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BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc. (CFFT), the nonprofit drug discovery and development affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, today announced a major expansion of its research collaboration with Pfizer Inc. designed to discover new drugs to treat people with the most common mutation of CF, Delta F508. Under the new six-year pre-clinical research program with Pfizer, CFFT will invest up to $58 million to speed...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced the publication of data from a Phase 2 study of ataluren, an investigational new drug, in adults with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF) in the European Respiratory Journal. The published three-month data showed that treatment with ataluren resulted in statistically significant improvements in chloride channel activity, CF-related cough and positive trends in lung function. (Logo:...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment of a Phase 3 clinical trial of ataluren, an investigational new drug, in patients with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010919/PTCLOGO ) The 48-week study is designed to determine whether ataluren can improve lung function in patients with nmCF. The trial has enrolled 238 patients at 36 sites in North America,...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the publication of data from a Phase 2a clinical trial of ataluren in children with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF) in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The published data show that treatment with ataluren, an investigational new drug, resulted in statistically significant improvements in the production and function of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ --Transave, Inc., today reported positive clinical trial results on its lead investigational drug, ARIKACE(TM) (liposomal amikacin for inhalation), an antibiotic that is entering Phase III development for the treatment of chronic lung infections. The results demonstrate significant clinical benefit and complete the company's Phase II program for the treatment of lung infections due to the bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced a grant award of approximately $1.6 million from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development (OPD) to support an ongoing Phase 3 study of ataluren in patients with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF). The goal of the FDA's OPD grant program is to support the clinical development of products for use in rare diseases or conditions where no current therapy...
INDIANAPOLIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement whereby Lilly will acquire Alnara, a privately held biotechnology company developing protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic diseases. Alnara's lead product in development is liprotamase, a non-porcine pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). Liprotamase is under review by the...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced the initiation of a Phase 3 trial of ataluren (formerly PTC124(R)), an investigational protein restoration therapy in patients with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF). Patients with CF lack adequate levels of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, a chloride channel necessary for normal function of the lung, pancreas, liver, and other organs. In nmCF, an...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. and ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced that results from a randomized Phase 2a European study demonstrated that treatment with the investigational drug PTC124 caused statistically significant improvements in the chloride channel function of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) caused by a particular genetic mutation, called a nonsense mutation. Results from the study were presented today by Isabelle SermetGaudelus, M.D.,...
EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics through the use of its proprietary and highly efficient in silico drug discovery platform, today announced that Martin Mense, Ph.D., principal scientist and head of Cystic Fibrosis biology at EPIX, is scheduled to present at the 22nd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference on Friday, October 24, 2008. Dr. Mense will participate in a symposium entitled...
