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Scilex, a Sorrento Company, Highlights Safety Data From Phase 1 Trial of SP-104, a Proprietary Low Dose Naltrexone for Fibromyalgia

05/23/2022

SP-104 is a novel, proprietary, fixed dose, delayed burst release of low dose naltrexone hydrochloride, 4.5 mg, for treatment of fibromyalgia (FM). There is a clear medical need for new, safe and effective treatments with the potential to improve care for the estimated 10 million FM patients in the U.S. and more than 200 million worldwide Phase…

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Aileron Therapeutics Announces Late-Breaking Oral Presentation of Non-Clinical Data Demonstrating ALRN-6924 Protected Human Hair Follicles and Their Stem Cells from Chemotherapy-Induced Damage at Upcoming Society for Investigative Dermatology 2022 Annual Meeting

05/23/2022

Taxanes, such as paclitaxel and docetaxel, cause severe and often permanent chemotherapy-induced hair loss (alopecia) New non-clinical data demonstrate proof of principle that ALRN-6924 can temporarily arrest the cell cycle in human scalp hair follicles and their stem cells ALRN-6924-induced cell cycle arrest protected hair follicles from paclitaxel-induced toxicity and irreversible stem cell damage Aileron’s…

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Cue Biopharma Receives FDA Acceptance of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for CUE-102 in Wilms’ Tumor 1 (WT1) – expressing cancers

05/20/2022

Company to initiate Phase 1 dose escalation and expansion trial for the treatment of Wilms’ Tumor 1 (WT1) positive recurrent/metastatic cancers Starting dose of 1 mg/kg expected to reduce time and cost of dose escalation phase of trial, supporting development efficiency of CUE-100 series platform BOSTON, May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cue Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUE),…

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NodThera Announces Clinical Progress for Lead NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitors and Candidate Selection of Novel Brain-Penetrant Compound

05/20/2022

-Lead candidate NT-0796 achieves positive interim results from Phase 1 study, supporting further progression for the treatment of a range of inflammatory diseases- -Second lead candidate NT-0249 advances into first-in-human Phase 1 study to enable clinical development in peripheral chronic inflammatory disease- -Third candidate NT-0527 is announced as a novel brain-penetrant NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor advancing…

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Coeptis Therapeutics Enters into Exclusive Option Agreement with University of Pittsburgh for Rights to CAR-T Technologies Designed to Target Multiple Cancer Indications, Including Hematologic and Solid Tumors

05/20/2022

Option agreement comprises three technologies and associated patent portfolios Announcement marks the third strategic agreement for Coeptis this quarter designed to bolster its portfolio and complement its innovative cell therapy platforms Excerpt from the Press Release: WEXFORD, Pa., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC PINK: COEP) (“Coeptis” or “the Company”), a biopharmaceutical company developing…

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Akston Biosciences Doses First Participants in Phase II Clinical Trial for Shelf-Stable COVID-19 Booster

05/19/2022

Up to 600 volunteers will participate in an AKS-452 COVID booster study in the Netherlands to investigate boosting the immune response of those previously vaccinated with EMA-registered vaccines AKS-452 has shown the ability to successfully neutralize the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus Shelf stable at 25° Celsius (77° Fahrenheit) for at least 6 months,…

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Black Diamond Therapeutics Announces Publication of New Computational and Functional Analyses of HER2 Mutations Based on its Proprietary MAP Discovery Engine

05/19/2022

– Peer-reviewed publication highlights 22 new oncogenic HER2 driver mutations identified and experimentally validated with MAP discovery engine – Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDTX), a precision oncology medicine company pioneering the discovery and development of MasterKey therapies, today…

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C4 Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial Evaluating CFT8634, an Orally Bioavailable BiDAC™ Degrader for the Treatment of Synovial Sarcoma and SMARCB1-null Tumors

05/19/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass., May 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (C4T) (Nasdaq: CCCC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing targeted protein degradation science to develop a new generation of small-molecule medicines and transform how disease is treated, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in its…

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Elicio Therapeutics Announces Clinical Supply Agreement with Regeneron to Evaluate ELI-002 in Combination with Libtayo® (cemiplimab) in KRAS-Driven Tumors

05/18/2022

The ELI-002 and Libtayo® combination will be studied in KRAS-driven tumors including Stage III and IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) and unresectable, locally advanced or oligometastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, May 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Elicio Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline…

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NGM Bio Announces Initiation of Phase 1/1b Clinical Study of NGM438 for the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

05/18/2022

–Dose-escalation and dose-expansion trial will evaluate the potential of NGM438, a LAIR1 antagonist antibody product candidate, as a monotherapy and in combination with KEYTRUDA®— –All three of NGM Bio’s wholly-owned myeloid reprogramming product candidates –NGM707, a dual ILT2/ILT4 antagonist antibody product candidate, NGM831, an ILT3 antagonist antibody, and NGM438 – are now in the clinic–…

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