Month: April 2021
Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A trans-Atlantic collaborative group of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has received approximately $680,000 from a group of research charities led by Solving Kids’ Cancer UK to study slowly progressive, or “indolent,” neuroblastoma, which does not respond to chemotherapy and lacks other treatment options. The grant will fund…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Nasdaq: DVAX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel vaccines, today announced Valneva SE has initiated a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for its inactivated, COVID-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001, using Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant. The Phase 3 trial “Cov-Compare”, (VLA2001-301), will compare Valneva’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, VLA2001, against…
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Clinical Trials Ontario has released a Clinical Trial Restart Toolkit! “This toolkit provides a collection of best practices, considerations, and resources for clinical trial conduct in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this toolkit is to provide guidance for sites and sponsors that are looking to restart clinical trials during a pandemic.…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:EVLO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a new modality of orally delivered medicines, today presented full clinical data from the Phase 1b clinical trial cohort evaluating EDP1815 for the treatment of mild and moderate atopic dermatitis in a…
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Excerpt from the Article: COVID-19 vaccines have quickly come to the rescue. Scientists created a vaccine to prevent the new virus using foundational research and technology developed at Penn. Today, as we race to vaccinate more people in more places against COVID-19, the biology behind these vaccines is poised to change the world again: With…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Revolution Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVMD), a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing targeted therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers, today announced dosing of the first patient in a multicenter Phase 1/1b clinical trial evaluating RMC-5552, the company’s investigational…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWTOWN, Pa., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel products for patients with cancer, announced today that the first patient has been dosed in an investigator-initiated Phase 2 study to assess the efficacy and safety of rigosertib…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: MALVERN, Pa., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ocugen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing gene therapies to cure blindness diseases and developing a vaccine to save lives from COVID-19, today announced that its co-development partner, Bharat Biotech, shared positive results of the second interim analysis…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: LA JOLLA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 22, 2021– DermTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMTK) (“DermTech”), a leader in precision dermatology enabled by a non-invasive skin genomics platform, announced today the launch of DermTech PLAplusTM, its next generation test for the enhanced early detection of melanoma. PLAplusdelivers objective and actionable information to guide clinical management decisions…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: NEEDHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Candel Therapeutics, Inc., a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncolytic viral immunotherapies, today announced it has completed enrollment for its Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade glioma to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CAN-2409 in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo® (nivolumab) and…
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