Charlottesville, VA – July 26, 2011 – Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC announced today that trans sodium crocetinate (TSC), the company’s lead drug candidate, has been granted an Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of primary brain cancer, also known as glioblastoma multiforme or GBM.  GBM is one of [...]

“Given the dearth of successful clinical research options in PAD, these study results are exciting,” said study presenter William Hiatt, MD, professor of cardiovascular research in the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; President of CPC Clinical Research and chairman of the American Heart Association’s Peripheral Vascular Disease Council.

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 [...]

Scientists in Charlottesville are studying what could be a whole new approach to treating stroke—the nation’s leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death. WVTF’s Sandy Hausman reports on the research. Listen Dr. Lee is chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and will present [...]