Neurology

Leqembi gains approval for Alzheimer’s treatment in Israel

BioArctic's partner Eisai has announced that Leqembi, has received approval in Israel for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), specifically for patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia, the same stages targeted in clinical trials.

Augustine raises €17m to advance lead candidate into trials for neuro conditions

Augustine Therapeutics has secured €17m ($18.5m) in a Series A funding round's initial close for advancing its lead candidate, AGT100216, into a Phase I/II first-in-human clinical trial next year to treat neurological conditions.

Pyros Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for infantile spasms drug

Pyros Pharmaceuticals has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for VIGAFYDE, marking it as the first and only ready-to-use vigabatrin oral solution, for infantile spasms (IS).

FDA grants fast track status for GC Biopharma and Novel Pharma’s GC1130A

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for GC Biopharma and Novel Pharma's GC1130A, a biological drug for the treatment of MPSIIIA (Sanfilippo syndrome Type A).

FDA accepts Eisai’s sBLA for intravenous LEQEMBI to treat early Alzheimer’s

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) filed by Eisai for a monthly dose intravenous (IV) maintenance dose of Eisai and Biogen’s lecanemab-irmb (LEQEMBI) to treat early Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Lucy Therapeutics secures $12.5m for neurological treatment development

Lucy Therapeutics (LucyTx) has secured $12.5m in additional financing round to advance the development of new treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

FDA approves Italfarmaco’s Duvyzat for DMD treatment

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Italfarmaco's Duvyzat (givinostat) to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in individuals aged six years and above.

Prilenia Therapeutics plans MAA submission to CHMP for pridopidine

Prilenia Therapeutics has announced its intention to submit a marketing authorization application (MAA) for pridopidine, aimed at treating Huntington's disease (HD), to the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).

Kenai secures funds for neurological cell therapy development

Kenai Therapeutics has secured $82m in Series A financing round for the development of next-generation allogeneic cell therapies targeting neurological disorders.