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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Selexys Pharmaceuticals is developing a humanized monoclonal antibody drug called SelG1 directed against P-selectin for the treatment of vasoocclusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease. The ultimate goal of this Phase IIB proposal is to further advance SelG1 into Phase II/III safety and efficacy trials to support of regulatory filings for FDA approval ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death and the primary cause of severe, long term disability. Each year 795,000 Americans have a stroke and the annual costs to the economy are 57.9 billion. The vast majority of acute ischemic strokes are caused by a thrombus (blood clot) which occludes the blood vessel and stops blood flow to the brain. Tissue plasminogen a ...

This SBIR Application is responsive to NHLBI Small Business Topics of Special Interest (therapeutics) that are of high programmatic interest (HLS-17-04). Hemorrhage or bleeding is a serious or fatal complication of surgery. Antifibrinolytic agents that inhibit plasmin-mediated fibrinolysis can significantly reduce blood loss, emergency reoperation, morbidity and death in patients with severe hemor ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Deep brain stimulation has risen as a neurosurgical procedure of choice for patients with disabling neurological or psychiatric disorders for its abiliy to modulate improvement in the activity of certain circuits. The procedure is currently approved for treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), dystonia, and obsessive-compulsive disorde ...

Project Summary Abstract Multiple MyelomaMMis the second most common form of blood cancer and remains an incurable and deadly diseaseProteasome inhibitorPItherapy is a cornerstone in the treatment of MMbut resistance to this class of agent is an emerging challenge in the clinicNew therapeutic approaches that specifically target resistance are needed to maximize responses and ultimately produce cur ...

ABSTRACTThere is an urgentunmet need for novel therapeutic approaches that are efficacious against lung cancerRanking first among cancer deaths in the U Sthis disease hasyear relative survival rates of andltMost lung cancers are non small cellNSCLCof casesCurative surgery is not an option for theof NSCLC patients who present with advanced stage III cancerFor these patients chemo radiation therapy ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable cancer even with aggressive therapies such as surgical resection followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy using temozolomide (TMZ). Efforts to improve surgical resection or the efficacy of irradiation are limited by the potential damage these interventions cause to the brain. In contrast, sensitizing GBM to TMZ is an appealing strategy because TM ...

Abstract Neuroene Therapeutics is a biotech company established to develop and commercialize safe effective therapies for epilepsyinpeople develop epilepsy in their lifetimehowever the currently available anti epileptic drugsAEDshave several issues and liabilities that leave unmet market needssuch asnot controlling seizures forof patients with epilepsycurrent AEDs only treat the symptoms of epilep ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Each year, as many as 2 million Americans develop venous thromboembolism (VTE). VTEs are blood clots in the legs (venous thrombosis) that may travel to the lungs (pulmonary embolism). It is estimated that 10-20% of VTEpatients die, and the annual direct costs are up to 10 billion. Despite advances in diagnosis and prophylaxis, anticoagulation, a 50-year-old th ...

Constitutively activated forms of ALK caused by genetic aberrations have been shown to cause an expanding variety of human cancers. The FDA recently approved the Pfizer drug Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) that express ALK. Numerous other pharmaceutical companies (ARIAD, Novartis, Synta, Xcovery, others) have ongoing ALK small-molecule inhibitor pro ...