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WHIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Phase III study FIND-CKD (NCT05047263) — investigating the efficacy and safety of KERENDIA® (finerenone) versus placebo when added to standard of care in adult patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD) — has met its primary endpoint.1 The results demonstrated a statistically significant improvement versus placebo in the primary efficacy outcome of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) slope, defined as the mean annual rate of change from...

INCHEON, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. and Epis NexLab Co., Ltd., a sister company to Samsung Bioepis under Samsung Epis Holdings (KRX: 0126Z0), today announced a research collaboration and license agreement with G2GBIO, a company specializing in the development of sustained-release formulations, to develop novel assets based on G2GBIO’s proprietary microsphere technology. Under the agreement, Samsung Bioepis will be given a full license right for the novel long-acting semag...

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--YolTech Therapeutics, a late clinical-stage biotechnology company developing in vivo gene-editing therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for YOLT-202, the company’s investigational in vivo base-editing therapy for the treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD). The FDA approval enables the initiation of an open-label, single-dose expansion Phase 2/3 clinical study...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”) today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 60,655 shares of its common stock to five newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 24,506 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 36,149 shares of its common stock. The awards are subject to all terms and conditions and other provisio...

DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fertility care that feels personal, empowering, and rooted in trust has arrived in Danbury. The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services (CARS), a nationally respected fertility center affiliated with the UConn School of Medicine, has opened its newest location at 73 Sand Pit Road—making exceptional fertility care more accessible to families in western Connecticut. At the heart of the new office is Dr. Maya Barsky (MD, MSCI), a board-certified reproductive endo...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contineum Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTNM) (Contineum or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering differentiated therapies for the treatment of neuroscience, inflammation and immunology (NI&I) indications, today announced that on March 12, 2026 (Grant Date), the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted an inducement award consisting of a non-qualified stock option to purchase 51,000 shares of Class A common st...

BRANFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantum-Si Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpha Cognition Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOG), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it will report its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results and provide a business update on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. ET, after market close. The company will issue a press release detailing its fourth quarter and full year financial results and business highlights o...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GSK’s RSV vaccine, AREXVY, approved in US for expanded age indication in adults aged 18–49 years at increased risk...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--We are enabling validation and rapid iteration so researchers can turn cofolding models into scientific infrastructure that speeds drug discovery...