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STAT+: Color me skeptical: Drinking gold is not an ALS cure
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It’s been a while since I wrote a “Mean Adam” newsletter.
The biotech company Clene is developing a treatment for ALS called CNM-Au8 that it describes as a “highly concentrated aqueous suspension of catalytically-active, clean-surfaced, faceted gold nanocrystals.”
Allow me to translate: The Clene “drug” is gold microdust suspended in water.
This is the online version of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered to their inbox.
It’s been a while since I wrote a “Mean Adam” newsletter.
The biotech company Clene is developing a treatment for ALS called CNM-Au8 that it describes as a “highly concentrated aqueous suspension of catalytically-active, clean-surfaced, faceted gold nanocrystals.”
Allow me to translate: The Clene “drug” is gold microdust suspended in water.
With Siran Biotechnology under its fold, GSK will have access to a long-acting siRNA therapy that could induce weight loss while preserving lean mass, in addition to addressing other weight-related comorbidities.
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Hospital shootings steadily increased since 2000
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Good morning. I was charmed by this profile of tween life in America, both as a former tween girl and as a reporter. I laughed out loud at one tween asking her friend, the main subject of the story: “You’re still getting interviewed?”
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Good morning. I was charmed by this profile of tween life in America, both as a former tween girl and as a reporter. I laughed out loud at one tween asking her friend, the main subject of the story: “You’re still getting interviewed?”
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Angelini fortifies neurology portfolio with $4.1B buyout of Catalyst Pharma
Angelini fortifies neurology portfolio with $4.1B buyout of Catalyst Pharma
Angelini Pharma is spending $4.1 billion to buy Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and its trio of FDA-approved treatments for rare neurological diseases.
The buyout will add three medicines to Angelini’s portfolio: Firdapse for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, Agamree … Read More
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