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Shionogi Acquires Tetra Therapeutics, Rights to Fragile X Treatment Candidate

Shionogi has acquired Tetra Therapeutics, the developer of a treatment candidate known as BPN14770 for fragile X syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. With the agreement, Shionogi obtains global rights to Tetra’s entire pipeline. It will continue developing BPN14770 — an investigational therapy for…

Zygel May Ease Fragile X Effect on Children’s Lives, Trial Data Suggest

Treatment with Zygel (ZYN002) may help ease the significant effects fragile X syndrome (FXS) has on children, updated results of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial suggest. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals presented the results at the 2020 American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics…