On June 8, Sarepta Therapeutics announced positive results from its first study in human patients of SRP-9003, a gene therapy designed to treat limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2E. Data from low-dose and high-dose patient cohorts indicated that a single intravenous infusion of SRP-9003 was well tolerated, with only one serious adverse event occurring in . . .
On June 2, ReveraGen BioPharma announced the completion of two-and-a-half years of vamorolone treatment in 41 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The long-term data from this study indicated that daily oral administration of vamorolone, even at its highest tested dose, was safe and well tolerated with no serious adverse events. Preliminary data have shown . . .
On May 26, NS Pharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese company Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd., announced positive results from its phase 2 clinical trial of the investigational therapy viltolarsen for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) amenable to skipping exon 53. The primary endpoints of the study, assessment of safety and tolerability, were . . .
On May 15, Pfizer announced positive results from a phase 1b trial assessing treatment with the company’s investigational gene therapy PF-06939926 in ambulatory boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Preliminary data indicated that the intravenous administration of PF-06939926 was well-tolerated during the infusion period and provided improvements across multiple efficacy-related endpoints at 12 months post-infusion, . . .
On May 22, Danish company Orphazyme announced Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for development of the investigational drug arimoclomol for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Arimoclomol previously received Fast Track status from the FDA for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) and sporadic inclusion body . . .
