Stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease, discontinuation of Pfizer’s GLP-1 drug, a pig liver clinical trial, and more biotech and pharma news from this week.
Insights from the AD/PD meeting, continued fallout from the FDA layoffs, hope for GLP-1 drugs in Alzheimer’s disease, and more led industry news this week.
From layoffs at the FDA, CDC, and NIH to a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and a starfish-inspired diagnostic, the DDN team breaks down this week’s news.
A landmark UTI drug approval, new hope for the amyloid hypothesis in Alzheimer’s disease, a brewing vaccine study controversy, and more led the news this week.
From advances in graft versus host disease treatment to updates on H5N1 and Duchenne muscular dystrophy research, the DDN editors break down the news this week.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ drug, Journavx, blocks a sodium channel outside of the brain. Experts hope that this non-addictive pain drug may be the first of many.
DDN editors break down a surprising connection between microplastics and antimicrobial resistance, vitamin D for multiple sclerosis, obesity drugs updates, and more news from this week.
GLP-1 agonists have transformed the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, but they come with side effects. Physicians say the benefits outweigh the risks.