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Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verastem, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSTM) (also known as Verastem Oncology), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients battling cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for the combination of its investigational RAF/MEK inhibitor VS-6766, with defactinib, its FAK inhibitor, for…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspirMed Inc., a subsidiary of TLC (Nasdaq: TLC, TWO: 4152) that specializes in the development of proprietary inhalable liposome formulation programs, recently presented data on the potential advantages of inhalable liposome formulations of antiviral drugs at the 23rd International Society…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWTOWN, Pa., May 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel products for patients with cancer, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the U.S. Phase 1 clinical trial of ON 123300, the Company’s proprietary, novel…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Leap Therapeutics (Nasdaq: LPTX), a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics, andFlagship Biosciences, the leader in data-centric pathology and tissue analysis, today announced that they have developed an image analysis RNAscope® assay that is being used successfully for prospective patient enrollment in a clinical trial.…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gemini Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMTX), a clinical stage precision medicine company developing innovative treatments for genetically-defined age-related macular degeneration (AMD), today announced the completion of enrollment in its Phase 2a trial advancing GEM103 as a potential add-on therapy for patients suffering from wet AMD and requiring continued anti-vascular…
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Excerpt from the Article: Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have begun a pilot clinical trial to test the efficacy of using ultrasound to stimulate the spleen and reduce COVID-19-related inflammation, decreasing the length of hospital stays. “It’s a pilot study to evaluate whether ultrasound stimulation focused on the spleen can…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer, today announced encouraging interim Phase 1 data from the Company’s off-the-shelf, iPSC-derived natural killer (NK) cell programs in relapsed / refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The ongoing…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: Computer program can accurately predict 80 percent of cases where COVID-19 patients will develop life-threatening conditions within four days. Chest X-rays aren’t just for diagnosing COVID-19. Newly published research now shows that these images can be part of a system that accurately predicts which patients will develop life-threatening conditions within…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN CARLOS, Calif., May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a late-stage biotechnology company developing novel T cell-based cancer immunotherapies (tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, TIL, and peripheral-blood lymphocyte, PBL), today announced that the Journal of Clinical Oncology has published a manuscript of clinical data for Cohort 2 in the C-144-01…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: WALNUT CREEK, CA and LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / May 3, 2021 / Vivacitas Oncology, Inc. (“Vivacitas” or the “Company“), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on tough to treat cancers, and Image Analysis Group (“IAG”), a leading global medical imaging company, are collaborating to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and…
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