Biopharmaceutical

Verastem Oncology Announces First Patient Dosed with GFH375/VS-7375, a KRAS G12D (ON/OFF) Inhibitor, in a Phase 1/2 Trial in China as Part of Collaboration with GenFleet Therapeutics

07/15/2024

GenFleet’s IND in China was cleared in June 2024; this is the first discovery program from the collaboration Verastem announced in 2023 to advance into human clinical trials Verastem plans to initiate development studies outside of China after evaluating initial dose escalation data from the Phase 1 study in China Excerpt from the Press Release:…

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Artelo Biosciences Announces Data Supporting Broad Potential Utility of its FABP Inhibitor Platform

07/08/2024

Inhibition of FABP5 Demonstrates Activity in Cancer, Psoriasis, and Anxiety Disorders Results from Several Research Studies Presented at the Annual ICRS Symposium Excerpt from the Press Release: SOLANA BEACH, Calif., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTL), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on modulating lipid-signaling pathways to develop treatments for people living with…

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Innovent Announces Oral Presentation at the ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2024 on Latest Clinical Data of Anti-CLDN18.2 ADC (IBI343) in Patients with Advanced Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

07/05/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Innovent Biologics, Inc. (“Innovent”) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announced oral presentation of the latest Phase 1 clinical…

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BridgeBio Announces Durable Month 12 and 18 Phase 2 Cohort 5 Results of Oral Infigratinib in Achondroplasia, and First Participant Consented in ACCEL for Hypochondroplasia

06/11/2024

– In Cohort 5 of PROPEL 2 (0.25 mg/kg/day), oral treatment with infigratinib resulted in a statistically significant and sustained increase in annualized height velocity (AHV), with a mean change from baseline of +2.51cm/yr at Month 12, and +2.50 cm/yr at Month 18 (p=0.0015) – At Month 18, there was a statistically significant improvement in…

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MediciNova Receives Notice of Allowance for New Patent Covering MN-166 (ibudilast) for the Prevention of Metastasis of Various Solid Cancer

06/10/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: LA JOLLA, Calif., June 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent…

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Bluejay Therapeutics Presents Positive Preliminary BJT-778 Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Chronic Hepatitis D at EASL 2024 Congress

06/06/2024

100% of treated patients in Arm 1 achieved virologic response by Week 28 Most patients also achieved ALT normalization and composite response BJT-778 was well tolerated across all arms at doses up to 900mg Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN MATEO, Calif., June 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bluejay Therapeutics, a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company…

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Scholar Rock Announces Initiation of Phase 2 EMBRAZE Trial of Apitegromab in Obesity and New Preclinical Data Supporting SRK-439 in Obesity

06/05/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the initiation of the Phase 2 EMBRAZE proof-of-concept trial, designed to assess the safety…

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Kymera Therapeutics Presents New Preclinical Data for KT-621, a First-In-Class, Oral STAT6 Degrader at the ATS Annual Meeting

05/30/2024

KT-621, a potent, selective, oral STAT6 degrader, demonstrated comparable or superior activity to dupilumab in preclinical studies including an asthma model shared at the ATS Annual Meeting Additional KT-621 preclinical data was also featured in a poster presentation at Digestive Disease Week KT-621 expected to start Phase 1 in the second half of 2024,with Phase…

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Carisma Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of CT-0525, a Novel HER2-Targeting CAR-Monocyte

05/29/2024

CT-0525 is the first CAR-Monocyte to be evaluated in humans in the solid tumor setting Initial data expected by year-end 2024 Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Carisma Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CARM) (“Carisma” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative immunotherapies, today announced that the…

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Fate Therapeutics Announces First Lupus Patient Treated in Phase 1 Autoimmunity Study of Off-the-shelf FT819 CAR T-cell Program

05/17/2024

Pre-treatment Sample of Patient’s Blood Showed Rapid and Potent Depletion of CD19+ B Cells in Ex Vivo Cytotoxicity Assay with FT819 Translational Data from FT819 Phase 1 B Cell Malignancies Study Support Key Therapeutic Mechanisms of Activity for B Cell-mediated Autoimmune Diseases Initial Clinical Observations of FT522 CAR NK Cell Program in Phase 1 B…

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