Cancer Research
Preclinical findings support the advancement of BBI-825, a novel, orally available, selective inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), as a differentiated treatment approach for ecDNA-enabled oncogene or resistance gene amplified cancers, including resistance associated with treatment of KRASG12C mutant colorectal cancer (CRC) A second poster presentation reveals insight into the intrinsic genomic plasticity of extrachromosomal DNA…
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PATHFINDER Results Support Feasibility of Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Testing in Clinical Practice of Eligible Patients Accuracy of Cancer Signal Origin Prediction of MCED Testing Enabled Targeted Diagnostic Evaluations; Majority of Participants Achieved Diagnostic Resolution in Less Than Three Months Adding MCED Testing to Standard of Care Screening More Than Doubled the Number of New…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Oct. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel oncology therapies, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 1/2 dose escalation/dose expansion study of ONCT-534, the company’s dual-action androgen receptor inhibitor.…
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— Evorpacept is the first CD47 blocker to show activity in a global randomized study in solid tumors — Interim efficacy results showed the confirmed overall response rate for evorpacept combination treatment was 52% compared to 22% for control treatment Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ALX…
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OICR is hosting Jayson Pomfret as part of a unique summer internship program. Excerpt from the Press Release: Jayson Pomfret understands that meaningful cancer research happens in the community as well as at the lab bench. Pomfret is an undergraduate student in Queen’s University’s Bachelor of Health Sciences program who wants to pursue a career…
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Company to present BDTX-1535 dose escalation data in NSCLC at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference in October 2023 Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDTX), a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing therapies that target families of oncogenic mutations in patients with genetically…
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Alignment with U.S. FDA on design of Phase 2/3 registrational trial, to be initiated in 1Q 2024 Innovative study design allows for potential accelerated approval in untreated (first-line) and previously treated (second-line plus) metastatic bladder cancer Conference call and webcast today at 8 a.m. ET Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, England & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bicycle…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SHANGHAI, China and PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LianBio (Nasdaq: LIAN), a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing innovative medicines to patients in China and other major Asian markets, today announced the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 1 clinical trial of BBP-398, an investigational SHP2 inhibitor,…
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Median Overall Survival of 20.9 Months for Patients Without Active Liver Metastases Surpasses the Recently Reported 12.9-Month Benchmark with Standard of Care in this Population Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immuno-oncology leader, Agenus (Nasdaq: AGEN), shared promising data today from its Phase 1b trial on the botensilimab and balstilimab combination at a late-breaking…
Read MoreExcerpt from the Press Release: UTRECHT, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS), a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics® and Triclonics®) for cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for zenocutuzumab (Zeno) for the treatment…
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