Key opportunities in the cancer cachexia market include addressing rising cancer incidence and growing recognition of ...

The investigational drug ponsegromab — which inhibits growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a cytokine elevated in cancer cachexia — increases weight, appetite, and physical activity in patients ...

Cachexia is a common complication of cancer and is associated with an increased risk of death. The level of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a circulating cytokine, is elevated in cancer ...

Sept. 14 (UPI) --A drug that could reduce the risk of death in cancer patients is showing good promise during its second phase of clinical tests, drugmaker Pfizer announced Saturday. The experimental ...

NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endevica Bio, a company developing first-in-class peptide drug candidates with better safety and efficacy properties, has closed a $10 million Series B funding. The ...

Eating disorders are often thought of as body image disorders with symptoms of food restriction and purging. In most cases, the goal of these behaviors is to prevent weight gain. Not all eating ...

NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endevica Bio, a company developing first-in-class peptide drug candidates with better safety and efficacy properties, announced the first patient in its Phase 1 ...

Researchers discovered a drug that safely and effectively helped cancer patients when they suffered from cachexia (ku-KEK-see-uh), a common condition related to cancer that involves weight loss and ...

Cachexia is a paraneoplastic syndrome of unintentional adipose and muscle tissue wasting with severe impacts to functionality and quality of life. Although health inequities across minority and ...

Pfizer researchers say they are developing a drug that might counteract a condition that leads to the death of cancer patients within a year of its diagnosis. Photo by Stephanie Lecocq/EPA-EFE Sept.