Author Archives: Alejandra Viviescas, PhD

Kadimastem has finished treating its second group of participants in a Phase 1/2a clinical trial testing the safety and preliminary efficacy of AstroRx, an investigational stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). AstroRx is an off-the-shelf cell therapy consisting…

Aquestive Therapeutics has granted a development and commercialization license to Zambon Pharma for its investigational oral film formulation of riluzole as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the European Union (EU). Under the terms of the agreement, Zambon will be…

Aural Analytics and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) will collaborate on a new acupuncture clinical trial to assess how the treatment affects speech in people recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). TGen, a nonprofit medical research institute, will sponsor…

Radicava (edaravone), an intravenous treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is now commercially available in Canada, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada (MTP-CA) has announced. The treatment was approved in Canada in October 2018, and has since been under the regulatory process that determines how, where, and at…

AcuraStem has triggered $3 million in Phase 2 funding from its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, which the biotechnology company will use to start the second stage of its AS-1 program. That patient-derived stem cell therapy program is aimed at…

High glucose levels might compensate for the toxic effects of an accumulation of TDP-43 — a widely expressed nuclear protein that binds both DNA and RNA — and protect neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a study in a fly model of the disease suggests. The study,…

AB Science has optimized the design of a Phase 3 confirmatory study for mastinib, its oral treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to avoid any possibility of bias. The optimized protocol for the study (NCT03127267), not yet recruiting, was validated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Although AB…

A potential therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) consisting of an antibody that reduces the abnormal accumulation of the TDP-43 protein improved cognitive and motor performance in mice, a study shows. The study, “Viral-mediated delivery of antibody targeting TAR DNA–binding protein 43 mitigates associated neuropathology,” was published in The…

A human-derived antibody that specifically binds to abnormal superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) improved the symptoms and delayed disease progression in a mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a study shows. The antibody, alpha-miSOD1, could be further developed as a candidate treatment for ALS caused by SOD1 misfolding. The study titled…

In addition to symptoms of depression, disease progression is one of the strongest influences on health-related quality of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, a study reports. According to the study, titled Disease progression impacts health-related quality of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,” slower disease progression is linked to…