Tag: diseases

Saint Herblain (France), August 18, 2025 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today announced that Health Canada has granted marketing authorization for its single-dose vaccine, IXCHIQ^®, for the prevention of disease caused by the chikungunya virus in individuals aged 12 years and older. This announcement adds to the adult marketing authorization already received in Canada¹ and complements the adolescent label extension received in Europe in April 2025².

Bagsværd, Denmark, 15 August 2025 – Novo Nordisk today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy^® (semaglutide 2.4 mg) based on a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for treatment of noncirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in adults with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis (consistent with stages F2 to F3 fibrosis), in combination with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 4D Molecular Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FDMT, 4DMT or the Company), a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing durable and disease-targeted therapeutics with potential to transform treatment paradigms and provide unprecedented benefits to patients, today announced that on August 12, 2025, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors granted three new non-executive employees 58,900 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The RSUs were granted pursuant to the Company’s 2025 Employment Inducement Award Plan, which was approved by the Company’s board of directors in February 2025 under Rule 5635(c)(4) of The Nasdaq Global Market for equity grants to induce new employees to enter into employment with the Company.

BOSTON, Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a company driven to improve the lives of people with rare diseases of the immune system, today announced that, effective on August 12, 2025, the company issued inducement awards to Adam Craig, M.D., John Volpone and David Kirske under the X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Inducement Plan”), consisting of (i) options to purchase an aggregate of 4,250,718 shares of X4’s common stock granted to Dr. Craig, (ii) options to purchase an aggregate of 4,250,718 shares of X4’s common stock granted to Mr. Volpone and (iii) options to purchase an aggregate of 2,833,812 shares of X4’s common stock granted to Mr. Kirske. In addition, effective on August 14, 2025, the company issued additional inducement awards to Dr. Craig, Mr. Volpone and Mr. Kirske under the 2019 Inducement Plan, consisting of (i) options to purchase an aggregate of 529,201 shares of X4’s common stock granted to Dr. Craig, (ii) options to purchase an aggregate of 529,201 shares of X4’s common stock granted to Mr. Volpone and (iii) options to purchase an aggregate of 352,800 shares of X4’s common stock granted to Mr. Kirske.

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Tonmya is the first FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of fibromyalgia in over 15 years

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIOXYTRAN, INC. (OTCQB: BIXT) (the “Company”), a pioneering clinical stage biotechnology company at the forefront of oxygen therapeutics, is proud to announce a major scientific milestone: the publication of Body Oxygen Homeostasis and Mitochondrial Function from Animal Models to Clinical Applications by Prof. Avraham Mayevsky, a key advisor to Bioxytran. This groundbreaking work dives deep into the science of oxygen regulation and mitochondrial health – revealing transformative insights that could redefine treatment for stroke, Alzheimer’s, and other critical conditions.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-94113-9

First-in-human study evaluating safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of BGE-102, an orally available small molecule with potential best-in-class profile

Continued progress across pipeline programs with focus on pancreatic cancer