Month: January 2024
Recommendation for approval based on Phase 3 KarMMa-3 study in which Abecma demonstrated superiority over standard regimens, significantly improved progression-free survival and a well-established safety profile with mostly low-grade occurrences of cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity This is the first positive CHMP opinion in earlier lines of therapy for a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T…
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Results show BPM31510 was well-tolerated, doubled progression free survival vs. chemotherapy alone BPGbio plans to further investigate BPM31510 as a first-line pancreatic cancer therapy with a phase 2b clinical trial Data validates BPM31510 mechanism of action and continues to show the success of BPGbio’s biology-first Bayesian AI-based approach to drug discovery Excerpt from the Press…
Read More– Data demonstrate early activity with casdozokitug/atezolizumab/bevacizumab; 38% objective response rate including three complete responses – – Data support casdozo as a promising novel immuno-oncology agent with clinical activity in liver cancer that may be associated with IL-27 pathway biomarkers – – Data support continued evaluation of casdozo with VEGF and PD-(L)1 blockade in HCC,…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Strand Therapeutics, the programmable mRNA company developing breakthrough therapies for cancer and other diseases, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a Phase 1, first-in-human trial of STX-001, a multi-mechanistic synthetic self-replicating mRNA technology that expresses an…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: NAARDEN, Netherlands & WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the urgent mission to develop novel therapeutics to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders, will present clinical data supporting a future Phase 3 study in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) during the 14th…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Agenus Inc. (Nasdaq: AGEN), a leader in developing immunological cancer treatments, today announced results from the NEST-1 study, an investigator-sponsored trial (IST) evaluating the combination of botensilimab and balstilimab (BOT/BAL) in the neoadjuvant setting for colorectal cancer (CRC), both those with Microsatellite Stable (MSS) CRC and Microsatellite…
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Allurion Program led to resolution of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea in just 4 months in over half of the patients treated Results improved with addition of oral GLP-1 agonist semaglutide Excerpt from the Press Release: NATICK, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ALUR), a company dedicated to ending obesity, today announced the…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xcell Biosciences, Inc. (Xcellbio), a platform technology company focused on cell and gene therapy applications, today announced a collaboration with ElevateBio, LLC (ElevateBio), through which the companies aim to explore novel approaches to improving therapeutic potency of cell and gene therapies. As part of this collaboration, ElevateBio becomes…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Lykos Therapeutics (formerly MAPS Public Benefit Corporation) (“Lykos”), a company dedicated to transforming mental healthcare, announced that PLOS ONE has published the first comparison of the effects of investigational MDMA-assisted therapy and therapy with placebo on emotional coping skills and self-experience in adults…
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The 7-peptide formulation of ELI-002 is designed to stimulate an immune response against seven KRAS mutations that drive 25% of all solid tumors, potentially defeating resistance mechanismsElicio will present a Trial in Progressposter on the design of the AMPLIFY-7P trial at the ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium taking place January 18-20, 2024 Excerpt from the Press…
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