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Dr. Clark Brings 25 Years of Experience Treating Retina Diseases and Developing Emerging Therapies as a Principal Investigator in Over 70 Clinical Trials and as an Early Pioneer of VEGF Inhibitors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced the initiation of dosing in the BRAVE study, a global Phase 3 clinical trial. The BRAVE study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of omaveloxolone in children with Friedreich ataxia (FA) between the ages of 2 to <16. Both non-ambulatory and ambulatory participants may qualify for the study. Participants will be randomized 2:1 to receive omaveloxolone or placebo once a day for 52 weeks before having the opportunity to move into the open-label extension (OLE). Currently, omaveloxolone is commercialized under the brand name SKYCLARYS^® in over 40 countries, including in the U.S. and the European Union, and is the only approved product for FA in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and older.

Cardiff, United Kingdom – 18 June 2025 – Draig Therapeutics (“Draig”), a clinical-stage company aiming to transform the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases, today launches from stealth having raised a total of $140 million (£107 million) in the last nine months. The oversubscribed Series A financing was led by Access Biotechnology, with participation from Canaan Partners, SR One, Sanofi Ventures, Schroders Capital along with seed investors SV Health Investors, which co-founded the company, and ICG.

HUNTSVILLE, June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This press release has been updated to reflect the correct timing of the funding round.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biomea Fusion, Inc. (“Biomea”) (Nasdaq: BMEA), a clinical-stage diabetes and obesity company, announced today that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof). In addition, Biomea intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional fifteen percent (15%) of the shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants offered in the public offering. All of the shares, pre-funded warrants and accompanying common stock warrants to be sold in the proposed offering are to be sold by Biomea.

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Les résultats d’études croisées de l’association ibrutinib et vénétoclax en première intention montrent un bénéfice clinique significatif pour une durée fixe, ainsi qu’une probabilité accrue de maladie résiduelle minimale indétectable et de survie sans progression par rapport à l’association acalabrutinib et vénétoclax¹