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Santhera Announces Publication of Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability Data of Vamorolone (AGAMREE®) in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Neurology

Pratteln, Switzerland, February 14, 2024 – Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announces the publication of the paper “Efficacy and Safety of Vamorolone Over 48 Weeks in Boys With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” in the journal Neurology [2]. The publication reports the results of the 48-week treatment with vamorolone in patients with DMD in the VISION-DMD study. It confirms the long-term efficacy and safety profile as well as the generally good tolerability of vamorolone, in line with the study results after 24 weeks, which were previously published in JAMA Neurology [3]. Santhera Announces Publication of Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability Data of Vamorolone (AGAMREE®) in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Neurology

Greenwich Life Sciences Provides Update on Phase III Clinical Trial, Flamingo-01

STAFFORD, Texas, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Greenwich Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences in patients who have previously undergone surgery, today provided the following update on the Phase III clinical trial, Flamingo-01. Greenwich Life Sciences Provides Update on Phase III Clinical Trial, Flamingo-01

FDA Approves First Medication to Treat Severe Frostbite

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Aurlumyn (iloprost) injection to treat severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation. This approval provides patients with the first-ever treatment option for severe frostbite,“ said Norman Stockbridge, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Cardiology and Nephrology in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Having this new option provides physicians with a tool that will help prevent the lifechanging amputation of one’s frostbitten fingers or toes. Frostbite can occur in several stages, ranging from mild frostbite that does not require medical intervention and does not cause permanent skin damage, to severe frostbite when both the skin and underlying tissue are frozen and blood flow is stopped, sometimes requiring amputation. Iloprost, the active ingredient in Aurlumyn, is a vasodilator (a drug that opens blood vessels) and… 

AusperBio Announces Major Progress in AHB-137 Clinical Development

AHB-137, empowered by AusperBio’s proprietary Med-OligoTM ASO technology platform, holds the potential as a backbone in the quest for a functional cure for CHB. This novel dual-mechanism ASO has been evaluated in two Phase 1a/1b clinical trials in parallel, one in China and another outside China. To date, 122 participants, including 30 CHB patients, have received either single or multiple doses of AHB-137. In China (chinadrugtrials.org.cn #CTR20232098; clinicaltrials.gov #NCT06115993), enrollment of CHB patients in the 150mg and 300mg cohorts has been completed. The study outside China (clinicaltrials.gov #NCT05717686) is also rapidly progressing in dosing of CHB patients, with 6 participants having completed 4-week dosing in the US and New Zealand. About Chronic Hepatitis B Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) infection is a liver disease estimated to affect nearly 290 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of major liver diseases…