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Topadur Pharma AG Secures FDA Orphan Drug Designation for TOP-N53 Targeting Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis

Topadur Pharma AG today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to its investigational therapy TOP-N53 for the treatment of digital ulcersin patients with systemic sclerosis. Systemic sclerosis is a rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis, vascular damage, and chronic digital ulcers that...

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InSphero Appoints Werner Lanthaler to Its Board of Directors

InSphero AG, the pioneer in scalable 3D in vitro technologies for drug safety and efficacy testing, announced the appointment of Dr. Werner Lanthaler, Managing Director of Wlanholding GmbH, former Chief Executive Officer of Evotec SE, and former CFO of Intercell AG, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Lanthaler led Evotec for 16 years, during which he guided the...

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Neurimmune drug for ALS nears approval

AL-S Pharma today announced positive topline results from the Phase 2 clinical study evaluating AP-101, a potential first-in-class, disease-modifying treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). AP-101 is a monoclonal antibody targeting misfolded SOD1, a key pathology in both sporadic ALS and mutant SOD1-ALS.1 AP-101, in addition to standard of care, met...

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Molecular Partners reports financial results and highlights recent clinical pipeline progress for H1 2025

ZURICH-SCHLIEREN, Switzerland and CONCORD, Mass., Aug. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN; NASDAQ: MOLN), a clinical-stage biotech company developing a new class of custom-built protein drugs known as DARPin therapeutics (“Molecular Partners” or the “Company”), today announced corporate...

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Molecular Partners appoints Martin Steegmaier as Chief Scientific Officer to drive discovery of next-gen DARPin therapeutics

Extensive experience from senior oncology research roles at Roche, MorphoSys, Boehringer Ingelheim and most recently CSO at SOTIO Biotech ZURICH-SCHLIEREN, Switzerland and CONCORD, Mass., Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN; NASDAQ: MOLN), a clinical-stage biotech company developing...

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