Biotechnology

Attovia Therapeutics Announces First Participant Dosed in First-in-Human Phase 1 Study of ATTO-1310, its Novel Half-life Extended Anti-IL-31 ATTOBODY for the Treatment of Chronic Pruritus

01/31/2025

ATTO-1310 offers a potential treatment for pruritic indications like CPUO where no approved treatments exist, and the potential for best-in-disease efficacy across pruritic conditions First drug candidate to enter the clinic that utilizes the company’s proprietary ATTOBODY platform, which offers best-in-class potency and unconstrained engineering potential Excerpt from the Press Release: FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 23,…

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Aro Biotherapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 1b Trial of ABX1100 in Late-Onset Pompe Disease (LOPD)

01/29/2025

Trial aims to establish safety and provide proof of concept for GYS1 inhibition as promising new treatment strategy in patients with late-onset Pompe disease Dosing milestone extends momentum of ABX1100 development program, with data from normal healthy volunteers to be presented at WORLDSymposium™ in February Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aro Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage…

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Regulatory Approval Clears Path for Oncolytics Biotech® to Advance Promising Pancreatic Cancer Treatment, Following a Review of Safety Data

01/24/2025

New pancreatic cancer cohort moves forward with full enrollment of 30 patients in Stage 1 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO and CALGARY, AB, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC), a leading clinical-stage company specializing in immunotherapy for oncology, today announced that Germany’s medical regulatory body, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute (PEI), has approved the continuation of patient enrollment…

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Palisade Bio Completes All Five SAD Cohorts and Advances to MAD Cohorts of Phase 1a/b Study of PALI-2108 for Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

01/23/2025

Company on track to report topline data in first half of 2025 Positive preliminary data from all five single ascending dose (SAD) cohorts ranging from 15mg to 450mg support safety and tolerability of PALI-2108 Continued progress toward Phase 1b/2a of PALI-2108 trial for the treatment of UC Excerpt from the Press Release: Carlsbad, CA, Jan. 16,…

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Avacta Announces Positive New Data from the AVA6000 Phase 1 trial Demonstrating Clinically Meaningful Tumor Shrinkage in Patients with Salivary Gland Cancers

01/21/2025

Meaningful tumor shrinkage observed in five out of 10 patients with partial and minor responses and 90% disease control rate in patients with salivary gland cancers Phase 1b expansion cohorts screening patients in triple negative breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma and salivary gland cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16, 2025…

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Tyra Biosciences Receives IND Clearance from FDA to Proceed with Phase 2 Study of TYRA-300 in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (SURF302)

01/16/2025

-TYRA appoints urologic oncologist, Erik Goluboff, M.D., as SVP, Clinical Development to lead NMIBC- Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Tyra Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: TYRA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation precision medicines that target large opportunities in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) biology, announced today that…

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Marea Therapeutics Provides Update on Corporate Progress Including Positive Topline Results from Phase 2a Clinical Trial of MAR001 for Cardiovascular Disease and Disclosure of Second Lead Pipeline Program for the Treatment of Acromegaly

01/14/2025

Positive topline results from Phase 2a study of MAR001 demonstrate clinically meaningful reductions in remnant cholesterol and triglycerides; Phase 2b study expected to initiate in First Half 2025 Second Lead Program announced, MAR002, a growth hormone receptor (GHR) antagonist for the treatment of acromegaly; Phase 1 study expected to initiate in Second Half 2025 Marea…

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Foghorn Therapeutics Provides Update on FHD-286 Clinical Development Program and Strategic Priorities

12/31/2024

Objective clinical responses by standard response criteria observed in Phase 1 dose escalation trial for FHD-286 in combination with decitabine in patients with relapsed and/or refractory AML; efficacy threshold not achieved to support continued development by Foghorn alone Company to prioritize investment into proprietary pipeline and Lilly collaboration programs, including the clinical-stage selective SMARCA2 (BRM)…

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Senti Bio Announces First Patient Dosed in Clinical Trial of SN301A in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Collaboration with Celest Therapeutics

12/30/2024

Dose-finding clinical trial in China designed to evaluate safety and preliminary anti-tumor activity of SN301A (SENTI-301A manufactured in China) in hepatocellular carcinoma (“HCC”) Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Senti Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNTI) (“Senti Bio”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation cell and gene therapies using…

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Biomea Fusion Announces Positive Topline Results from Ongoing Phase II COVALENT-111 Study in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

12/24/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biomea Fusion, Inc. (“Biomea” or “Biomea Fusion” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: BMEA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing oral covalent small molecules to improve the lives of patients with diabetes, obesity, and genetically defined cancers, today announced positive…

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