Biopharmaceutical

Wave Life Sciences Highlights Therapeutic Potential for WVE-006 for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Progress Bringing RNA Editing to the Clinic During Analyst and Investor Event

10/06/2022

WVE-006 is the most advanced candidate for AATD designed to restore functional wild-type AAT protein and reduce Z-AAT protein aggregation with potential for disease modification in both lung and liver phenotypes IND-enabling activities for WVE-006 are underway and Wave expects to submit clinical trial applications for WVE-006 in 2023 Wave is also pioneering new therapeutic…

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MEI Pharma Announces Changes to Board of Directors

10/03/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MEI Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP), a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on advancing new therapies for cancer, today announced that Christine A. White, M.D., has decided to retire and thus does not intend to stand for reelection at the Company’s fiscal year 2023 annual meeting of stockholders after a…

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TRACON Pharmaceuticals Announces Submission of IND Application for CTLA-4 Antibody YH001 for the Treatment of Front-line Sarcoma Patients in Combination with Envafolimab

09/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing a cost-efficient, CRO-independent product development platform to advance its pipeline of novel targeted cancer therapeutics and to partner with other life science companies, today announced that the company submitted an Investigational…

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Neurona Therapeutics Presents Clinical Case Study from First Human Trial of Regenerative Cell Therapy, NRTX-1001, in Adults with Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy

09/28/2022

Clinical assessments three-months post-treatment report no serious adverse events and reduced seizure frequency to date in first trial participant Data Safety Monitoring Board clears advancement of trial to continue enrollment Pioneering cell therapy approach could provide a disease-modifying treatment for drug-resistant focal epilepsy Data presented at ISSCR-ASGCT Conference: Emerging Therapies at the Intersection of Genetic…

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ABVC BioPharma Provides ADHD Phase II Part 2 Clinical Study Update and Announces UCSF Institutional Review Board Approval

09/28/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: FREEMONT, CA, Sept. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — ABVC Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABVC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic solutions in oncology/hematology, CNS, and ophthalmology, today announced enrollment progress in the Phase II Part 2 clinical study of the Company’s ADHD medicine, ABV-1505, currently being conducted at…

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Sagimet Biosciences Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in Phase 2b ‘FASCINATE-2’ Clinical Trial with Denifanstat (TVB-2640), a First-in-Class Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor, in Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis

09/27/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sagimet Biosciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics targeting dysfunctional metabolic pathways, announced today that it has completed enrollment of its Phase 2b liver biopsy-based clinical trial (“FASCINATE-2”) with denifanstat, a fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitor, in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients. “Completing patient enrollment in the…

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Nura Bio Reports Preclinical Data Validating a Conserved Mechanism of Inhibition of NAD Hydrolases Implicated in Neurodegeneration in Neuron

09/26/2022

– Potent, uncompetitive inhibitors of the pro-degenerative NADase SARM1 reported – Molecular basis of product-assisted inhibition of NAD hydrolases like SARM1 and CD38 that have been implicated in neurological diseases elucidated – Research supports Nura Bio’s goal of entering First-in-Human trials with oral, brain-penetrant SARM1 inhibitors in early 2023 Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH…

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Mereo BioPharma Reports Clinical Update and Interim Biomarker Analysis Presented at ESMO 2022 from ACTIVATE Phase 1b/2 Open Label Study of Etigilimab (Anti-TIGIT Antibody MPH-313) plus Nivolumab (Anti-PD-1 Antibody) in Solid Tumors

09/26/2022

Data support further evaluation of PVR, CD226, and TIGIT as potential biomarkers of enrichment for etigilimab plus anti-PD1 therapy Continued clinical benefit observed with the combination of etigilimab and nivolumab, including in PD-L1 negative or low subjects Excerpt from the Press Release: LONDON and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mereo BioPharma…

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BioJiva Reports Results of Pilot Phase 2 Clinical Trial of RT001 in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

09/23/2022

Signals of Clinical Benefit Detected in Small Phase 2 Study, Suggesting Potential to Show Statistically Significant Therapeutic Benefit in Larger, Targeted Trial Consistent Benefit vs. Placebo in Primary and Secondary Endpoints, With Greater Benefit Witnessed in More Severe Patients Excerpt from the Press Release: LOS ALTOS, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioJiva, a…

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Sorrento Announces the Publication in the Nature Journal Scientific Reports the Details of the Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies from the G-MAB Library

09/21/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Sept. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”) today announced publication of peer-reviewed data detailing the discovery and preclinical profiling of antibodies from the Sorrento G-MAB™ library with neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro and in vivo in Scientific Reports, a Nature portfolio journal. About Sorrento…

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