MediciNova, Inc. - Common Stock (MNOV)

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announces the study update and interim analysis results from the Company’s COMBAT-ALS Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will be presented at the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND held December 6-8, 2024 in Montreal, Canada.

NIH-funded Phase 2-3 ALS Expanded Access study expands reach of MediciNova’s ongoing COMBAT-ALS trial and provides illustration of Company’s development strategy

LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), announces that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a pending patent application for MN-001 (Tipelukast) to cover "Method to Decrease Triglyceride Synthesis in a Liver of a Subject." The allowed claims cover a groundbreaking method for decreasing triglyceride synthesis in the liver by administering MN-001 (Tipelukast) or its metabolite or pharmaceutically acceptable salt. This method is particularly beneficial for subjects diagnosed with insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, or diabetes. Once issued, this patent is expected to expire no earlier than May 26, 2042.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it was notified by Sanofi that the Sanofi/Novartis litigation was settled. Accordingly, MediciNova is entitled to receive a certain amount of monetary damages through this settlement. Further details will be provided as they become available.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced the lead Principal Investigator of this clinical trial, Björn Oskarsson, MD, FAAN presented the update of an ongoing Phase 2/3 clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients at the 2024 Annual NEALS Meeting being held virtually on Oct 21-24, 2024.

Academic group to receive a total of $22 million for the trial

LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that an abstract regarding a clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), COMBAT-ALS study has been selected for a poster presentation at the 35th International Symposium on ALS / MND to be held December 6-8, 2024 in Montreal, Canada. The poster presentation will be presented by lead Principal Investigator of this clinical trial, Björn Oskarsson, MD, FAAN Associate Professor of Neurology at Jacksonville, FL, Director of ALS, Center of Excellence.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that an abstract was accepted for presentation regarding a clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), COMBAT-ALS Phase 2b/ 3 study at the 2024 Annual NEALS Meeting to be held October 21-24, 2024 (a hybrid meeting in Clearwater, Florida and Online). The presentation will be in poster format and be presented by lead Principal Investigator of the clinical trial, Björn Oskarsson, MD, FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology at Jacksonville, FL and Director, ALS Center of Excellence.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), announces that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent application, which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for post-COVID conditions. The Method of Use patent covers administering a therapeutically effective doses of ibudilast (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) to alleviate a range of post-COVID conditions including anxiety, fatigue, depression, shortness of breath, post-traumatic stress disorder, chest tightness, palpitations, smell or taste dysfunction, sleep difficulties, hair loss, and rash.

Company to rededicate efforts toward updating stakeholders oncorporate vision, strategy, and ongoing activities

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for the prevention of metastasis in various cancers including pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, and ovarian cancer.

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that MediciNova’s collaborator, Gilbert Youssef, M.D. at Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Center for Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, presented new data and results of a Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Glioblastoma (GBM) at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual meeting 2024 held May 31- June 4th in Chicago, IL.

LA JOLLA, Calif., May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that MediciNova conducted two poster presentations at the 92nd European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) 2024 Congress held online May 26-29, 2024.

LA JOLLA, Calif., May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for the prevention of metastasis of eye cancer.

LA JOLLA, Calif., May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for the treatment of chlorine-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

LA JOLLA, Calif., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received an issue notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a new patent which covers extended-release oral formulations of MN-166 (ibudilast). This new patent is expected to expire no earlier than September 2040. The allowed claims cover a formulation in the form of a tablet or capsule and cover a range of doses of MN-166 (ibudilast).

LA JOLLA, Calif., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that an abstract regarding results of a clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in glioblastoma (GBM) has been selected for an oral presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2024 ASCO) Annual Meeting to be held May 31 – June 4, 2024 in Chicago. The oral presentation will be presented by one of the investigators of this clinical trial, Gilbert Youssef, M.D., Attending Physician at Harvard Medical School, Center for Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

LA JOLLA, Calif., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced it has received a Notice of Allowance from the Japan Patent Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for the treatment of macular injury associated with progressive multiple sclerosis.

LA JOLLA, Calif., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that two abstracts entitled “STUDY PROTOCOL TO EVALUATE MN-001’S (TIPELUKAST) EFFICACY, SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY IN SUBJECTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD), HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA (HTG) AND TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM)” and “MN-002, THE METABOLITE OF MN-001(TIPELUKAST) PROMOTES MACROPHAGE CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX” have been accepted and selected for poster presentation at the 92nd European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) 2024 Congress to be held May 26-29, 2024.

LA JOLLA, Calif., March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that MediciNova’s collaborator, Perenlei Enkhbaatar, MD, PhD, FAHA, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Director, Translational Intensive Care Unit, Charles Robert Allen Professor in Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, presented new data and results of a nonclinical study evaluating MN-166 (ibudilast) in a chlorine gas-induced acute lung injury (CIALI) model at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 63rd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in Salt Lake City, Utah.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced it has received a Notice of Grant from the Chinese Patent Office for a new patent which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for the treatment of macular injury associated with progressive multiple sclerosis.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that an abstract regarding results of a nonclinical study of MN-166 (ibudilast) in chlorine gas-induced acute lung injury has been selected for a poster presentation at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 63rd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo to be held March 10 - 14, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The poster will be presented by MediciNova’s collaborator, Perenlei Enkhbaatar, MD, PhD, FAHA, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Director, Translational Intensive Care Unit, Charles Robert Allen Professor in Anesthesiology at The University of Texas Medical Branch.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced it has received a Notice of Decision to Grant from the European Patent Office for a pending patent application which covers the combination of MN-166 (ibudilast) and interferon-beta for the treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis (progressive MS).

LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that MediciNova’s collaborator, Justin Lathia PhD, Co-Director of the Brain Tumor Research and Therapeutic Development Center of Excellence at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, and Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and Patrick Wen, Director at the Center for Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, presented new data and results of a Phase 2 clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) held November 15 - 19, 2023 in Vancouver, Canada. The presentation also included data from preclinical studies which evaluated the combination of MN-166 (ibudilast) and anti-PD1 or anti-PD-L1 therapy in GBM models.

LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that its collaborator Genzyme Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanofi, has treated the first patient in a clinical trial of SAR444836 for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). SAR444836 is a phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) replacement gene therapy product based on adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology which is covered under MediciNova’s assignment agreement with Genzyme Corporation.