Category: Regulations
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Clinical Trial Testing Live Bacteria as Acne Treatment
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test a product with live skin bacteria made by biotechnology company AOBiome as a treatment for adult acne.
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Drug Shown to Improve Cell Energy, Muscle Function
Results of a clinical trial show an experimental drug by Stealth BioTherapeutics boosts cellular energy and improves skeletal muscle functions of older adults.
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Stem Cells Aid Motor Functions in Spinal Cord Patients
First results from a clinical trial show stem cell treatments help restore some arm and hand functioning in patients with complete cervical spinal cord injury.
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Trial Testing Diabetes Drug as Parkinson’s Treatment
A clinical trial has started to test a current drug for type 2 diabetes as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
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Orphan Status Granted for Hemophilia Genome Editing
Treatments using genome-editing techniques for hemophilia B, a rare blood clotting disease, received orphan therapy status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Trial Shows Antibody Slows Alzheimer’s Cognitive Decline
A clinical trial shows older individuals with early or mild cases of Alzheimer’s disease treated for a year with an engineered human antibody have less decline in mental functions associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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FDA Giving Fast-Track Review to Alzheimer’s Candidate
U.S. Food and Drug Administration is giving an accelerated review to a candidate drug designed to treat Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the toxicity of amyloid beta proteins making up the plaque accumulating in the brain.
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PhRMA: 258 Vaccines in Clinical Development
An industry group of American pharmaceutical makers says its companies have 258 vaccines, including immunotherapies, in clinical trials or awaiting FDA approval.
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NIH Funding Trial of Precise Tumor Removal System
A company making a system to guide surgery that promises more complete removal of breast tumors received funding for a large-scale clinical trial testing the technology.
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Cocaine Vaccine Trial Recruitment Underway
An early-stage clinical trial testing a vaccine designed to prevent cocaine from reaching the brain started recruiting participants in New York.