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Orca Bio Announces the Precision-T Phase 3 Study is Open and Enrolling Patients at Transplant Centers Across the U.S.

08/15/2022

– The pivotal Precision-T Study is evaluating the safety and efficacy of Orca Bio’s investigational Orca-T compared to standard of care allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant – – Precision-T is expected to enroll approximately 174 patients across more than 20 clinical trial sites – Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orca Bio, a late-stage…

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NeuroSense Joins EverythingALS Open Innovation Consortium; Set to Enroll US and EU Patients in Phase IIb Study

08/12/2022

– NeuroSense’s support will aid EverythingALS with ground-breaking patient research in a joint effort to develop treatments – NeuroSense’s CEO to present at EverythingALS’s Expert Talk Series on August 3, 2022; To listen to Mr. Ben-Noon’s Excerpt from the Press Release: LOS ALTOS, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — EverythingALS, a patient-focused…

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Detecting Immunity to COVID just got a Whole Lot Easier

08/12/2022

Enable Biosciences Reports Easier and Accurate SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Assay using Dried Blood Spot Samples Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Scientists at Enable Biosciences report a novel method to easily, rapidly and accurately detect neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from dried blood spots, named “SONIA” (Split-Oligonucleotide Neighboring…

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Sorrento Completes Successfully the SAD Study and Initiates the MAD Phase 1 Study with STI-1558, An Oral M(pro) Inhibitor as a Standalone Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19 without the Ritonavir as Booster

08/11/2022

Single ascending dose (SAD) Phase 1 Study completed in Australia with a maximum dose of 2,000 mg. Pharmacokinetics (PK) were dose proportional and PK modeling and preclinical data support a 600 mg twice daily dose. There were no serious AEs (SAEs) or severe TEAEs and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was not reached.  Initiation of…

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Merrimack Provides Ipsen Report of Results From Phase III RESILIENT Trial Evaluating Onivyde® in Second-Line Monotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer

08/11/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACK) [(“Merrimack” or the “Company”)] announced that Ipsen, SA (“Ipsen”) has issued a press release today reporting its primary analysis of the results of its Phase 3 trial of Onivyde® (irinotecan liposomal injection) as a treatment of second line small cell lung cancer (SCLC).…

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CHOP Helps Develop Platform to Speed Up Drug Development for Kids with Cancer

08/10/2022

–The NCI-backed “Molecular Targets Platform” will streamline and catalyze drug development by harmonizing data about pediatric cancer targets and pathways— Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has helped launch a new computational platform that will harmonize pediatric cancer data, allowing researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and advocacy…

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IDEAYA Announces IDE397 Clinical Program Update and ctDNA Molecular Responses Demonstrating Tumor Pharmacodynamic Modulation

08/08/2022

Initiated monotherapy expansion cohorts with enrollment open for NSCLC and esophagogastric tumors with MTAP deletion Initiated combination dose escalation cohorts with enrollment open for combinations with taxanes and separately, with potential first-in-class combinations, including pemetrexed Entered into Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Amgen to clinically evaluate IDE397 in combination with AMG 193, Amgen’s…

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Regen BioPharma, Inc. Files Provisional Patent Application on Second Generation Survivin mRNA Cancer Immunotherapy Vaccine

08/05/2022

Novel Means of Leveraging Cellular Therapy to “Teach” Immune System to Seek and Destroy Cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Regen BioPharma, Inc. (OTC PINK: RGBP) (OTC PINK: RGBPP), announced today  the filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office  of a provisional patent application covering utilization of…

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Alnylam Uncovers Genetic Mutations in INHBE That Protect Against Abdominal Obesity

08/05/2022

– Publication in Nature Communications Reports that People with Loss of Function Mutations in the INHBE Gene Have Reduced Abdominal Fat, a Favorable Metabolic Profile, and are at Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes – – Alnylam to Pursue INHBE as a Therapeutic Target for Cardiometabolic Disease – Excerpt from the Press…

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Certara Announces Collaboration with Leading Cancer Center to Advance CAR T-cell Therapies

08/04/2022

Certara and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to develop biosimulation platform for CAR T-cell therapies Excerpt from the Press Release: PRINCETON, N.J., July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Certara, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERT), a global leader in biosimulation, today announced a 2-year collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to develop new biosimulation software. Certara…

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