Life Sciences

Minoryx Therapeutics announces first patient dosed in the FRAMES phase 2 trial in Friedreich’s Ataxia

June 4, 2019- Minoryx Therapeutics, a company specializing in the development of new drugs for orphan diseases, today announces that the first patient has been dosed with its lead candidate, leriglitazone (MIN-102), in the phase 2 FRAMES clinical trial in Friedreich’s Ataxia.

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Minoryx Therapeutics appoints Didier Le Normand as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and General Manager of its Belgian subsidiary

Minoryx Therapeutics, a company specializing in the development of new drugs for orphan diseases, today announces that it has appointed Mr. Didier Le Normand as Group CFO as well as General Manager of its recently opened Belgian subsidiary.

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Minoryx Therapeutics receives approval from Spanish Regulatory Agency to initiate phase 2 study in Friedreich’s Ataxia.

FRAMES trial expected to initiate patient recruitment in upcoming weeks in Spain, Belgium and other European countries.
Two Key Opinion Leaders join Minoryx’s scientific advisory board.
In 2018 Minoryx closed a Series B funding round of €21.3M to expand the development of MIN-102 into new indications.

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AELIX Therapeutics and Gilead Sciences Enter into a Clinical Research Collaboration Agreement to Evaluate a Therapeutic Vaccine and TLR7 Agonist Regimen for HIV Cure

AELIX Therapeutics S.L. (“AELIX”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of immunotherapies for HIV infection, today announces that it has entered into a clinical research collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”), a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need, to jointly evaluate proprietary investigational products in a strategic clinical study aimed at achieving a functional cure of HIV infection.

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NuMat Medtech secures a €530,000 round of investment

NuMat Medtech, a medical technology company based at the Balearic Technological Innovation Park (ParcBIT) and involved in developing coatings for medical implants, today announces a €530,000 round of capital finance. NuMat will use the funds secured to make preclinical studies of its coatings on various types of implant and to strengthen its strategic alliances with important international players in the dental and orthopaedics industry.

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