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Kymera Therapeutics Doses First Patients in Phase 1 Oncology Trials of STAT3 and IRAKIMiD Degraders KT-333 and KT-413

06/22/2022

KT-333 is a first-in-class heterobifunctional degrader of the transcriptional regulator STAT3 in development for T cell malignancies and solid tumors KT-413 is a first-in-class degrader of IRAK4 and the IMiD substrates Ikaros and Aiolos in development for MYD88-mutant B cell lymphomas  Initial safety and proof-of-mechanism clinical data for both programs to be shared in second…

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Omega Therapeutics Announces Submission of Investigational New Drug Application for OTX-2002, an Omega Epigenomic Controller, for MYC Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma

06/22/2022

Investigational New Drug Application Submitted by Omega Represents the First Epigenomic Controller in a New Class of Programmable mRNA Therapeutics Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMGA) (“Omega”) today announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug…

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NEUSPERA MEDICAL® ANNOUNCES SECOND PHASE OF SANS-UUI IDE CLINICAL TRIAL WITH THE NUVELLA™ SYSTEM

06/22/2022

Pivotal trial to study the safety and efficacy of sacral nerve stimulation in patients with urinary urgency incontinence symptoms Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Neuspera® Medical, a medical device company developing implantable devices for patients battling chronic illnesses, today announced it will begin enrollment in its pivotal clinical trial…

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HUYABIO INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES INITIATION OF HBI-3000 PHASE 2 TRIAL

06/21/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — HUYABIO International today announced that the first three patients had been dosed in an ongoing Phase 2 study of HUYABIO’s novel drug for pharmacological cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF). Dr. Mireille Gillings, President, CEO & Executive Chair, said, “We are excited to proceed with…

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Research suggests specialized brain imaging can unveil mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease, other disorders

06/21/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, one of the major causes of dependency and disability in older adults. Though advances have been made in understanding the harrowing brain disease, diagnostic tests are currently limited and there are no treatments. Now, a uOttawa Faculty of Medicine assistant professor and a…

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Entrepreneurial spirit shines brightly for young CEO helping people with limited mobility in their hands

06/21/2022

At 22, with her degree from McMaster’s program in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences in hand, Lianna Genovese already holds two patents in the United States and Canada, as well as four trademarks. Excerpt from the Press Release: Passion, drive and a good idea turned Lianna Genovese into a corporate entrepreneur long before she…

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Agilent Leverages NVIDIA and AWS Technology to Improve Analysis Speeds of Genomics Bioinformatics Pipelines

06/20/2022

Cloud-native Alissa data analysis SaaS platform empowers clinical labs and researchers to scale operations with parallel analysis of genomic data Excerpt from the Press Release: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in genomics technology, today announced it will use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G5g instances powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

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Passage Bio Receives FDA Clearance of IND Application for PBML04 for Treatment of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

06/20/2022

• PBML04 represents the company’s fourth program to receive IND clearance Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Passage Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PASG), a clinical-stage genetic medicines company focused on developing transformative therapies for central nervous system disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared…

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Immunome Announces Initiation of Phase 1b Study of IMM-BCP-01 for the Treatment of COVID-19

06/20/2022

First study subject has been dosed in a single dose/dose escalation study of recently diagnosed COVID-19 patients Study will evaluate safety as the primary end point with pharmacokinetics (PK) and virology as secondary assessments Excerpt from the Press Release: EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immunome, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMNM), a biopharmaceutical company that utilizes its human memory B cell…

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ORYZON Announces FDA Orphan Drug Designation Granted to Iadademstat for Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer

06/17/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: Now has orphan drug designation for SCLC and AML MADRID, Spain and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oryzon Genomics, S.A. (ISIN Code: ES0167733015, ORY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases with strong unmet medical need, announced today that the U.S. Food and…

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