Waiting for the Cure » pig whipworm http://waitingforthecure.com/I ... a day in the life of Crohn's disease ... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:29:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Asphelia Pharmaceuticals: the new TSO http://waitingforthecure.com/I/2008/12/01/asphelia-pharmaceuticals-the-new-tso/ http://waitingforthecure.com/I/2008/12/01/asphelia-pharmaceuticals-the-new-tso/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:08 +0000 I http://waitingforthecure.com/I/?p=233 So it looks like TSO has been bought by Asphelia Pharmaceuticals, who supposedly has rights to all uses of TSO except for IBD in Europe. Here’s a link to their site:

http://www.aspheliapharma.com/

And they have a fabulous video on the use of helminths for inflammatory diseases:

http://www.aspheliapharma.com/media.html

In their pipeline, they claim that they were starting a trial for Crohn’s disease this Fall, but I contacted the CEO and he said due to funding issues, it’s been postponed, and to look for an announcement on clinicaltrials.gov for when the trial begins. So for those with Crohn’s waiting for some free TSO, it may be a while…

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