by Kevin Dooley, MD | Mar 27, 2020 | News and Information
Thomas Blaettler, MD, the Chief Medical Office of Orphazyme, has released a statement to the global community regarding the status of the ongoing arimoclomol clinical trials during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Arimoclomol is currently being studied for... 
by Kevin Dooley, MD | Mar 20, 2020 | News and Information
The following is a message written by Tom Lloyd, MD, a myositis specialist at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Can Chloroquine Cure Coronavirus? Not so fast… In a press conference today, President Trump discussed what the FDA was doing to accelerate approval of... 
by Kevin Dooley, MD | Mar 19, 2020 | News and Information
AAVogen, an early-stage biotech company, is developing a new treatment for inclusion body myositis (IBM). AVGN7 is a novel gene therapy treatment that is designed to treat IBM and other muscle wasting conditions. AAVogen has raised $2.3 million to date, mostly from... 
by Kevin Dooley, MD | Feb 5, 2020 | News and Information
The 2019 Million Dollar Bike Ride grant of $102,340 for inclusion body myositis (IBM) research has been awarded to Dr. Steven A. Greenberg of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Greenberg will study, “Development of a Chemokine Targeted... 
by Kevin Dooley, MD | Jan 29, 2020 | News and Information
A recently published study finds that the Inclusion Body Myositis Functional Rating Scale (IBMFRS) does not correlate as well as expected with measures of grip strength and finger flexor strength. This suggests that the IBMFRS could be improved to more accurately... 
by Kevin Dooley, MD | Dec 18, 2019 | News and Information
Arimoclomol, an investigational drug currently in a Phase 2/3 trial for inclusion body myositis (IBM), has received Fast Track designation from the FDA for treatment of this disabling muscle disease. This designation is designed to shorten the time needed for the FDA...