#AAN2022 – Stentrode Enables Tasks With ‘Just a Thought’: Study
Synchron’s Stentrode, an innovative, implantable brain computer interface (BCI), was found safe in four amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…
Articles by Marta Figueiredo, PhD
Trial Data Not Enough for AMX0035 Approval, FDA Committee Votes
There is no substantial evidence supporting the efficacy of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ AMX0035 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral…
InFlectis’ IFB-088 Earns Orphan Drug Status
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to InFlectis BioScience’s experimental therapy IFB-088 for …
Regulus, BWH Looking Into miR-155 Blockers as Potential ALS Treatment
Regulus Therapeutics, in partnership with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has initiated studies to evaluate a library of…
€10M European AI Project Hopes to Develop Precision Medicine for ALS
An ambitious Irish research project, called Precision ALS, will combine clinical research, data science, and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify…
Haisco Acquires Rights to ALS Therapy Exservan in China for $7M
Haisco Pharmaceutical has acquired the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Exservan, an oral film formulation of riluzole, for…
ALS Association Objects to Use of ‘Failed’ Cost-effectiveness Measures
The ALS Association has formally objected to the use of two controversial measures of cost-effectiveness in the upcoming evaluations of…
UCB Stops Zilucoplan Arm Early in HEALEY Trial Due to Lack of Benefit
The Phase 2/3 clinical trial testing UCB’s investigational therapy zilucoplan for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — one of the…
Amylyx’s AMX0035 Now Under Review for Approval in Europe
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has agreed to review a marketing authorization application (MAA) from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals requesting the approval…
CA$1.6M Grant Supports Trial of Probiotic in Slowing ALS Progression
A research team in Canada received a CA$1.6 million (almost $1.25 million) grant from the Weston Family Foundation to study…