Cardiff , Nov. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 27 November 2023 Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC(œBiodexa or the œCompany) Biodexa Enters Into Agreements to Acquire Exclusive Worldwide License to...
EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melior Pharmaceuticals (Melior) announced that it has received clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the clinical development of its novel, first-in-class lyn kinase activator, tolimidone, for the treatment of COVID-19. Pre-clinical studies in animal models related to COVID-19 demonstrate that tolimidone is a therapeutic expected to significantly mitigate the occurrence and severity of pulmonary symptoms in COVID-19 and other diseases associated with pulmonary complications that develop as a result of “cytokine storm” including sepsis.
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE: PKI) a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of Oxford Immunotec Global PLC (Oxford Immunotec). PerkinElmer originally announced its intent to acquire Oxford Immunotec on January 7, 2021.
EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Melior Pharmaceuticals (Melior) has been awarded a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies (CV-VTT) Program, which is designed to support rapid advancement of promising COVID-19 therapies. The planned study is intended to recruit 428 subjects who were recently diagnosed with COVID-19, have early symptoms, but are not hospitalized. Tolimidone is expected to significantly mitigate the number of COVID-19 subjects who develop respiratory distress and the severity of respiratory distress if that should occur. Tolimidone will be taken as an orally administered pill once a day.