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Find Novel Drugs for Hepatology (Liver, Pancreatic, Gall Bladder) under Development
As part of the agreement, the companies will combine the optimized delivery of Acuitas' highly validated LNP technology with Arbor’s differentiated, proprietary CRISPR gene editing technology designed for use in vivo in patients with rare liver diseases.
USPTO has granted a patent to Mitsubishi Corporation Life Sciences for a method of improving nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients in need of treatment, comprising the administration of a composition containing glutathione as its active ingredient.
Under the terms of the agreement, Takeda has exclusive rights to utilize Genevant’s LNP technology in the development and commercialization of specified nonviral gene therapies for up to two undisclosed rare liver diseases.
AstraZeneca has licensed ION455, an investigational antisense medicine being developed as a potential treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
The new publication details the potential for the development of EMM compositions that simultaneously target multiple biological pathways and address unmet needs in a range of complex diseases.
ASC41 is an oral thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist and Aramchol is a novel synthetic small molecule, a conjugate of cholic acid and arachidic acid, linked by a stable amide group. The team will work together combining both the therapies for the treatment of NASH.
The results include details on the effects of KB174 on microbiome nitrogen metabolism in a clinical study in patients with cirrhosis, improved tolerability for KB174 relative to lactulose, as well as effects of MMTs on bacterial composition in patient samples ex vivo.
Top-line data from AXA1665-002 show dose dependent improvements in markers of cognitive function and amino acid metabolism; both AXA1665 doses safe and well tolerated for 12 Weeks.
The expected IPO cash and its series D is earmarked for Poseida's leading candidate P-BCMA-101, an autologous CAR-T currently in a potentially registrational phase 2 trial for multiple myeloma.