Announcements

Rani Therapeutics Announces New Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Data Supporting Transenteric Delivery of GLP-1 Incretin Triagonist

10/25/2024

-Transenteric delivery of incretin triagonist GLP-1, GIP, glucagon receptors mimicking the RaniPill route of administration elicits rapid weight loss and bioavailability comparable to subcutaneous injection – – New pharmacokinetic data provides further evidence of the RaniPill platform’s potential to enable oral delivery of multiple obesity treatments – – Phase 1 study for RT-114, an oral…

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Verastem Oncology Presents Positive Updated RAMP 201 Data for Avutometinib and Defactinib Combination in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer at the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) 2024 Annual Meeting

10/24/2024

Robust overall response rates observed (31% overall, 44% in KRAS mutant, 17% in KRAS wild-type) in patients whose cancer had progressed despite prior treatment with chemotherapy and/or MEK inhibitors and/or bevacizumab Patients on avutometinib and defactinib achieved a median progression free survival of more than one year (12.9 months); 22 months in KRAS mutant population…

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Multiple Clinical Complete Responses Demonstrated Following Single Low Dose Administration of Bel-sar in Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) in Ongoing Phase 1 Trial

10/23/2024

Clinical Complete Responses Observed in 4 out of 5 Patients in Subset of Patients with Low Grade Disease; Evidence of Bladder Urothelial Field Effect in Non-Target Tumors Favorable Safety Profile Observed; Only Grade 1 Drug-Related Adverse Events Reported in Less Than 10% of Patients Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Oct. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)…

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Foghorn Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed with First-in-Class Oral SMARCA2 Selective Inhibitor FHD-909 in a Phase 1 Trial for SMARCA4 Mutated Solid Tumors

10/22/2024

Primary target patient population for the FHD-909 Phase 1 trial is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Lilly leads the clinical development of the Phase 1 trial Foghorn’s selective SMARCA2 oncology program is part of a U.S. 50/50 co-development and co-commercialization collaboration with Lilly Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —…

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Arialys Therapeutics Announces First Participants Dosed in a Phase 1 Clinical Trial of ART5803, a Precision Medicine for the Treatment of Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Diseases

10/21/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: LA JOLLA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arialys Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering new precision medicines for autoimmune neuropsychiatry, today announced that it has initiated dosing of healthy volunteers in its first clinical trial of ART5803. ART5803 is a therapeutic monoclonal antibody candidate designed to specifically compete with pathogenic autoantibodies targeting the NMDA…

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cTRL Therapeutics Expands in Toronto, Ontario, with Key Investment from FACIT

10/18/2024

New lab and scientific talent in Toronto to strengthen cell therapy developmentcapabilities in Canada Excerpt from the Press Release: TORONTO and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — cTRL Therapeutics, a biotechnology company advancing next-generation cell therapies for solid tumors, announced that it has secured a follow-on investment from FACIT, further enabling cTRL to build out…

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SkylineDx Announces Presentation of New Data Highlighting the Predictive Power of the CP-GEP Merlin Test for T1a Cutaneous Melanoma Patients at the 21st International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research

10/17/2024

The Merlin Test (CP-GEP) Accurately Stratifies Cutaneous Melanoma Patients as Low Risk or High Risk for Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases Impacting Clinical Decision Making Excerpt from the Press Release: ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — SkylineDx, an innovative diagnostics company specializing in the research and development of molecular diagnostics for oncology, inflammatory,…

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Palisade Bio Cleared by Health Canada to Commence Phase 1 Clinical Study for Lead Program, PALI-2108 for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

10/16/2024

– Company has received a No Objection Letter from Health Canada in response to submission of its Phase 1 Clinical Trial Application (CTA) – The study is a Phase 1 Single Ascending Dose (SAD) /Multiple Ascending Dose (MAD) and food effects (FE) and includes multiple dose treatment of UC patients; Global UC market is expected…

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Vaxess Receives National Institutes of Health Grant to Explore Administering Type 2 Diabetes Treatment via the MIMIX™ Transdermal Patch Platform

10/14/2024

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Awards Vaxess SBIR Phase I Funding to Test Company’s MIMIX Transdermal Patch Platform in Administering GLP-1 RA Therapies Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 1, 2024 — Vaxess Technologies, Inc., a biotech company developing a novel transdermal patch technology to transform home delivery…

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New Data Presented at ASTRO 2024 Show that Veracyte’s Decipher Prostate Test Predicts Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African American Men

10/11/2024

Findings are from the prospective, multicenter VANDAAM trial Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, announced that new data from the multicenter, prospective VANDAAM trial show that the Decipher Prostate Genomic Classifier accurately predicts aggressive prostate cancer among African American men with early-stage disease.…

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