Biotechnology

AstraZeneca Aims to Redefine Liver, Biliary Tract and Prostate Cancer Treatment With Practice-Changing IMFINZI® (durvalumab) and LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Data at ASCO GI and GU

01/20/2022

IMFINZI combinations show meaningful overall survival in liver and biliary tract cancers LYNPARZA combined with abiraterone will demonstrate clinical benefit regardless of biomarker status in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AstraZeneca will present new data in liver, biliary tract and prostate cancers illustrating its ambition to revolutionize cancer care…

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Rubius Therapeutics Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 1/2 Trial of RTX-224, a Broad Immune Agonist, for the Treatment of Certain Solid Tumors

01/20/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RUBY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is biologically engineering red blood cells to create an entirely new class of cellular medicines called Red Cell Therapeutics™ for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced that the first…

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Vir Biotechnology Launches New Antibody Research Initiative Aimed at a Functional Cure for HIV and Prevention of Malaria

01/19/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: – New commitment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports the development of Vir’s novel “vaccinal antibody” technology as another important step in the fight to address global infectious diseases – SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced an expansion of its partnership…

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Gritstone Announces First Patient Enrolled for Phase 2/3 Trial Evaluating Individualized Neoantigen Vaccine GRANITE for First Line (1L) Maintenance Treatment of Metastatic, Microsatellite-Stable Colorectal Cancer (MSS-CRC)

01/18/2022

— Phase 2/3 GRANITE-CRC-1L trial has registrational intent — — Updated data from Phase 1/2 trial in end-stage metastatic MSS-CRC further support the association of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) reduction with extended overall survival — — GRANITE has received Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of MSS-CRC –…

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BridgeBio Announces Clinical Collaboration with Amgen to Study BBP-398, a Potentially Best-in-class SHP2 Inhibitor, in Combination with LUMAKRAS® (sotorasib) in Advanced Solid Tumors with the KRAS G12C Mutation

01/18/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: – First clinical combination study of BBP-398 and LUMAKRAS set to evaluate safety and preliminary efficacy in solid tumors with the KRAS G12C mutation PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (BridgeBio), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers, today…

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BlueRock Therapeutics Announces Closeout of First Cohort in Phase 1 Trial in Patients with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

01/14/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BlueRock Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced the closeout of the first of two cohorts in its ongoing Phase 1 (Ph1), open-label trial of pluripotent stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease. The purpose of the Ph1 clinical trial…

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Biomea Fusion Releases Pre-Clinical Data with BMF-219 in Diabetes

01/13/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biomea Fusion, Inc. (“Biomea”) (Nasdaq: BMEA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of irreversible small molecules to treat and improve the lives of patients with genetically defined cancers and metabolic diseases, announced today that BMF-219 displayed remarkable…

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Bolt Biotherapeutics Doses First Patient with BDC-1001 in Combination with OPDIVO® (nivolumab) in Ongoing Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for the Treatment of HER2-Expressing Solid Tumors

01/13/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOLT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new class of immuno-oncology agents that combine the targeting precision of antibodies with the power of both the innate and adaptive immune systems, today announced that the first patient has…

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Allarity Therapeutics and Oncoheroes Biosciences Sign Agreements to Advance Pediatric Cancer Development of Dovitinib and Stenoparib

01/10/2022

Oncoheroes will fund and advance the clinical development of both dovitinib and stenoparib in pediatric cancers, utilizing Allarity’s DRP® companion diagnostics Allarity has submitted a new drug application (NDA) for the U.S. approval of dovitinib in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) together with the Dovitinib-DRP® companion diagnostic Excerpt from the Press Release: Cambridge, MA U.S.A. (January 3, 2022) — Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALLR) (“Allarity” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncology therapeutics…

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TCR² Therapeutics and Arbor Biotechnologies Establish Collaboration to Advance Allogeneic TRuC-T Cell Therapies

01/07/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: TCRR), a clinical-stage cell therapy company with a pipeline of novel T cell therapies for cancer patients suffering from solid tumors, and Arbor Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company discovering and developing the next generation of genetic medicines, today announced…

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