CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA –August 2, 2010 – Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage drug-development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted it patent no. 7,759,506 entitled “Bipolar Trans Carotenoid Salts and Their Uses.” This patent includes drug formulation and use claims relating to Diffusion’s entire family of first-in-class new chemical entities. [...]
Charlottesville, VA — March 22, 2010 —Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage drug-development company commercializing first-in-class drugs to treat serious or life-threatening unmet medical conditions, today announced its selection as the winner of the Perfect Pitch Competition – Biotech Investment Challenge. The winner was announced during a special awards ceremony attended by over 150 delegates and [...]
Charlottesville, VA –February 23, 2010 – Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC today announced that three separate preclinical studies testing its lead drug candidate trans sodium crocetinate, (TSC), have been published in peer-reviewed journals during the last six months. These studies demonstrate that TSC improves tissue oxygenation in hypoxic brain tumor tissue, exerts a neuroprotective effect against ischemic [...]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – January 29, 2010 – Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage drug-development company commercializing first-in-class drugs to treat serious or life-threatening unmet medical conditions, today announced that it closed on $5.9 million in additional private financing during the second half of 2009, bringing the total the company raised in 2009 to $7.1 million. The [...]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Wednesday, January 6, 2010 – Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage drug-development company commercializing first-in-class drugs to treat serious or life-threatening unmet medical conditions, today announced that David R. Jones, M.D., has joined its staff as Chief Medical Officer and member of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). In addition, Guy M. Chisolm, Ph.D., [...]
