Biopharmaceutical

Belite Bio Submits Investigational New Drug (IND) Application to FDA for Approval to Proceed with LBS-008 Phase 3 Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Stargardt Disease

08/02/2022

LBS-008 (a/k/a Tinlarebant) is the Company’s orally administered tablet for the treatment of Stargardt disease (STGD1) There are currently no approved treatments for STGD1 Approximately 30,000 patients in the U.S. suffer from STGD1 A 2-year Phase 2 trial in adolescent STGD1 and a global Phase 3 trial in adolescent STGD1 are ongoing The Phase 3,…

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HyBryte™ Phase 3 FLASH Study for the Treatment of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Published in JAMA Dermatology

08/01/2022

Published findings demonstrate that HyBryte™ treatment statistically significantly reduced CTCL lesion size HyBryte™ has potential to address a critical gap in treatment of early-stage CTCL Excerpt from the Press Release: PRINCETON, N.J., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Soligenix, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where…

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Bristol Myers Squibb Teams Up with Jack and Jill of America Inc. to Expand Tomorrow’s Innovators Program to Increase Black Representation in the Healthcare Industry

08/01/2022

Collaboration to kick off at “The Power of a Dream” National Convention in Orlando, Fla. to bridge professional diversity gaps to emphasize importance of health equity for communities of color Excerpt from the Press Release: PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bristol Myers Squibb NYSE (BMY) announced the first biopharma three-year exclusive collaboration with the premier African American Family Organization,…

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MediciNova Initiates Clinical Evaluation of a New Parenteral Formulation of MN-166 (ibudilast)

07/27/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: LA JOLLA, Calif., July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced the initiation of a first-in-human clinical study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of…

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DICE Therapeutics Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Lead Oral IL-17 Antagonist, DC-806, for the Treatment of Psoriasis

07/27/2022

Topline proof-of-concept data in healthy volunteers and psoriasis patients expected in 2H 2022 Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DICE Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: DICE), a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary technology platform to build a pipeline of novel oral therapeutic candidates to treat chronic diseases in…

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Revelation Biosciences Inc. Completes Database Lock for its Phase 1b CLEAR Clinical Study of REVTx-99b for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis

07/26/2022

-Topline Data expected in the last week of July- Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Revelation Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: REVB) (the “Company” or “Revelation”), a clinical-stage life sciences company that is focused on the development of immunologic‑based therapies for the prevention and treatment of disease, today announced data…

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Oncternal Therapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration to Advance Zilovertamab Phase 3 Study in combination with Ibrutinib for Patients with MCL

07/20/2022

Clinical trial collaboration supports global registrational Phase 3 study ZILO-301, to treat patients with relapsed or refractory MCL with zilovertamab plus ibrutinib Agreement is supportive of the planned initiation of ZILO-301 in Q3 2022 and will also supply ibrutinib for the open-label companion study ZILO-302 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2022…

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Inmagene and HUTCHMED Announce First Participants in Global Phase I Trial of IMG-007

07/18/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO and HONG KONG and SYDNEY, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals (“Inmagene“) and HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED“) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) announces today that the first participant, based in Australia, was dosed in a global Phase I trial of IMG-007, an investigational OX40 antagonistic monoclonal antibody. The Phase I study…

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Homology Medicines Announces Peer-Reviewed Publication on Novel Discovery of AAVHSC with Robust Distribution to the Central Nervous System and Peripheral Organs with Low Affinity for the Liver

07/15/2022

AAVHSC16 Biodistribution Properties in Preclinical Models Demonstrated Potential for Systemic Delivery of Genetic Medicines to Brain, Heart and Muscle Excerpt from the Press Release: BEDFORD, Mass., July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Homology Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIXX), a genetic medicines company, announced today the peer-reviewed publication of data showing that AAVHSC16, one of the capsids…

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Innovent Announces First Patient Dosed in a Phase 2 Clinical study of IBI112 (IL-23p19 Monoclonal Antibody) in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Active Ulcerative Colitis

07/15/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China  , July 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Innovent Biologics, Inc. (“Innovent”) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announced that the first patient with moderate-to-severe active ulcerative colitis…

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