Month: April 2022

Akston Biosciences Doses First Volunteers in Phase II/III Clinical Trial of Low Cost, Shelf Stable COVID-19 Vaccine

04/15/2022

1,500 healthy volunteers to participate in a Phase II/III double-blind placebo-controlled study in India Study results to be submitted for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Vaccine is shelf stable for over six months at room temperature at 25° Celsius (77° Fahrenheit) and maintains potency for one month at 37° Celsius (99° Fahrenheit) Excerpt from the Press…

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Advaxis Announces Publication of ADXS-PSA Data in The Oncologist

04/15/2022

ADXS-PSA in combination with KEYTRUDA® in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is associated with prolonged overall survival in this population, particularly in patients with visceral metastasis Median overall survival of 16.4 months for patients with visceral metastases treated with ADXS-PSA in combination with KEYTRUDA® compared to ~9 months from historical data with KEYTRUDA® alone Median overall survival of 33.7…

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Carevive Systems and Blue Spark Technologies Partner to Conduct Real-Time Remote Patient Monitoring Pilot

04/14/2022

Pilot aims to prevent symptoms in advance with contextualized data for cancer patient care Excerpt from the Press Release: (Carevive), the leading oncology-focused health technology company centered on understanding and improving the cancer patient experience, announced today a partnership with Blue Spark Technologies, a leader and an innovator in wearable wireless medical device solution The study…

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Proof Diagnostics Submits Request For Emergency Use Authorization Seeking First Approval Of Crispr-based Molecular Point-of-care Covid-19 Test

04/14/2022

If authorized by the FDA, the Proof Lab Test System may be used to deliver accurate, actionable, lab-quality results for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in as little as 18 minutes Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Proof Diagnostics, Inc., an innovative healthcare technology company delivering innovative solutions in molecular diagnostics, today announced the submission…

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BriaCell advances preparatory work for new Bria-OTS™ breast cancer clinical trial

04/14/2022

Bria-OTS™ would build on BriaCell’s existing clinical trial data with Bria-IMT™, treating each patient with the optimized pre-manufactured Bria-OTS™ formulation based on HLA-type. BriaCell and National Cancer Institute collaborating on Bria-OTS™, BriaCell’s off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy, as a treatment for cancer. BriaCell to present Bria-OTS™ approach at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2022. Excerpt from the…

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Annexon Biosciences Completes Enrollment in ARCHER Phase 2 Trial of Novel C1q Inhibitor, ANX007, in Patients with Geographic Atrophy

04/13/2022

Topline efficacy and safety data expected in first half of 2023 Excerpt from the Press Release: BRISBANE, Calif., April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Annexon, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANNX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of complement medicines for patients with classical complement-mediated autoimmune, neurodegenerative and ophthalmic disorders, today announced the completion of enrollment in the…

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Twist Bioscience Signs Antibody Discovery Collaboration with MediSix Therapeutics to Develop T-cell Therapies

04/13/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: OUTH SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and MediSix Therapeutics, a cell therapy company creating novel therapeutics to target T-cell leukemia and lymphoma, today announced a collaboration to discover novel antibodies against…

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NeuroSense Therapeutics Granted Patent in Canada for its ALS Drug PrimeC

04/13/2022

– Patent valid through 2038 – Phase IIb ALS trial expected to commence H1 2022 Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: NRSN) (“NeuroSense”), a company developing treatments for severe neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted the Company a key patent titled “Compositions…

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Spero Therapeutics Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide Phase 3 Data Published in The New England Journal of Medicine

04/12/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO) today announced publication in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of the results from the Phase 3 ADAPT-PO clinical trial for its investigational oral carbapenem antibiotic, tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide (tebipenem HBr). The paper, titled “Oral Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide in…

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Talaris Therapeutics Presents Data on COVID-19 Outcomes Among Kidney Transplant Patients Treated with FCR001

04/12/2022

Low rate of COVID-19 infection observed in vaccinated, durably chimeric patients off immunosuppression No evidence of acute kidney injury or impaired renal function in FCR001-treated patients with COVID-19 infection No patients lost chimerism as a result of COVID-19 vaccination or infection Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON and LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Talaris Therapeutics,…

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