On 7th and 8th May, Ataxia UK’s Research Communications Officer, Scarlett Parr-Reid, attended Beacon for Rare Diseases and Remedi4All’s second International Drug Repurposing Conference (IDR25), held in Amsterdam.  Drug repurposing […]
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In March, Biohaven shared that they have taken the decision to withdraw their new drug application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Troriluzole to treat adults with all Spinocerebellar
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In March, the pharmaceutical company Solaxa has announced plans to conduct a phase 3 clinical trial of their drug SLX-100 (repurposed 4-Aminopyridine) for Spinocerebellar ataxia 27b (SCA27b). The trial will
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On February 6th, the US not-for-profit biotechnology company Cure Rare Disease announced that they have been awarded 5.69 million dollars in funding from the Californian Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
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The International Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR) 2024 took place in London from 12th – 15th November. It was organised by Ataxia UK, the National Ataxia Foundation, the Friedreich’s Ataxia
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On 25th September 2024, the pharmaceutical company Intrabio announced that the FDA in the US has approved their small molecule drug Levacetylleucine for the treatment of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C
On September 23rd, 2024, the pharmaceutical company Biohaven announced positive topline results from their study of the drug Troriluzole to treat SCAs 1,2,3,6,7,8 and 10. Â Â Those with SCA who
On September 13th, the pharmaceutical company Vico Therapeutics announced positive interim phase 1/2a clinical data of VO659 in the treatment of Huntington’s disease. VO659 demonstrated a 28% average reduction in
On 12th July Ataxia UK hosted a webinar on how medicines get approved for use in the UK and how decisions are made on their funding in the NHS. The
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The biotechnology company Alterity Therapeutics presented data from their lead Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) drug candidate ATH434 at the 2024 US World Orphan Drug Congress. In FA, a genetic change in
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On October 26th 2023, the pharmaceutical company Biohaven submitted an application for a new drug approval of Troriluzole to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
On 1st December 2023, the pharmaceutical company Seelos Therapeutics announced they had stopped their phase 2/3 programme known as STRIDES, which had been investigating a new drug for Spinocerebellar Ataxia
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On Friday 20th and Saturday 21st October 2023, Ataxia UK held their first ever hybrid in-person and virtual annual conference for families affected by ataxia. The conference, which took place
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Biohaven is a pharmaceutical company developing Troriluzole as a treatment for SCA3. In May 2023, Biohaven submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US regulators (the FDA), to apply
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Biohaven is a pharmaceutical company with an ataxia research programme. They carried out a clinical trial testing Troriluzole in a number of SCAs. Results of this 48 week trial showed
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Ataxia UK were saddened to hear that Biogen have stopped their Phase I clinical trial for SCA3 therapeutic BIIB132 (MERA study). The trial was planned to be an international study,
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Vico Therapeutics is a company developing therapies for neurological conditions, including some of the SCAs. In April 2023, they announced that they have dosed the first patient in their Phase
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Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a group of rare, progressive hereditary genetic disorders that affects the cerebellum, brain stem and spinal cord. Currently, more than 30 types of SCAs have been identified. SCAs are caused by genetic mutations,
Ataxia UK, along with Ataxia Global Initiative and National Ataxia Foundation, recently partnered with Critical Path Institute (C-Path) for the launch of their Critical Path to Therapeutics for the Ataxias
Leading gene therapy uniQure have published data on their gene therapy candidate AMT-150.
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Earlier this year the FDA granted an Orphan Drug Designation to an investigational treatment developed by Cadent Therapeutics for spinocerebellar ataxia. They plan to begin a clinical trial by the end of 2019.
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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) and type 1 (SCA1) are caused by mutations in the Ataxin-3 and Ataxin-1 genes that. Researchers recently tested out a type of therapy that works by targeting these genes.
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Leading gene therapy company uniQure have announced preclinical data on its gene therapy candidate, AMT-150, for the treatment of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3 (SCA3).
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The ‘New Modalities Ecosystem’, launched in 2018 by the Finnish pharmaceutical company Orion, aims to exploit Finnish expertise to deliver new treatments and technologies for rare diseases.
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Second trial investigating troriluzole in spinocerebellar ataxia announced by Biohaven pharmaceuticals to commence at the end of January.
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IntraBio, a U.K. based biopharmaceutical company, has received an Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead compound (IB1000) for the treatment of spinocerebellar
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