Announcements

NRx Pharmaceuticals and Hungarian Health Officials Agree on Pathway for ZYESAMI® and BriLife COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

12/14/2021

NRx and Hungary Agree on Regulatory Path for Emergency Use of ZYESAMI Hungary to Serve as First European Nation for the Registrational Phase 2b/3 BriLife COVID Vaccine Trial Excerpt from the Press Release: BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NRx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NRXP) today announced the conclusion of high-level meetings in Hungary that are expected to…

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Oncolytics Biotech® to Present Phase 2 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Trial Update at the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

12/14/2021

IRENE study is evaluating pelareorep-anti-PD-1 combination treatment in metastatic TNBC Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO and CALGARY, AB, Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC) today announced that the Company will present an update on the Phase 2 IRENE trial in a poster at the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), which is taking…

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A New Class of Antiviral Therapy Could Treat COVID-19

12/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: As the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates, new variants emerge that can better evade immunity and spread more widely. This causes an ongoing race, in which scientists and pharmaceutical companies must continually test and adapt vaccines to keep up with the latest variant of the virus. This is similar to how the…

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Trodelvy® Demonstrates Clinical Benefit for Black Patients Consistent with Full Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Population in ASCENT Study

12/13/2021

– Disparities, Such as Access to Healthcare, Comorbidities and Differences in TNBC Disease Biology Typically Drive Worse Clinical Outcomes in Black Women Excerpt from the Press Release: FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 10, 2021– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced new data from the Phase 3 ASCENT study evaluating Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in relapsed or refractory metastatic triple-negative breast…

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Atara Biotherapeutics Announces Preliminary Results for ATA2271, a Next-Generation Autologous Mesothelin-targeted CAR T-cell Therapy for Solid Tumors, at ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress 2021

12/13/2021

ATA2271 targets difficult-to-treat solid tumors using proprietary 1XX CAR signaling and intrinsic PD-1 checkpoint inhibition technology Ongoing Phase 1 dose-escalation trial in advanced mesothelioma shows promising early safety and persistence of armored CAR T cells in patients Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRA), a leader in T-cell immunotherapy,…

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Vir Biotechnology Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating VIR-2218, Selgantolimod and Nivolumab for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

12/13/2021

– Trial to evaluate antigen suppression combined with immunomodulation as a functional cure regimen for chronic HBV – Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating novel therapeutic combinations…

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Ontario Brain Institute Releases Large Dementia Dataset to Further Accelerate Brain Research, Discovery, and Innovation through Brain-CODE, an Open Science Data Platform

12/10/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: One of the more pressing calls-to-action in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the need to facilitate more accessible, effective, and seamless data sharing across the worldwide research community. The Ontario Brain Institute’s neuroinformatics platform, Brain-CODE, is achieving just that for global brain disorder research – recently launching their third clinical…

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Immunome seeks OK to begin human testing of Covid-19 ‘cocktail,’ expects it to neutralize omicron

12/09/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: A Chester County biopharmaceutical company has submitted an application with the Food and Drug Administration to begin human testing of its experimental “antibody cocktail” as a Covid-19 treatment. Exton-based Immunome said Wednesday it expects its antibody cocktail, known as IMM-BCP-01, can neutralize the recently discovered omicron variant. “Immunome designed its…

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Calgary’s Amanda Hall wins the $1-million Women in Cleantech Challenge

12/09/2021

After three years of navigating the ups and downs of building a new company, the founder and CEO of Summit Nanotech accepted the prize virtually at MaRS Climate Impact. Excerpt from the Press Release: Amanda Hall is now $1 million closer to helping Canada reach its net-zero goals. Today, Hall, founder and CEO of Calgary-based startup Summit…

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Freenome Partners with Siemens Healthineers for Breast Cancer Research

12/09/2021

— Collaboration leverages imaging, diagnostic and multiomic expertise to identify new, significant biomarkers to improve the detection of breast cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Freenome, a privately held biotech company, announced a partnership with Siemens Healthineers to collaborate in multiomics and radiomic breast cancer diagnostics to identify…

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