Pittsburgh developer of next-gen antisense oligonucleotide therapies says data generated from a pharmacokinetic study in non-human primates (NHPs) and in vitro pharmacodynamics studies in patient-derived Huntington’s disease (HD) cell lines supports its decision to advance the development of its lead programs in Huntington’ disease and myotonic dystrophy type 1, and expand its pipeline into other indications . […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has stopped enrollment in many clinical trials and postponed the start of others but there is still life in the life sciences sector. The coronavirus research is expected. It’s the other activity that might come as a surprise. Two biotech companies have gone public in the past week; each upsized its offering and […]

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads at unprecedented rates, invading the lungs of people of all ages, ethnicities and medical histories, companies are ratcheting up their efforts to fight the disease with accelerated schedules for creating new vaccines, and beginning clinical trials for potential treatments. On Wednesday, Novavax, a Maryland-based biotech company, said it would begin […]