Announcements

HeartFlow Announces Enrollment of First Three Patients in FUSION Trial

09/16/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: National Health Care Institute of the Netherlands-supported study to evaluate role of the HeartFlow Analysis in reducing unnecessary invasive procedures REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartFlow, Inc., the leader in revolutionizing precision heart care, today announced that physicians at Erasmus MC Hospital (Rotterdam NL) have enrolled the first three patients in the…

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R3 Vascular Reports the Initiation of Its First-In-Human Clinical Study

09/15/2021

“Clinical development of our bioresorbable sirolimus-eluting scaffold for treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is proceeding ahead of schedule and achieving outstanding procedural results,” said Kamal Ramzipoor, CEO of R3 Vascular. Excerpt from the Press Release: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–R3 Vascular Inc. today reported the successful initiation of its First-in-Human clinical study evaluating the technical and…

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Illumina Partners with Merck to Develop and Commercialize Companion Diagnostic and Research Tests for Use in Identifying Specific Cancer Mutations

09/15/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) today announced a partnership to develop and commercialize tests that identify genetic mutations used in the assessment of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Patients whose tumors are HRD-positive may be…

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Researchers replicate COVID-19 infections with lab-grown ‘mini-lungs’

09/15/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have grown miniature human lungs in a lab dish that they say come the closest to mimicking the real thing—complete with all the myriad cell types found in the body. The small organoids of human tissue could help rapidly iterate the…

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Sorrento Announces Enrollment of First Subject in Brazil Phase 2 Study of COVI-MSC for Treatment of COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress in ICU Patients

09/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: First patient enrolled at first site in Phase 2 placebo-controlled study conducted in Brazil. Second site scheduled to start enrolling within one week, with multiple additional sites coming online within one month. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”) announced today the start of enrollment in its Phase 2 efficacy study of human allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal…

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Tantu and Ginkgo Bioworks Announce Partnership to Engineer a Living Biotherapeutic for Gastrointestinal Healing

09/14/2021

Tantu will leverage Ginkgo’s foundries to accelerate strain construction as a key step toward human clinical trials Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Tantu, a company engineering living biotherapeutic products to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and Ginkgo Bioworks (“Ginkgo”), which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a partnership to accelerate the…

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The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development Enters Agreement with Sentinel Oncology to Develop Breakthrough Treatment for Fragile X Syndrome

09/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: RINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development, LLC (MSRD), a member of the global Otsuka family of pharmaceutical companies, announces today that it has entered an agreement with Sentinel Oncology (Sentinel), a drug discovery company. The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development at Otsuka in the…

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Sentien Biotechnologies Partners with BARDA to Evaluate High Dose Cohort in Phase 1/2 Trial of SBI-101 for Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Sepsis

09/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Collaboration Under BARDA DRIVe Solving Sepsis Program to also Support Key Regulatory Path Activities to Advance Development of SBI-101 Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel approaches to cell therapy, today announced a partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the…

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Arch Therapeutics Partners with Lovell Government Services to Expand Distribution Capabilities

09/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Arch Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: ARTH) (“Arch” or the “Company”), a marketer and developer of novel self-assembling wound care and biosurgical devices, today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Lovell Government Services (“LGS”), a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (“SDVOSB”), to support and drive sales through the…

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Immunome Antibody Cocktail (IMM-BCP-01) Neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Lambda and Delta Plus Variants in Pre-clinical Testing

09/13/2021

-IMM-BCP-01 already shown to neutralize all other Centers for Disease Control (CDC) variants of concern in pre-clinical testing- Excerpt from the Press Release: EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immunome, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMNM), a biopharmaceutical company that utilizes its human memory B cell platform to discover and develop first-in-class antibody therapeutics, announced today that its three-antibody cocktail (IMM-BCP-01) has demonstrated…

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