Santhera and ReveraGen share latest vamorolone study results

We are pleased to share the announcement from Santhera Pharmaceuticals and ReveraGen BioPharma of new topline results after completion of the VISION-DMD study at week 48. VISION-DMD was a pivotal double-blind Phase 2b study designed to demonstrate efficacy and safety...

DRF-funded drug shows success in clinical trial

We are pleased to share that Vamorolone, an alternative medicine to corticosteroids, has shown positive results in a Phase 2 Study. Vamorolone was developed as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, to offer the benefits of steroids, but without some of the side...

ReveraGen receives $3.3m NIH grant for Vamorolone

ReveraGen BioPharma has received a $3.3 million grant from the NIH – the US National Institutes of Health – for their ongoing work on the steroid alternative treatment Vamorolone for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The NIH Commercialization Readiness Pilot...

Two-year Vamorolone study completed

Santhera Pharmaceuticals has announced that partner ReveraGen Biopharma has completed a long-term, open-label extension study of 24 months duration with Vamorolone in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Including 6 months treatment in the preceding study,...

Vamorolone receives Fast Track designation from FDA

We’re pleased to share news from ReveraGen, the company developing the novel steroid alternative Vamorolone (previously called VBP15), that their drug has received Fast Track designation from the FDA, which will speed up the review of Vamorolone. In 2014, Duchenne...

ReveraGen BioPharma licenses option to develop Vamorolone with Actelion

We’re sharing news that ReveraGen BioPharma has licensed an option to develop Vamorolone with Actelion Ltd. Vamorolone is the first in-human steroid like compound that has shown in animal models to have many of the benefits of corticosteroids, without the many side...

Duchenne patients recruited for steroid replacement study

We are delighted to announce that ReveraGen BioPharma, the company developing a steroid replacement for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has begun recruiting patients for its Phase 2a open label study. The trial will be recruiting patients who haven’t yet started...

DRF-funded drug development programme receives further £4.6 million

The Duchenne Research Fund, the Duchenne Children’s Trust and Joining Jack and are delighted with the news from the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre that they have received £4.6 million in European funding for a Phase II clinical trial for Vamorolone –...