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Verastem Oncology Appoints Anil Kapur to Board of Directors

10/27/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq:VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today announced the appointment of Anil Kapur to its Board of Directors, effective October 20, 2022. Mr. Kapur is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Chief Commercial Officer at Geron Corporation. “Anil’s deep…

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IBSA Group and Granata Bio announces first patient screened in pivotal PROGRESS clinical trial of Progesterone-IBSA

10/27/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — IBSA Group and Granata Bio today announced the screening of the first patient in the pivotal phase III PROGRESS (PROGesterone fRozen Euploid blaStocyst tranSfer) clinical trial (Clinical Trials.gov Identifier: NCT04549116). The PROGRESS study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, double-blind, double-dummy study to evaluate the safety…

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Harbour BioMed Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase I Trial of B7H4x4-1BB Bispecific Antibody in the United States

10/26/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM and SUZHOU, China, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Harbour BioMed (“HBM”, HKEX: 02142) announced that, it has successfully completed the dosing of first patient in the global phase I trial of B7H4x4-1BB bispecific antibody HBM7008 in the United States. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics,…

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Iterative Scopes Partners with One GI® to Advance Gastrointestinal Care Through Artificial Intelligence

10/25/2022

Partnership brings Iterative Scopes’ AI Recruitment technology to One GI® Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Iterative Scopes, a pioneer in precision-medicine technologies for gastroenterology, announced today that it has partnered with One GI®, a gastroenterology management services organization (MSO), to bring its AI Recruitment (AIR) technology to One GI’s clinical research. Initially, One…

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Mental healthtech company NeuroFlow raised a $25M growth round

10/25/2022

Plans for the round include investing in R&D for its tech platform and hiring across all teams. The news follows the company’s recent move to a new Center City office. Excerpt from the Press Release: Following a $20 million Series B round last year, NeuroFlow just closed a $25 million round of financing to continue…

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Nevro Announces FDA Approval of HFX iQ™ Spinal Cord Stimulation System to Personalize the Treatment of Chronic Pain

10/24/2022

Next Generation Senza® HFX iQ™ is the First and Only SCS System that Uses Artificial Intelligence to Optimize and Maintain Pain Relief Using Each Patient’s Response Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nevro Corp. (NYSE: NVRO), a global medical device company that is delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the…

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Mirum Pharmaceuticals Presents Long-Term LIVMARLI® (maralixibat) Data and New Alagille Syndrome Caregiver Burden Analysis at NASPGHAN 2022 Annual Meeting

10/21/2022

– Six-year natural history comparison with maralixibat demonstrates event-free and transplant-free survival in patients with Alagille syndrome (ALGS) – Characterization of four-year growth improvement in Alagille syndrome with maralixibat – New analysis evaluating health-related quality of life impact assessed on caregivers of children with Alagille syndrome – Mirum to host a scientific symposium on the…

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New CPDC spinout company aims to become global leader in developing and distributing radiopharmaceuticals

10/19/2022

AtomVie Global Radiopharma is the latest company launched by the OICR-supported centre Excerpt from the Press Release: The Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization’s (CPDC) newest spinout company has now launched as AtomVie Global Radiopharma Inc. On August 24, the Hamilton-based radiopharmaceutical company announced it had closed Series A financing with healthcare investment firm Avego…

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Verastem Oncology Announces RAMP VS-6766 Clinical Trials and Corporate Update

10/18/2022

FDA Meeting Planned for Q4 to Discuss Regulatory Path Forward Based on Encouraging Results to Date in Ongoing RAMP 201 Trial in LGSOC Results of Part A of RAMP 202 Trial in KRAS G12V-Mutant NSCLC Show VS-6766 ± Defactinib Did Not Meet Criteria to Continue to Expansion Phase RAMP Trials with VS-6766 Combinations in KRAS…

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Myrtelle Completes Dosing of 8 Patients with Canavan Disease in Its Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of the Investigational Gene Therapy rAAV-Olig001-ASPA

10/17/2022

Eight patients have been treated in the ongoing Phase 1/2 First-in-Human clinical trial with favorable safety and tolerability observed to date Assessments of the initial 3 patients reaching their six-month follow-up showed improvements on validated functional scales and increases in brain white matter and myelin content Encouraging efficacy and safety data support further development of…

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