Biopharmaceutical

Vistagen Announces Closing of Pherin Pharmaceuticals Acquisition

02/10/2023

Acquisition eliminates all future royalty payment obligations for PH94B and PH10 and expands Vistagen’s pipeline Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vistagen (Nasdaq: VTGN), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the treatment landscape for individuals living with anxiety, depression, and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced the closing…

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4D Molecular Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for 4D-150 Genetic Medicine for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema

02/07/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 4D Molecular Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FDMT, “4DMT”), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company harnessing the power of directed evolution for targeted genetic medicines, announced FDA clearance of the Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for 4D-150, an R100 vector-based intravitreal genetic medicine, for the treatment of patients…

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Mersana Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Trial of XMT-2056 in HER2-Expressing Tumors

02/06/2023

First Immunosynthen ADC product candidate enters the clinic Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced the initiation of…

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Denali Therapeutics Announces Achievement of RIPK1 Milestone for Phase 2 Clinical Trial Initiation in Multiple Sclerosis by Sanofi

02/03/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Denali Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of product candidates engineered to cross the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and lysosomal storage diseases, today announced that its partner Sanofi has commenced dosing…

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Centessa Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of LB101, First LockBody® Candidate, for Solid Tumors

01/30/2023

LB101 is a conditionally tetravalent PD-L1xCD47 LockBody bispecific monoclonal antibody being developed for solid tumors Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON and LONDON, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are transformational for patients, today announced that it has received…

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Zenas BioPharma Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 Clinical Study of Obexelimab for the Treatment of Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD)

01/27/2023

Global Phase 3 INDIGO study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of obexelimab in patients with IgG4-RD, a chronic and serious fibroinflammatory disease typically affecting multiple organs IgG4-RD is the first of several potential disease indications to be pursued for obexelimab given its unique non-depleting, B-cell inhibition Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass., Jan.…

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Scipher Medicine Acquires CrossBridge and its SaaS Platform to Collect and Map Patient Molecular, Outcomes and Claims Data in Real Time

01/26/2023

First-of-its-kind technology stack in autoimmune diseases. Provides unprecedented insights into optimal patient treatment pathway. Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass. (January 10, 2023) – ScipherMedicine, a precision immunology company matching each patient with their most effective therapy, has acquired Philadelphia-based data, analytics, and software company CrossBridge to bolster its data and analytics capabilities. The…

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Bio4t2 announces first patient infused with CAR-T targeting solid tumors

01/26/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Bio4t2 dosed the first patient with T cells bearing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that targets overexpression of BT-001 antigen present on various types of solid tumors. The CAR-T (B4t2-001) was developed from Bio4t2’s PrismCore™ platform. “This first-in-human study marks the initial therapeutic to…

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ORYZON Announces First Patient In in NET, a Collaborative Phase II Basket Study With Iadademstat in R/R Patients With Neuroendocrine Carcinomas

01/25/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: MADRID, Spain and BOSTON, Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oryzon Genomics, S.A. (ISIN Code: ES0167733015, ORY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases with strong unmet medical need, announced today the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase II collaborative study with iadademstat in…

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IntraOp and Vanderbilt University Medical Center Announce First Patient Treated for Pancreatic Cancer Using Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy With Electrons

01/24/2023

IntraOp MobetronProves An Effective Tool In This First-Time Pancreatic Treatment at VUMC Excerpt from the Press Release: SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IntraOp Medical Corporation announced today that doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) treated a pancreatic cancer patient using IntraOp® Mobetron® Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy (IORT). Based in Nashville, Tennessee, and serving the southeast region of the…

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