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Blacksmith Medicines announces merger with Forge Therapeutics to create leading company developing medicines targeting metalloenzymes

Blacksmith Medicines, Inc. and Forge Therapeutics announced that the companies have signed a definitive merger agreement to leverage their combined chemistry platforms, creating a leading biopharma dedicated to discovering and developing medicines targeting a large class of proteins called metalloenzymes, with initial focus on oncology and infection.

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Government of Canada announces a temporary negative COVID-19 test requirement for travelers arriving from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong or Macao

In response to the surge of COVID-19 in the People’s Republic of China and given the limited epidemiological and viral genomic sequence data available on these cases, the Government of Canada intends to put in place certain temporary health measures for air travelers entering Canada from China.

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BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Announces Type A Meeting with FDA Granted for NurOwn

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of adult stem cell therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a Type A meeting to discuss the contents of a refusal to file letter previously issued regarding the company’s New Biologics License Application (BLA) for NurOwn for the treatment of ALS. The Type A Meeting has been scheduled to occur on January 11, 2023.

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4A’S expands health and wellness capabilities by acquiring the Coalition for Healthcare Communication

The acquisition of the CHC allows the 4A’s to expand their capabilities for members and reach into a broad spectrum of issues impacting healthcare communications including free speech rights for advertising, opposing discriminatory taxation and ensuring responsible boundaries around data collection and usage to ensure the robust growth of the evolving health and wellness market.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals presents new findings from caregiver survey on outcomes of Epidiolex® (cannabidiol) for adult and pediatric patients with severe, childhood-onset epilepsies

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced new real-world data from the BECOME (BEhavior, COgnition, and More with Epidiolex) Caregiver Survey that showed a substantial proportion of caregivers of adult and pediatric patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) and Dravet Syndrome (DS) prescribed Epidiolex (cannabidiol) oral solution reported improvements in patients’ seizure and non-seizure outcomes across all age groups.

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Ionis announces European Medicines Agency accepts Marketing Authorization Application of tofersen to treat rare, genetic form of ALS

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application (MAA) for review of tofersen, an investigational medicine for the treatment of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). SOD1-ALS is a progressive and uniformly fatal disease that affects fewer than 1,000 people across Europe.