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Ketamine Could Soon Be A Treatment Option For This Rare Genetic Neurological Disorder
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 4:44pm | 822Specialty biopharma company PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. (OTCQB: PHRRF) has entered into an evaluation and exclusive option agreement with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) for the development and commercialization of the IP of ketamine for the treatment of the Rett Syndrome (RTS), a rare genetic...
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Major Psychedelics Firm Is Studying Magic Mushrooms To Treat Meth Addiction
Friday, September 16, 2022 - 3:10pm | 308Life sciences company Revive Therapeutics Ltd. (OTCQB: RVVTF) is advancing its first Phase I/II clinical trial of oral psilocybin for methamphetamine use disorder treatment while also developing an oral psilocybin thin film strip product. Revive is currently studying psilocybin’s potential as...
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Preclinical Ketamine Trial Shows Positive Results For Pain Conditions Like Fibromyalgia And Arthritis
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 2:05pm | 458Biotech psychedelics researcher and developer Silo Pharma Inc. (OTCQB: SILO) announced its topically-administered proprietary ketamine obtained a positive outcome in a recent preclinical study. The trial has then proven the combination of Silo’s ketamine together with Zylo’s delivery...
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Elon Musk Says His Neuralink Chip Could Treat Paralysis, Stroke And Brain Injury
Sunday, April 24, 2022 - 12:43pm | 648Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's startup Neuralink brain chip could help treat morbid obesity; that's what Musk believes. Echoing Musk's statement, scientists say it's not an impossibility. Responding to a Twitter post on the same line, Musk said that it is...
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UniQure Expands Gene Therapies Pipeline For Neurological Disorders With Corlieve Acquisition
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 12:47pm | 204UniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE) has agreed to acquire Corlieve Therapeutics and its lead program for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the most common form of focal epilepsy. The company will pay €46.3 million in an upfront cash payment. Corlieve shareholders are eligible to receive up...
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CRISPR Therapeutics, Capsida Collaborate To Develop Gene-Edited Therapies For Neurological Diseases
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 8:06am | 236CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) has signed a deal with Capsida Biotherapeutics, a gene therapy player specializing in AAV engineering, to carve out a delivery mechanism for the company’s gene-editing technology in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and rare...
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Bluebird bio's Neurological Disorder Gene Therapy Wins CHMP Backing for Approval
Friday, May 21, 2021 - 10:51am | 236The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorizations for Bluebird bio Inc’s (NASDAQ: BLUE) Skysona (elivaldogene autotemcel) new gene therapy for children with a rare, inherited neurological...
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Ovid Therapeutics Stops Gaboxadol Development Citing Limited Efficacy In Rare Neurological Conditions
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 9:16am | 330Ovid Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: OVID) has announced to discontinue the development of OV101 (gaboxadol), a delta (δ)-selective GABAA receptor agonist, in Angelman syndrome and Fragile X syndrome. The company says that while OV101 was well tolerated, with no significant...
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Anima Attracts Takeda In Multibillion-Dollar mRNA Translation Modulators Deal For Neurological Diseases
Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 12:09pm | 539Small-molecule mRNA translation Israeli firm Anima Biotech Inc has landed a new research deal with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (NYSE: TAK), covering as many as six programs for genetically-defined neurological diseases. Two-part collaboration could hold as much...
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Acorda Therapeutics To Acquire Biotie Therapies To Boost Its Parkinson's Disease Therapeutic Development
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 10:40am | 322Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ACOR), a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapies for neurological disorders, on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Biotie Therapies Oyj (ADR) (NASDAQ: BITI) for $25.60 per ADS. Biotie Therapies is a Finland-based drug development company...