Month: November 2020
March 24, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT The National Academies’ Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation will host a virtual public workshop on Mar 24, 2021 as part of a web series forum of events to discuss critical policy for advancement of biopharmaceutical innovation nationally and globally. This virtual public workshop…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. (“Ziopharm” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq:ZIOP) today announced the presentation of new clinical data from three ongoing trials of Ad-RTS-hIL-12 plus veledimex (Controlled IL-12) for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM) and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) at the 2020 Society…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adagio Therapeutics, Inc., today pre-published in vitro and in vivo data demonstrating its lead antibody candidate, ADG2, shows similar or higher potency against SARS-CoV-2 compared to monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in clinical development, while also uniquely offering broad neutralization against a range of sarbecoviruses that pose a threat to…
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Excerpt from the Article: In children with spina bifida, the neural tube that forms the spinal cord and brain doesn’t close during early prenatal development. That leaves the nerves of the spinal cord exposed to potential damage from fetal movement and the surrounding amniotic fluid. While surgeons can repair spina bifida soon after birth, the…
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Excerpt from the Article: Adding artificial intelligence (AI) to mammography interpretation can help radiologists catch more cancers, according to a new study using a tool awarded U.S. Food & Drug Administration 510(k) clearance earlier this year. Currently, the body of literature around the effectiveness of AI with mammography is small because the use of the…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced COVID-19 Community Connect, a program to link federal, state and local governmental entities, public health agencies, academic institutions, workforces, individuals and…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN RAFAEL, Calif. and TORONTO, Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) and Deep Genomics today announced that the companies have entered into a preclinical collaboration that will use Deep Genomics’ artificial intelligence drug discovery platform (The AI Workbench) to identify oligonucleotide drug candidates in four rare disease indications…
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Excerpt from the Article: Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Digital Health Center of Excellence (DHCoE), bolstering the shift toward digital that the healthcare industry has already been embracing. Investment in digital health is at an all-time high. The market cap created from nine IPOs in 2019 from companies in…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AVROBIO, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVRO), a leading clinical-stage gene therapy company with a mission to free people from a lifetime of genetic disease, today announced positive new data across its clinical programs in Gaucher disease type 1, Fabry disease and cystinosis, further reinforcing the potential of ex vivo lentiviral…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: PARIS & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NANOBOTIX (Euronext: NANO – ISIN: FR0011341205 – the “Company”), a clinical-stage nanomedicine company pioneering new approaches to the treatment of cancer, today announced positive new in vivo pre-clinical data from two (2) studies at The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 35th Anniversary Annual Meeting. One…
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