Month: February 2023

Palisade Bio Promotes Robert McRae to Chief Operating Officer

02/20/2023

Mr. McRae is an industry veteran with a proven track record of operational, clinical, and strategic business development execution Excerpt from the Press Release: Carlsbad, CA, Feb. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Palisade Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALI) (the “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing therapies for acute and chronic gastrointestinal (GI) complications, today announced the promotion…

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Astria Therapeutics Initiates ALPHA-STAR Phase 1b/2 Clinical Trial of STAR-0215 in People with HAE

02/17/2023

— Initial Proof-of-Concept Results Anticipated in Mid-2024 — Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATXS), a biopharmaceutical company developing STAR-0215 for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) and focused on life-changing therapies for rare and niche allergic and immunological diseases, today announced the initiation of the ALPHA-STAR Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of…

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Seres Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Enrollment in SER-155 Phase 1b Study Cohort 2 in Individuals Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

02/17/2023

– Company anticipates reporting initial SER-155 safety and pharmacological data from study Cohort 1 in the coming months – Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRB), a leading microbiome therapeutics company, today announced that enrollment in Cohort 2 in its SER-155 Phase 1b study is underway. SER-155, an investigational oral…

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Century Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in First-In-Human Phase 1 ELiPSE-1 Trial Evaluating CNTY-101 in Relapsed or Refractory CD19 Positive B-cell Lymphomas

02/17/2023

– CNTY-101 is the first cell therapy product candidate engineered with six precision gene edits including a CD19-CAR, Allo-Evasion™ technology, IL-15 cytokine support and a safety switch – – ELiPSE-1 trial to test multi-dosing strategy for CAR iNK enabled by Allo-Evasion™ edits designed to resist 3 major pathways of rejection – Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, Feb.…

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Kura Oncology Announces First Patients Dosed in Phase 2 Registration-Directed Trial of Ziftomenib in NPM1-Mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia

02/16/2023

– Phase 1 trial showed 30% CR rate among 20 NPM1-mutant AML patients treated at recommended Phase 2 dose – – Phase 2 registration-directed trial expected to enroll 85 patients in the U.S. and Europe – Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a…

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Vaxxas Initiates Phase I Clinical Study of First Needle-Free, Inactivated Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Quadrivalent (IIV4) Delivered Using High-Density Microarray Patch (HD-MAP)

02/16/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BRISBANE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercializing a novel vaccination platform, today announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial with the first needle-free inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine quadrivalent (IIV4) candidate delivered using Vaxxas’ proprietary high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) technology. The vaccine being delivered by…

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Phio Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive DMC Recommendation and Continued Enrollment of Advanced Melanoma Study Without Modification

02/16/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a clinical stage biotechnology company whose proprietary INTASYL™ RNAi platform technology is designed to make immune cells more effective in killing tumor cells, today announced that an independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) completed its prespecified review of interim…

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KalVista Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Sebetralstat Phase 2 Data in The Lancet

02/15/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SALISBURY, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KALV), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of oral, small molecule protease inhibitors today announced that results from the phase 2 trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of oral sebetralstat for the on-demand treatment of…

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VST-BIO Announces Successful Preclinical Trials in Ischemic Stroke

02/15/2023

VST-Bio’s Collaborators Present Preclinical Trial Results at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference in Dallas. Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — VST-Bio Corp. a leader in the development of innovative biologics to treat acute and chronic cardiovascular disease, presented data from a recent large animal study performed by…

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New Phase III Data Show Genentech’s Vabysmo Rapidly Improved Vision and Reduced Retinal Fluid in People With Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO)

02/15/2023

Vabysmo met its primary endpoint in two clinical trials, BALATON and COMINO, showing non-inferior visual acuity gains compared to aflibercept More Vabysmo patients showed an absence of blood vessel leakagein the retina compared to aflibercept in a pre-specified exploratory endpoint If approved, RVO would be the third indication for Vabysmo in addition to wet, or…

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