Biopharmaceutical

Aligos Therapeutics Presents Clinical Data for its Capsid Assembly Modulator, ALG-000184, at AASLD’s The Liver Meeting® 2022

11/07/2022

Reductions in hepatitis B surface antigen levels observed in a subset of subjects with chronic hepatitis B enrolled in Phase 1 study ALG-000184-201 Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to address…

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Sciwind Biosciences Announces Positive Interim Results from Ongoing Phase 2b Clinical Trial of XW003 (Ecnoglutide) in Patients with Obesity

11/03/2022

–  Mean body weight loss of 11.1% in participants receiving once-weekly injections of 2.4 mg XW003 for 18 weeks –  88.5% and 57.7% of participants receiving 2.4 mg XW003 for 18 weeks achieved weight loss of ≥5% and ≥10%, respectively  – XW003 was safe and well tolerated, with an adverse event profile consistent with other…

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Biomea Fusion Announces First Patient Dosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in COVALENT-101 Trial

11/01/2022

COVALENT-101 now includes patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL BMF-219 is the first menin inhibitor in the clinic for CLL Preclinical data presented at ASCO 2022 demonstrated the potency of BMF-219, a covalent menin inhibitor, across varying cytogenetic risk profiles and Rai stages, indicating broad activity with over 98% cell lethality in these CLL models at…

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Neurocrine Biosciences Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Study Evaluating NBI-1117568 in Adults with Schizophrenia

11/01/2022

NBI-1117568 is an Investigational, First-in-Class, Muscarinic M4 Selective Agonist Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX), a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first patient has been randomized for its Phase 2 placebo-controlled, inpatient clinical study evaluating the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of investigational compound…

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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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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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Enrollment Completed in Phase 3 PATHFNDR-1 Study Evaluating Oral Paltusotine for the Treatment of Acromegaly

10/24/2022

Topline results for PATHFNDR-1 study expected in Q3 2023 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) today announced the completion of enrollment in the Phase 3 PATHFNDR-1 study. PATHFNDR-1 is one of two ongoing, placebo-controlled Phase 3 studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of…

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BridgeBio Pharma Presents 12-month Results from Phase 2 Study of BBP-418 in Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2i (LGMD2i)

10/20/2022

Novel assay developed to assess the extent of alpha-dystroglycan (⍺DG) glycosylation, the core pathology of LDMD2i, from muscle biopsy samples Increase in the ratio of glycosylated αDG to total αDG from baseline towards normal levels, suggesting that the investigational oral therapy, BBP-418, has the potential to address the root cause of LGMD2i Large, sustained reduction…

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Aligos Therapeutics Initiates Dosing In Healthy Volunteers With siRNA Drug Candidate ALG-125755

10/20/2022

Single ascending doses to be evaluated in healthy volunteers in Q4 2022 Single ascending doses to be evaluated in subjects with chronic hepatitis B beginning in Q1 2023 Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on…

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Lyell Immunopharma Announces FDA Clearance of its IND for LYL845, a TIL Product Candidate Enhanced with its Novel Epigenetic Reprogramming Technology for Solid Tumors

10/19/2022

Autologous TIL therapy enhanced with Lyell’s Epi-R™ reprogramming technology designed to create polyclonal T cell populations with properties of durable stemness and improved function Phase 1 trial to initially enroll patients with relapsed and/or refractory metastatic or locally advanced melanoma and subsequently expand into non-small cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer Initial data presentation expected…

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