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Focus will be on Milestones for Development and Commercialization CAP-1002 Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CAPR) announced today that it will meet with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December to discuss clinical trial design, surrogate or intermediate endpoints and manufacturing processes for CAP-1002, […]

Capricor Therapeutics’ vesicle-based therapy CAP-2003, derived from the company’s proprietary cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs), may be an effective therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to preclinical data. The company presented the results in August in two scientific posters at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Extracellular Vesicles in Newry, Maine. Capricor’s lead candidate for the treatment of DMD is CAP-1002, which is […]

A new investigational therapy called GsMTx4, developed by researchers at the University of Buffalo and based on a molecule found in tarantula venom, is able to prevent the loss of muscle mass and muscle injury in a mouse model of advanced Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). These findings were published in the study, “GsMTx4-D provides protection to the D2.mdx mouse,” […]

PTC Therapeutics Announces Initial Data from Patient Registry Demonstrating Translarna™ (ataluren) Slows Disease Progression in Children with Duchenne Caused by a Nonsense Mutation SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Oct. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) today announced preliminary data from the first international drug registry for Duchenne patients receiving Translarna™ (ataluren), underscoring the long-term clinical benefit of Translarna when […]

An experimental gene therapy dramatically improved the ability of a young boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to rise from the ground and climb stairs, repeating and improving on results seen in three previous patients who received the treatment, which is being developed by Sarepta Therapeutics of Cambridge, Massachusetts. “The cautionary note is this all has […]

– Pivotal Study of Novel Inhibitor of NF-kB, a Key Driver of Skeletal Muscle Disease and Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne — CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the initiation of PolarisDMD, the Company’s Phase 3 trial for edasalonexent in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Edasalonexent inhibits NF-kB, which is the key link […]

Sarepta’s early-stage clinical trial for a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is back on schedule, the Cambridge biotech said Monday. The Food and Drug Administration had put the trial on hold in July. The FDA ordered the hold after small fragments of DNA turned up in the treatment, which is being used at Nationwide […]

Vamorolone, a Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment candidate, showed anti-inflammatory activity and an improved safety profile over the glucocorticoid prednisolone in a Phase 2a clinical trial for boys 4 to 6 years old. Findings from the trial were published in the study, “Phase IIa trial in Duchenne muscular dystrophy shows vamorolone is a first-in-class dissociative steroidal anti-inflammatory […]

— Relying upon Scientific Advisory Group input, Sarepta will seek further scientific advice from European Medicines Agency on a possible path to bring eteplirsen to patients in Europe — CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of precision genetic […]

Researchers used CRISPR gene editing successfully in a large animal to repair DNA mutations Listen Here A team of researchers may be one step closer to curing a devastating form of muscular dystrophy, after announcing they successfully used gene editing to stop the progression of the disease in dogs. “To say it was exhilarating to see the […]