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STAT+: Cerevel drug for Parkinson’s disease improved symptom control in trial

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Cerevel Therapeutics, a neuroscience biotech that AbbVie is acquiring , reported that its drug for Parkinson’s disease improved motor symptom control as an add-on therapy in a late-stage trial. This difference was statistically significant and clinically meaningful, Cerevel said in a press release Thursday.

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STAT+: To regrow blood vessels after heart attack, a little transplant of mitochondria goes a long way in mice

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The work is only in mice so far, but it reflects a surge of interest, including a new clinical trial, in using mitochondria to help regrow blood vessel linings. Efforts to treat other diseases, such as cancer and Parkinson’s , with mitochondrial transplantation have met with mixed success.

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STAT+: Biotech launches with $82 million for Parkinson’s cell therapy

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The San Diego-based biotech has big plans for that money — it’s already identified its lead drug candidate for people with Parkinson’s disease, and plans to move into a clinical trial within the next year.  In Parkinson’s, the idea is that these cells would replace damaged neurons.

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An effort to diversify genetic research finds new variant for Parkinson’s disease in African populations

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doctors have discovered a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease in people of African and mixed-African descent and is not seen in those with European ancestry, a finding that could improve treatment of the movement disorder in a vastly underserved population. A group of Nigerian, British, and U.S.

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STAT+: Acadia’s Nuplazid fails as treatment for schizophrenia in Phase 3 study

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Acadia Pharmaceuticals said Monday that its approved medicine called Nuplazid failed to improve the social and emotional symptoms of schizophrenia in a late-stage clinical trial.  The medicine is currently approved to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis.

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BlueRock Therapeutics to incorporate wearable and invisible contactless digital health technologies from Rune Labs and Emerald Innovations in Parkinson's disease clinical trial

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BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and wholly-owned, independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced a collaboration with Rune Labs and Emerald Innovations focused on using wearable and invisible contactless digital health technology to improve monitoring and data collection for Parkinson's disease clinical (..)

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly’s Zepbound for sleep apnea, the FDA budget, and more

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Sage Therapeutics will stop development of its experimental drug to treat Parkinson’s disease after the treatment failed a mid-stage study, sending the company’s shares tumbling 36% before stock trading opened , Reuters reports. The failure is the latest hurdle for Sage Therapeutics after the U.S.

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