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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Preclinical Data Showing Potential Synergistic Effect of AMX0035 Compared to Individual Compounds

09/16/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLX) (“Amylyx” or the “Company”) today announced the publication of preclinical data showing the effect of sodium phenylbutyrate (PB) and taurursodiol (TURSO, also known as ursodoxicoltaurine) on the transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles of primary skin fibroblasts from adults with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…

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TumorGen and PhenoVista Capture the Seeds that Drive Cancer Metastasis

09/15/2022

TumorGen’s microfluidic platform traps metastatic cancer cell clusters from lung cancer patients, creating new opportunities for anti-metastatic drug development. Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TumorGen Inc., and PhenoVista Biosciences LLC have successfully isolated and characterized metastatic cancer cell clusters (MCCCs) from the blood of lung cancer patients’, validating TumorGen’s novel MCCC capture technology.…

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The New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Second Manuscript Reporting Positive Phase 2 Results for Biogen’s Litifilimab (BIIB059) in Lupus

09/15/2022

Part A results from the two-part Phase 2 LILAC study show litifilimab significantly reduced disease activity based on active joint count in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to placebo Biogen is currently enrolling people with active SLE into two Phase 3 studies in 31 countries worldwide and plans to initiate a pivotal study…

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Xevinapant Five-Year Data Show Survival Rate Nearly Doubled in Patients with Unresected LA SCCHN, When Added to Standard of Care

09/15/2022

Not intended for UK-based media First randomized trial in decades to show significant improvement in overall survival in patients with LA SCCHN, reinforcing the transformative potential of xevinapant over standard of care in the curative setting Patients treated with xevinapant plus CRT almost twice as likely to be alive at five years (53% vs 28%)…

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OncXerna Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Navicixizumab Alone or in Combination with Chemotherapy in Patients with Select Advanced Solid Tumors

09/14/2022

Multicenter basket trial includes cohorts enrolling patients with colorectal and triple negative breast cancer Trial designed to assess efficacy, safety, and evaluate the relationship between tumor Xerna™ TME Panel biomarker subtype and treatment response Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OncXerna Therapeutics, Inc. (“OncXerna”), a precision medicine company…

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First Patient Enrolled in AMIHOT III Trial Investigating ZOLL’s Supersaturated Oxygen Therapy in Heart Attack Patients

09/14/2022

Study Evaluates the Effectiveness of TherOx Supersaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy in Patients Presenting with Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction with Successful Reperfusion Compared to Standard Therapy Excerpt from the Press Release: CHELMSFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that the first patient has enrolled…

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Ashvattha Therapeutics Announces First Patient Enrolled in a Phase 2 Study of D-4517.2 for the Treatment of Wet AMD and DME

09/14/2022

– First patient was enrolled as part of a two-stage Phase 2 study evaluating Ashvattha’s subcutaneous (SC) anti-VEGF wet AMD and DME candidate, D-4517.2 – – The first stage of the study will evaluate the safety and relative pharmacodynamic effect of different doses of subcutaneously (SC) administered D-4517.2 compared to intravitreal (IVT) injection of aflibercept,…

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CuraSen Therapeutics Announces First Patients Treated with Novel Combination Therapy (CST-2032/CST-107) in Phase 2a Study of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Mild Dementia Due to Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s Disease

09/13/2022

Company Expects Phase 2 Data with Second Drug Candidate (CST-103) in Neurodegenerative Diseases in Third Quarter of 2022 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CuraSen Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage company developing small molecule therapies to treat neurodegenerative disease, announced that it has begun dosing patients in a Phase 2a clinical trial with CST-2032,…

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NaNotics to Collaborate with Mass General Cancer Center (MGCC) on Novel Nanomedicine for Treating Cancer

09/13/2022

The goal is first-in-human use of NaNots™, injectable absorptive nanoparticles that treat cancer via clearance of tumor-generated immune inhibitors from blood. Excerpt from the Press Release: MILL VALLEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NaNotics LLC, a biopharmaceutical company developing NaNots™, novel subtractive nanoparticles that treat disease by capturing and clearing pathogenic molecules from blood, today announced a research collaboration…

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Vaxcyte Completes Enrollment of Phase 2 Study Evaluating Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of VAX-24 in Adults 65 Years and Older

09/13/2022

— Company Expects to Announce Topline Data from Study in Adults 65 Years and Older in the First Half of 2023 — — Vaxcyte Remains on Track to Announce Topline Data from the Phase 1 and Phase 2 Portions of the VAX-24 Proof-of-Concept Study in Adults Aged 18-64 in October or November 2022 — —…

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