Cytokinetics recently presented patient baseline characteristics from its VITALITY-ALS clinical trial investigating Tirasemtiv for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Data collected from an international physician survey on the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the treatment of ALS also was presented. Both presentations were made at the…

Origent Data Sciences and Cytokinetics reported results from the first part of a research partnership to further refine and validate an Origent’s computer model to predict amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) outcomes and disease progression. The effort’s ultimate goal is to develop models that can replace control arms, and the need for placebo…

Cytokinetics has enrolled the first patient in the VIGOR-ALS extension trial (NCT02936635), which will assess the effects of tirasemtiv in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who participated in the Phase 3 VITALITY-ALS (NCT02496767) study. Tirasemtiv is a novel skeletal muscle activator that triggers the muscle troponin complex, increasing…

The ALS Association and the biopharmaceutical company Cytokinetics have announced the renewal and expansion of their partnership, established last year, to better treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and educate the public about the disease. The renewal includes the continuation of Cytokinetics’ Gold Level Sponsorship of the National Walks…

This year’s ALS Association-sponsored Drug Company Working Group meeting — to review recent trial results and discuss new developments in the search for ALS treatments — was held in April as part of the 68th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, the world’s largest gathering…

May marks ALS Awareness Month, a grassroots campaign led by the ALS Association to improve understanding of, and raise research money for, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Each May the ALS Association sponsors activities that include National ALS Advocacy Day, leading a delegation of ALS patients, their caregivers, and other advocates to Capitol Hill to urge…

Origent Data Sciences, Inc., and Cytokinetics, Inc., announced a new research partnership to further refine and validate an Origent computer model to predict the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in patients — a progression that widely varies, making effective clinical trials difficult and costly — by leveraging data from previous and…

Cytokinetics announced that it has joined with efforts by the European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) and the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) to raise awareness for Rare Disease Day. Cytokinetics is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing new types of muscle activators, and has developed the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug candidate…

Cytokinetics Inc. has presented its Vision 2020: Empowering Our Future – an initiative designed to expand the company’s pipeline until 2020, as well as advance its muscle biology-directed drug candidates toward late-stage development and marketing strategies, to tackle the unmet medical needs of people living with impaired muscle…

Cytokinetics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, and The ALS Association recently announced a collaboration in which Cytokinetics will provide Platinum Level Sponsorship and Gold Level Sponsorship of the National Walks to Defeat ALS for ALS Association Golden West Chapter…