In 1996, MDA provided a small starter grant to Dr. Steve Wilton, a primary investigator at the University of Western Australia in Perth, for research into what scientists then thought was a radical process to address the effects of certain gene mutations. A quarter of a century later, this process — exon skipping — has . . .
Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to viltolarsen (Viltepso) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients amenable to skipping exon 53. It is the third exon-skipping, disease-modifying drug to treat DMD, the most common childhood form of muscular dystrophy. The drug is administered by intravenous infusion. Viltepso will . . .
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 March 9, NS Pharma Inc. (a wholly owned US subsidiary of Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.) announced that it has launched an Expanded Access Program in the United States for viltolarsen, its investigational therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients amenable to skipping exon 53. The program is open to all DMD patients . . .
On Feb. 7, NS Pharma Inc. (a wholly owned US subsidiary of Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.), announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) seeking approval under Priority Review for viltolarsen, an investigational therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients amenable to skipping exon 53. Priority . . .
On Oct. 2, NS Pharma Inc. (a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.) submitted a rolling New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its exon-skipping therapy under development, viltolarsen (previously NS-065/NCNP-01), to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) amenable to exon 53 skipping. On Sept. 26, Nippon Shinyaku . . .
