Liza Laws, Author at Labiotech.eu

News and Trends 5 Dec 2022

Fallouh Healthcare’s device to give early diagnosis for post-surgery strangulation risk

U.K.-based Fallouh Healthcare is developing a device to monitor cardiac patients after surgery, which is when a condition, called cardiac tamponade, can strike. The company says patients recovering from heart surgery can be at risk from the life-threatening condition that sees fluid build-up around the heart, strangling its ability to beat properly. Fallouh Healthcare, formed […]

December 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Interview 5 Dec 2022

Interview: why the recently approved fecal microbiome product is causing a rumble

The news last week of the FDA approving Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ first fecal microbiome product, Rebyota, caused quite a stir in the field. The news was described as a huge step, a giant leap forward and simply fantastic. Paul Feurstadt is the director of non-inflammatory bowel disease research at the Medical Research Center of Connecticut. He also […]

December 5, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Dec 2022

Tris Pharma and Pediatrix Therapeutics extend partnership for ADHD portfolio

Tris Pharma, Inc announced today (December 2) that they have expanded their partnership allowing Pediatrix Therapeutics to receive exclusive rights to commercialize its entire FDA-approved ADHD portfolio as well as ADHD pipeline products in China. Tris says it has a robust portfolio of FDA-approached products for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a pipeline of treatments […]

December 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Dec 2022

Khondrion’s sonlicromanol produces encouraging results for next stage of study

Biopharma company, Khondrion, has marked announced improvements from patients with MELAS spectrum disorders taking its lead asset, sonlicromanol. Updates were provided by the company from a 28-day double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled, three-way cross-over phase 2b study called KHNERGYZE in which 27 took part. It also reported updates on the ongoing, open-label extension KHEREREXT phase 2b study […]

December 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Dec 2022

FDA’s approval of first fecal microbiota product, Rebyota, hailed an ‘enormous step forward’ for the field

The first fecal microbiota product, Rebyota, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today has been hailed ‘fantastic news’ by those in the microbiome field. Ferring Pharmaceutical’s product is approved to stop Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) in people over 18 and to be given after they have completed an antibiotic treatment for the […]

December 1, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Dec 2022

FDA clears SparingVision’s investigational new drug application to treat ocular diseases

SparingVision today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug application (IND) for SPVN06. The genomic medicine company has had its developing vision-saving treatments for ocular diseases, lead gene independent therapy for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a form of rod-cone dystrophy (RCD) and the most prevalent […]

December 1, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Dec 2022

Trial for HPV16 positive oropharyngeal cancer completes enrolment for phase 2

Netherlands-based ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V., has announced that it has completed enrolment in its phase 2 clinical trial. Named OpcemISA. The trial aims to checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with metastatic/advanced 1st and 2nd line HPV16 positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). The clinical stage biotech company is developing immunotherapies to treat cancers and infectious diseases, and has […]

December 1, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 30 Nov 2022

FDA grants Sensorion Orphan Drug Designation for hearing loss drug

Sensorion a clinical-stage biotechnology company has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to OTOF-GT, its lead gene therapy program for hearing loss. The drug is intended for the treatment of otoferlin gene mediated hearing loss. Sensorion is on track to file a clinical trial application (CTA) […]

November 30, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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More News! 30 Nov 2022

Nutri-tech startup, Novella, grows botanical ingredients without using the plants

Nutri-tech start-up Novella, Ltd. will start growing botanical ingredients while leaving the whole plant out of the equation through nutrient cultivation. This original platform in the plant world will help boost global accessibility to high-value nutraceuticals. Addressing the growing demand for botanical micronutrients, the new technology overcomes supply chain disruptions, circumvents climate change, and expands […]

November 30, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 30 Nov 2022

‘Best hope yet’ as results from Alzheimer’s drug trial reveal huge step forward

A huge step forward in dementia research has been hailed a truly historic moment by researchers working to find a cure for people with Alzheimer’s Disease. This is the first time a drug being trialed, lecanemab, has shown a reduction in the disease in the brain while slowing memory decline. Dr Susan Kohlhaas, director of […]

November 30, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 29 Nov 2022

Touchlight receives new grant to further develop doggybone DNA vaccine platform

UK-based biotechnology company, Touchlight, has received a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company will use the money to further its pre-clinical development of its doggybone DNA vaccine platform. The program aims to build on evidence that Touchlight’s rapid enzymatic doggybone DNA vaccines can produce strong neutralizing antibodies and durable T […]

November 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 29 Nov 2022

Biocomposites antibiotic carrier, STIMULAN, receives approval for use in Mexico

UK-based medical devices company, Biocomposites Ltd., has announced that antibiotic carrier STIMULAN has received a new broad-based approval for use in bone and soft tissue in Mexico. The approval, granted by COFEPRIS, the Mexican Regulatory Authority, authorizes the use of STIMULAN as a carrier of substances such as antibiotics that are chosen by the surgeon […]

November 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Fallouh Healthcare’s device to give early diagnosis for post-surgery strangulation risk

Interview: why the recently approved fecal microbiome product is causing a rumble

Tris Pharma and Pediatrix Therapeutics extend partnership for ADHD portfolio

Khondrion’s sonlicromanol produces encouraging results for next stage of study

FDA’s approval of first fecal microbiota product, Rebyota, hailed an ‘enormous step forward’ for the field

FDA clears SparingVision’s investigational new drug application to treat ocular diseases

Trial for HPV16 positive oropharyngeal cancer completes enrolment for phase 2

FDA grants Sensorion Orphan Drug Designation for hearing loss drug

Nutri-tech startup, Novella, grows botanical ingredients without using the plants

‘Best hope yet’ as results from Alzheimer’s drug trial reveal huge step forward

Touchlight receives new grant to further develop doggybone DNA vaccine platform

Biocomposites antibiotic carrier, STIMULAN, receives approval for use in Mexico

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