FDA Rejection Derails PTC Therapeutics’ Rare Disease Hopeful

PTC Therapeutics; FDA rejection; vatiquinone; Friedreich’s ataxia; rare disease; efficacy concerns; complete response letter; clinical trial failure

Response Pharma: RDX-002 Limits Weight Regain After GLP-1 Therapy – Positive Phase II Results Announced

Response Pharmaceuticals; RDX-002; GLP-1 discontinuation; weight regain; obesity; Phase II clinical trial; postprandial triglycerides; cardiometabolic health; iMTP inhibitor

FDA Rejects Capricor’s Cell Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

FDA rejection; Capricor Therapeutics; deramiocel; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; DMD; cell therapy; cardiomyopathy; clinical data; Phase 3 HOPE-3 trial; Complete Response Letter

Federal Judge Rules NIH Grant Terminations Illegal, Orders Restoration of Hundreds of Grants

NIH; grant terminations; federal judge; racial discrimination; DEI; gender identity; Trump administration; biomedical research; public health; LGBTQ+; health disparities

France pauses chikungunya vaccinations in the elderly after patient death

Vaccines, Chikungunya Fever, Elderly (population group), Adverse event, France, Latex Fixation Tests, Reunion Island, Disease Outbreaks, Age, older, Vaccination

CDC advisors broaden RSV vaccine recommendations to at-risk adults in their 50s

Adult, Respiratory syncytial virus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Vaccines, Recommendation, Age, Arexvy, Chronic Condition, Severe (severity modifier), 50–59, broaden

Alzheon Investigates Subgroup Data Following Phase 3 Trial of ALZ-801 in Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease , ALZ-801 , Valiltramiprosate , APOE4 genotype , Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) , Amyloid-targeting therapy , Phase 3 trial results , Cognitive decline , Subgroup analysis , Precision medicine