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New method may serve as platform for creating cell therapies for ALS

March 26, 2025 Comments Off on New method may serve as platform for creating cell therapies for ALS

Process to turn skin cells into motor neurons detailed in 2 papers Scientists have developed a novel method to efficiently grow motor neurons from skin cells, which may serve as…

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America to Showcase New Research Findings in ALS at 2025 MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference

March 12, 2025 Comments Off on Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America to Showcase New Research Findings in ALS at 2025 MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference

JERSEY CITY, N.J. March 12, 2025 – Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. (MTPA) today announced the presentation of eleven abstracts covering research in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the 2025…

FDA Rare Disease Innovation Hub to Enhance and Advance Outcomes

July 17, 2024 Comments Off on FDA Rare Disease Innovation Hub to Enhance and Advance Outcomes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the establishment of a Rare Disease Innovation Hub. The Hub will connect and engage the rare disease community; help the community navigate…

FDA Approves First ALS Treatment Funded by Ice Bucket Challenge

September 29, 2022 Comments Off on FDA Approves First ALS Treatment Funded by Ice Bucket Challenge

The Golden West Chapter celebrates the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement of approval of RELYVRIO (formerly AMX0035) as a new treatment for adults living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…

Public Comments Filed As FDA Reconvenes Advisory Panel

August 23, 2022 Comments Off on Public Comments Filed As FDA Reconvenes Advisory Panel

Today, we filed comments with the FDA imploring them to ask the right question when it reconvenes its advisory committee in September to consider a new drug application (NDA) for…