Women’s History Month, celebrated each March, originated in 1978 when an educational task force in Santa Rosa, California, set out to highlight women’s contributions to society. This month also serves as a time for reflection on persistent issues such as the exclusion of women from textbooks and research. Historically,…
GEN Pharmaceuticals has received ethical approval from an accredited medical research ethics committee in the Netherlands to conduct a small clinical trial testing SUL-238, its investigational medication for Parkinson’s disease. With this approval, the company will activate a clinical site in Groningen in the northern Netherlands with patient…
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Most people first think of the physical symptoms when they hear about Parkinson’s disease. Tremors, stiffness, slowed movement, and changes in speech are the most common signs. But for many families, there’s another worry. We fear that the person we love might slowly lose the personality that makes them…
Vima Therapeutics is gearing up to launch a Phase 2 clinical trial this year to evaluate VIM0423, its potential first-in-class once-daily oral therapy for dystonia, or abnormal muscle tone, associated with Parkinson’s disease. Meanwhile, the first participant has been dosed in Stride Dystonia, a Phase 2…
Casma Therapeutics has been awarded $7.6 million from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) to support the preclinical development of its CSM-101 therapy candidate for Parkinson’s disease. The funding includes a $2.1 million grant under the Targets to Therapies Initiative, which will be used for helping…
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