Dynacure, a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders, today announced the promotion of Belinda Cowling (PhD) to Chief Scientific Officer and Leen Thielemans (PhD) to Chief Development Officer. Belinda Cowling’s (PhD) research at the IGBMC (Strasbourg) led to the creation of Dynacure in 2016, of which she is cofounder and was scientific
READ MOREDynacure, a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders, today announced the appointment of Georges Gemayel (PhD) as chairman of its Board of Directors. "I am very pleased to welcome Georges to Dynacure’s Board of Directors during this exciting stage in our company's growth. His extensive experience will strengthen the team’s mission to
READ MOREDynacure’s recent publication in ‘Neuromuscular Disorders’, co-authored with Dr Laurent Servais, Dr Jim Dowling and Dr Valérie Biancalana: ‘An integrated modelling methodology for estimating the prevalence of centronuclear myopathy’ This innovative modelling approach by Dynacure/ISMS resulted in the 1st peer reviewed study on quantification of the CNM patient population with a d
READ MOREDynacure, a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders, announced today the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Chris Freitag (MD) as Chief Medical Officer. He will be responsible for the company’s medical strategy, clinical operations and expand Dynacure’s network with medical and academic organizations. “I’m e
READ MOREFinancing will support clinical development of lead antisense oligonucleotide candidate for centronuclear myopathy (CNM), and additional preclinical research programs forotherorphan disorders Dynacure, a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders, announced today the completion of a €47 million financing round (~US$55 million) to advance
READ MOREDynacure, a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders, announced today that Belinda Cowling (PhD) has joined the management team as Head of Research. Dynacure’s first drug discovery program focuses on centronuclear myopathies (CNM), a rare debilitating disease affecting children and young adults, through the use of an antisense oligonu
READ MOREIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS) and Dynacure announced today that Dynacure has licensed IONIS-DNM2-2.5Rx (Dyn101), a Generation 2.5 antisense drug targeting dynamin 2 for the treatment of centronuclear myopathy (CNM), for which Ionis earned a $5 million license fee in the form of Dynacure equity. Dynacure will now assume all development and commercialization responsibilities for the pro
READ MOREDynacure is a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders. In its first drug discovery program, Dynacure is focusing on Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM), a debilitating rare disease affecting children and young adults. Dynacure’s development program is using an antisense oligonucleotide developed in collaboration with Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Dynac
READ MOREDynacure is a biotechnology company developing new treatments for patients affected by serious orphan disorders. In its first drug discovery program, Dynacure is focusing on Centronuclear Myopathies (CNM), a debilitating rare disease affecting children and young adults. Dynacure’s development program is using an antisense oligonucleotide developed in collaboration with Ionis Pharmaceuticals. The
READ MOREKurma announced on Monday the 24th of October 2016, that they have entered into a collaboration agreement with Conectus and Ionis Pharmaceutical to launch Dynacure, a Strasbourg-based biotech specializing in the treatment of rare neuromuscular disorders. Dynacure is a spin-off from the IGBMC (Institute of Genetic and Molecular and Cellular Biology – Unistra/INSERM/CNRS) of Strasbourg. “The
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