Pharma to bring Xadago (safinamide) to Canada, where 100,000 patients living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) will now have access to this recently approved drug. Xadago was developed by Italy’s Newron Pharmaceuticals and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
Bial, a Portugal-based pharmaceutical company, launched an international campaign for World Parkinson’s Day — recognized today, April 11 — to raise awareness and help people living with Parkinson’s disease. The campaign, called “Me At My Best,” aims to show that it is possible for many who have Parkinson’s to live a…
23andMe Inc. has become the first company to receive U.S. approval to market genetic tests that can flag patients on their risk of developing an inherited disease. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization means 23andMe can offer a personal genome service that can detect markers of several genetic diseases, including Parkinson’s.
International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO) says two of its biggest achievements in the last quarter of 2016 was demonstrating that ISC-hpNSC can improve cognitive performance and motor coordination in rodents with traumatic brain injury, and successfully transplanting 30 million ISC-hpNSC cells into a second patient in a clinical trial for…
Herantis Pharma will conduct a Phase 1-2 clinical trial in Sweden to investigate whether its experimental drug CDNF can help Parkinson’s disease patients. The announcement came after the Medicines Agency of Sweden authorized the trial. Recruitment of the 18 patients for the trial will begin in the first half…
Prothena recently presented results from a Phase 1b clinical trial investigating a new antibody therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease at the 13th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD) in Vienna, Austria. The trial was an ascending dose study of a novel antibody known as PRX002/RG7935.
Hepatitis B and C patients are more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease (PD) than people without hepatitis, according to a British study, “Viral hepatitis and Parkinson disease,” that appeared in the journal Neurology. Hepatitis is a chronic liver inflammation usually triggered by viral infection. Hepatitis B and C are spread…
Australia’s Prana Biotechnology will demonstrate pre-clinical results of PBT434 as a novel therapeutic strategy for managing Parkinson’s disease during the 13th International Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases, set for March 29-April 2 in Vienna. The results will be presented in a poster, “PBT434 prevents neuronal loss, motor…
Treating Parkinson’s disease with CVT-301 — an investigational, inhaled levodopa — causes no changes in lung function, according to results of two clinical trials led by Acorda Therapeutics of Ardsley, New York. Acorda is developing CVT-301 to treat “off” episodes in Parkinson’s patients who are taking oral carbidopa/levodopa. The inhaled formulation delivers a precise…
Results of the Cantabio Pharmaceuticals’ therapeutic program targeting the protein DJ-1 as a new therapeutic avenue for Parkinson’s disease will be presented at the 13th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, being held in Vienna on March 29-April 2. The presentation, to be delivered by Cantabio’s CEO…
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