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EPIC SCIENCES AND FULGENT GENETICS COLLABORATE TO DELIVER DefineMBC™ RESULTS FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER PATIENTS

03/01/2022

Epic Sciences scales its workflow for ctDNA testing with Next Generation Sequencing Leader Fulgent Fulgent Genetics’ expertise in high-volume testing powers Epic’s Comprehensive Cancer Profiling Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ –Epic Sciences, Inc. today announced it has partnered with Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ:FLGT) to deliver DefineMBC comprehensive profiling results for metastatic breast…

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Pliant Therapeutics Announces Positive DSMB Safety Review and Commencement of Enrollment of Phase 2a Trial of PLN-74809 at 320 mg Dose in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

03/01/2022

Recent independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) review recommended the INTEGRIS-IPF Phase 2a trial continue without modification and proceed to evaluate dosing at 320mg Trial initiation follows the FDA authorization of evaluation of long-term dosing of PLN-74809 at doses up to 320 mg in IPF patients Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb.…

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Long-Term Follow-Up Data Reinforce Continued Overall Survival Benefit of BAVENCIO® (avelumab) First-Line Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

02/28/2022

38-month median follow-up data from the Phase III JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial demonstrated prolonged median OS of 23.8 months with BAVENCIO plus best supportive care (BSC) in the first-line maintenance setting versus a median OS of 15.0 months with BSC alone BAVENCIO continues to be the first and only immunotherapy to improve survival in the…

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Celsion Reports Data Safety Monitoring Board Unanimous Recommendation to Continue Dosing Patients in the Phase II Portion of the OVATION 2 Study with GEN-1 in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

02/25/2022

OVATION 2 Study is Over 75% Enrolled; Full Enrollment Expected by Mid-2022 Novel Gene-Mediated Immunotherapy is Safe and Demonstrates an Acceptable Risk/Benefit When Administered Over a Six-Month Period Excerpt from the Press Release: LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN), a clinical-stage company focused on DNA-based immunotherapy and next-generation vaccines, today announced that following a pre-planned interim safety review of 81 as treated patients…

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PureTech Founded Entity Akili Announces PLOS ONE Publication of Clinical Study Results and EEG Data Showing Akili Digital Therapeutic EndeavorRx® Activates Systems in Brain Key to Attentional Functioning

02/25/2022

Electroencephalography data (EEG) demonstrate enhancement of brain activity specific to attention function in children 8-12 with ADHD following AKL-T01 (EndeavorRx) treatment Data show correlation between targeted activity in the brain and objective improvements in attention function Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC) (“PureTech” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics…

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication in The New England Journal of Medicine of Data from the Phase 2a Human Challenge Study of EDP-938 for the Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

02/25/2022

EDP-938 is Currently Being Evaluated in Phase 2 Studies in Pediatric Patients and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients With RSV On Track to Report Topline Data from RSVP, a Phase 2b Study in Adults with Community-Acquired RSV Infection, in the Second Quarter of 2022 Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTA),…

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Evelo Biosciences Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 2 Trial of EDP1815 in Atopic Dermatitis

02/24/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:EVLO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing SINTAX™ medicines as a new modality of orally delivered treatments for inflammatory disease, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in EDP1815-207, its Phase 2 randomized clinical trial of EDP1815…

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Neumora Expands Precision Neuroscience Pipeline with Novel M4 Receptor Modulator Program Through Exclusive License Agreement with Vanderbilt University

02/24/2022

Neumora to develop and commercialize M4-selective muscarinic receptor positive allosteric modulator program for schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders Neumora gains two novel series of M4 receptor modulator compounds in late preclinical development Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. (Neumora), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering precision medicines for brain diseases through the…

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Spero Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 1 Bronchoalveolar Lavage Clinical Trial of SPR206, A Novel Intravenous Next Generation Polymyxin Antibiotic for the Treatment of Multi-drug Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in the Hospital Setting

02/22/2022

SPR206 shown to be well-tolerated; achieved lung exposures consistent with predicted therapeutic levels, when administered three times daily at 100 mg Results support further development of SPR206 in the setting of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO), today announced…

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Doses First Subject in a Phase 1 Clinical Study of EDP-235, its Oral 3CL Protease Inhibitor Specifically Designed for the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19

02/22/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, today announced that it has dosed the first subject in its Phase 1 clinical trial of EDP-235, a coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitor (also known as the main coronavirus…

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