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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc | August 01, 2022

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that ALBRIOZA™ is now commercially available in Canada for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALBRIOZA is an oral fixed-dose combination therapy that may reduce neuronal cell death as a stand-alone therapy or when added to existing treatments. In a clinical trial, ALBRIOZA significantly slowed disease progression and loss of functional decline in people living with ALS. “We have remained steadfast in our commitment ...

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Porton Advanced | April 25, 2022

Suzhou Porton Advanced Solutions Ltd. and Guizhou Sinorda Biomedicine Co. Ltd. announced a long-term strategic relationship in cell and gene therapy research and development and platform development. Porton Advanced provides plasmids, cell therapy, gene therapy, oncolytic virus, mRNA treatment, and bacterial therapy as part of an end-to-end gene and cell therapy CDMO service platform. Sinorda Biomedicine focuses on the R&D of revolutionary drugs for digestive tract disorders, ...

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Simulations Plus, Inc. | August 08, 2022

Simulations Plus, Inc. a leading provider of modeling and simulation software and services for pharmaceutical safety and efficacy, announced it has entered a new collaboration with a large pharmaceutical company to extend the industry’s top-rated machine learning models for the prediction of ionization constants (pKa) in the ADMET Predictor® platform. In this collaboration, the partner company will contribute tens of thousands of proprietary pKa measurements. The t...

FierceBiotech | February 03, 2020

Gilead has made progress in its effort to reposition failed Ebola drug remdesivir as a treatment for the coronavirus sweeping across China. In quick succession, it emerged that the nucleotide analogue prodrug appeared to help the first U.S. case of the virus and is set to undergo clinical testing in China, sending Gilead’s stock up by as much as 13% in premarket trading. Remdesivir was one of a clutch of drugs tested against Ebola, but it failed to match the efficacy of its rivals, leading...