Sensorion to Lead Symposium on Hearing Loss Treatment
Sensorion will lead a symposium at the 36th World Congress of Audiology in Paris called “Are we at the Dawn of a Hearing Loss Revolution?”
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Sonova to Acquire 3.7% Ownership Stake in Sensorion
Sensorion, a clinical-stage biotechnology company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat, and prevent within the field of hearing loss disorders, announced that Sonova Holding AG will acquire a 3.7% ownership stake in Sensorion by way of subscription to a reserved share capital increase for total gross proceeds of €5 million (USD $6.08 million).
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Sensorion Appoints John Furey As Independent Board Member
Furey was most recently Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Spark Therapeutics, a global gene therapy developer. This appointment will be effective at the next meeting of the board of directors of the company, in September 2019.
University of Connecticut Researchers Find Protein Connected with Hearing Loss
UConn otolaryngologist Kourosh Parham and his colleagues report in “Hearing Research” that levels of prestin, a protein found only in cells in the inner ear, rise sharply when those cells are damaged and start to die.
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Sensorion Announces Positive Topline Results from Vertigo Drug Study
The company reports that Seliforant, in contrast to Meclizine, has no negative CNS side effects such as sedation, impairment of memory, and cognitive performance.
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Sensorion Announces Publication of Paper in ‘Hearing Research’
The paper, published in the peer-reviewed monthly journal “Hearing Research,” found that the outer-hair-cell-specific protein prestin, in circulation, may act as a biomarker for sensory hair cell damage and death.
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Sensorion and Pasteur Institute to Collaborate on Gene Therapy Products
Sensorion announced a letter of intent with Pasteur Institute in Paris to exclusively negotiate a framework agreement to obtain the exclusive licenses to develop and commercialize gene therapy product candidates for restoration, treatment, and prevention of hearing loss disorders. They will collaborate on several lead programs to correct monogenic forms of hereditary hearing loss including, among others, the Usher syndrome type 1 and otoferlin deficiency, according to the announcement.
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Sensorion Announces Publication of Seliforant Phase 1 Study Data
Seliforant (formerly SENS-111) is currently being studied in an ongoing Phase 2 trial for the treatment of acute unilateral vestibulopathy, a debilitating disease of the inner ear. Its maker, Sensorion, has announced the publication of data in the ‘British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’ from a Phase 1 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics of the drug in healthy subjects. More data are expected at the end of 2018.
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Webinar on Pediatric Chemo-Induced Hearing Loss to Be Held September 13
This half-day event follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) model for externally-led Patient Focused Drug Development meetings and serves to inform the agency’s regulatory decision-making in pediatric oncology.
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Sensorion Receives Approval for SENS-401 Phase 2 Clinical Trial
The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study will be conducted across 50 sites in Europe, the US, Canada, Israel, and Turkey, and enroll approximately 260 patients.
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Sensorion Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Study for Vertigo Drug Seliforant
By comparing the effects of seliforant to meclizine, a drug with known anticholinergic side effects, and placebo, the SENS-111-202 study aims to confirm the absence of anticholinergic effects such as sedation and memory loss in patients receiving seliforant.
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Sensorion Presents SENS-401 Data at Ci2018 Conference
Data from the presented studies showed that SENS-401 protected inner ear function and enhanced sensory hair cell survival in preclinical models of acoustic trauma and, separately, cisplatin infusion.
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Sensorion Appoints Dr Christine Petit as Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
Petit presently serves concurrently as professor at College de France, chair of genetics and cellular physiology, professor at Institut Pasteur (Paris), and head of the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology of Hearing of the Pasteur Institute.
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Potential Biomarker for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Identified by Sensorion, UConn Health
The laboratory study identified changes in prestin blood levels, an outer hair cell (OHC) protein, in a preclinical model with noise-induced hearing loss.
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Sensorion to Present Data at ANS Annual Meeting, April 20-22
The data being presented by Sensorion include results from a study of SENS-401 in preclinical models, designed to determine how long after hearing loss onset SENS-401 could be administered, and results from a study conducted in collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn Health) of a circulating blood biomarker for hearing loss.
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Sensorion Presents SENS-401 Data at ARO 2018 MidWinter Meeting
SENS-401, R-azasetron besylate, is a drug candidate that aims to protect and preserve inner ear tissue when lesions are present that can cause progressive or sequelar hearing impediments.
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Sensorion Announces USD $1.9 Million Placement with Cochlear
Sensorion will principally use the funds to finance the preclinical combination studies that will evaluate SENS-401’s therapeutic effect on hearing outcomes achieved with Cochlear’s implantable devices.
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Sensorion and Cochlear Announce Strategic Collaboration for Patients with Cochlear Implants
The collaboration will evaluate therapeutic approaches using SENS-401—R-azasetron besylate, a drug candidate that aims to protect and preserve inner ear tissue when lesions are present that can cause progressive or sequelar hearing impediments—in combination with cochlear implants.
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