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Fulcrum Launches Phase 2b Trial of Losmapimod for FSHD

Fulcrum Therapeutics announced it has launched ReDUX4, a Phase 2b clinical trial designed to assess the safety and efficacy of losmapimod, an investigational treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in patients with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of FSHD. The Phase 2b ReDUX4 trial (NCT04003974) is recruiting…

Children’s Hospital of Richmond Named Certified Duchenne Care Center by PPMD

The Children’s Hospital of Richmond (CHoR), Virginia, has been named Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy’s (PPMD) 26th Certified Duchenne Care Center (CDCC). PPMD’s program, established in 2014, recognizes facilities with outstanding neuromuscular programs providing comprehensive care with recognized standards to all living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a multi-systemic…

Vertex Enters Duchenne Therapy Market with $1B Acquisition of Exonics

Move over, Sarepta Therapeutics, Solid Biosciences, PTC Therapeutics and Pfizer. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which dominates the cystic fibrosis drug market, has just entered the multibillion-dollar race to find effective treatments — and maybe even cures — for two other rare diseases: Duchenne muscular dystrophy…