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NRG announces £16m Series A for IND for Parkinson’s and ALS

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A pre-clinical pipeline of potential first-in-class brain-penetrant small molecule inhibitors of the mitochondrial permeability pore (mPTP) are to be developed. Inhibition of the mPTP has been shown, however, to protect neurons, reduce neuroinflammation, and extend survival in pre-clinical disease models.

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Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults

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Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development, Roche. About the Actemra®/RoActemra® (tocilizumab) COVID-19 Clinical Trial Programme Roche’s clinical trial programme evaluated the safety and efficacy of Actemra/RoActemra in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. A decision on U.S. Actemra/RoActemra is not U.S.

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Roche’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) show long-term improvements in survival and motor milestones in babies with Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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Among the infants with an available assessment (n=48) treated with Evrysdi, 32 infants maintained and four gained the ability to sit without support for at least five seconds since month 24, as assessed by the Gross Motor Scale of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development Third Edition (BSID-III).

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FDA approves Roche’s Evrysdi for use in babies under two months with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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More than 5,000 patients have now been treated worldwide with Evrysdi in clinical trials, compassionate use or real-world settings. Roche leads the clinical development of Evrysdi as part of a collaboration with the SMA Foundation and PTC Therapeutics. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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New pivotal data demonstrate clinical benefit of Roche’s glofitamab, a potential first-in-class bispecific antibody for people with aggressive lymphoma

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Glofitamab is being investigated in several clinical trials and explored in earlier lines of lymphoma treatment. About Roche Founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland, as one of the first industrial manufacturers of branded medicines, Roche has grown into the world’s largest biotechnology company and the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics.

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Sosei Heptares to Explore Structure-based Drug Discovery (SBDD) Approaches to Ion Channels through Strategic Technology Collaboration with Metrion Biosciences

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As a first step, Sosei Heptares and Metrion will combine their respective capabilities in a drug discovery program to identify novel, highly specific drug leads for further development against a single ion channel associated with neurological diseases. ” About Sosei Heptares.

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FDA accepts application for Roche’s Vabysmo for the treatment of retinal vein occlusion (RVO)

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Roche’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development. The sBLA is based on results from the phase III BALATON and COMINO studies that demonstrated treatment with Vabysmo provided early and sustained improvement in vision, meeting the primary endpoint of non-inferior visual acuity gains at 24 weeks compared to aflibercept.