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Excerpt from the Press Release “CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oncorus, Inc., a viral immunotherapies company focused on driving innovation to transform outcomes for cancer patients, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 study of its lead product candidate, ONCR-177, an intratumorally administered oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus (oHSV) viral immunotherapy being developed for multiple solid tumor…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: “SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced the initiation of the GUARDS-1 Study, a Phase 2 clinical study…
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Excerpt from the press release: “SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Centivax Inc, the therapeutics spinout of Contract Research Organization Distributed Bio Inc, announced today that their antibody therapeutic protects hamsters from SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19-causing coronavirus. Confirmed simultaneously at two independent national laboratories, these results provide critical support for the antibody to move to clinical studies to…
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Excerpt from the article: “An aerosol-based drug treatment could drastically reduce the number of new coronavirus patients dying from the disease or requiring intensive care, according to preliminary results released by a British biotech firm. In a randomised trial of 100 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, those who received an inhaled formula of the…
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Excerpt from the article: “GENEVA and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and Cepheid, Inc, announced today the launch of the new Xpert® MTB/XDR* test, which enables expanded drug-resistance tuberculosis (TB) profiling in less than 90 minutes. Xpert MTB/XDR can be used to empower clinicians to quickly prescribe…
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Excerpt from the press release: MALVERN, Pa. & SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 16, 2020– PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHAS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for cardiopulmonary diseases, today announced that it has dosed the first patient in VANGARD, a potentially pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate PB1046…
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Excerpt from the article: “A laboratory study determined that asthma drug salbutamol can help prevent the formation of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Since this was still a lab study, scientists wanted to take the next step of testing the drug in animal models. Brains of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease show plaques between the…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: “LA JOLLA, Calif., July 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — INmune Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: INMB) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage immunology company focused on developing treatments that harness a patient’s innate immune system to fight disease, today reported clinical data demonstrating that its lead drug candidate, XPro1595, decreases neuroinflammation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: “BOSTON & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pear Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the first participant enrolled in an open-label, decentralized clinical trial (called the DREAM study) evaluating Somryst™, an FDA-authorized prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) for the treatment of chronic insomnia. The DREAM study will enroll approximately 350 adults in the United States with…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: “LA JOLLA, Calif., July 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Equillium, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing itolizumab to treat severe autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, today announced that as reported by its partner, Biocon Limited, a clinical trial conducted in India by Biocon demonstrated that itolizumab significantly reduced mortality…
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