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Ayala Pharmaceuticals Announces Successful End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with FDA Regarding AL102 for the Treatment of Desmoid Tumors

07/19/2023

Company confirms FDA agreement on key elements of the Phase 3 segment of ongoing RINGSIDE study, including dosing regimen of 1.2mg once daily Enrollment in Phase 3 continuing as planned Excerpt from the Press Release: REHOVOT, Israel & MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQX: ADXS), a clinical-stage oncology…

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ESMO GI Data: Agenus’ Botensilimab/Balstilimab Combination Achieves Unprecedented Survival in Advanced Colorectal Cancer

07/18/2023

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…

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C4 Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational New Drug Application for CFT8919, an Orally Bioavailable BiDAC™ Degrader Targeting EGFR L858R for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

07/17/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass., July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (C4T) (Nasdaq: CCCC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing targeted protein degradation (TPD) science to develop a new generation of small-molecule medicines and transform how disease is treated, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

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Oxford BioTherapeutics brings Phase Ib trial with OBT-076 to Europe

07/14/2023

Oxford BioTherapeutics expanded its US-based trial investigating OBT-076 as monotherapy and combination treatment to European sites. Excerpt from the Press Release: UK-based oncology company Oxford BioTherapeutics has initiated a Phase Ib trial evaluating OBT-076 in patients with solid tumours at a European site. The company dosed the first patient with its CD205 targeting antibody-drug conjugate…

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Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi gets full FDA approval. Medicare coverage will likely follow

07/13/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer’s disease. The action means that Leqembi, whose generic name is lecanemab, should be widely covered by the federal Medicare health insurance program, which primarily serves adults age 65 and older. So more people who…

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Blue Lake Biotechnology Doses First Child in Clinical Trial of Novel Intranasal Vaccine Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus

07/12/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: ATHENS, Ga. and LOS GATOS, Calif., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., a clinical stage intranasal vaccine company harnessing the full breadth of the immune system to protect against serious infectious disease, announced that the first child has been dosed in its Phase 1/2a trial (NCT05655182) of…

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Zenocutuzumab (Zeno) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of NRG1+ pancreatic cancer

07/11/2023

Excerpt 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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AISA Pharma Announces Start of Phase 2b Profervia® Study for Raynaud’s Phenomenon in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)

06/30/2023

Phase 2 Data at EULAR Suggested Profervia® Treatment Might Influence Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Disease Severity Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Aisa Pharma, Inc. a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company today announced initiation of Part 2 of the RECONNOITER Phase 2 study, evaluating Profervia®, a once-daily novel, oral calcium-channel antagonist (CCB) in patients with SSc…

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Oncolytics Biotech’s® Pelareorep Selected for Inclusion in Precision PromiseSM Pivotal Phase 3 Platform Trial

06/29/2023

Adaptive clinical trial designed to accelerate registration pathways for pancreatic cancer therapies and expected to reduce cost of a Phase 3 study for pelareorep by ~50% compared to a traditional trial If successful, new clinical study expected to support approval of pelareorep in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor, gemcitabine, and nab-paclitaxel in first-line metastatic pancreatic…

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Pulmatrix Presents PUR3100 Phase 1 Data at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Headache Society

06/27/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pulmatrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: PULM), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative inhaled therapies to address serious pulmonary and central nervous system disease using its patented iSPERSE™ technology, today announced it will present data at the American Headache Society 65th Annual Meeting, being held from June…

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