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Atreca Announces Expansion of Preclinical Pipeline

04/12/2022

Atreca Announces Licensing Agreement with Zymeworks Atreca Declares EphA2-Targeting ADC (ATRC-301) as Clinical Candidate Virtual R&D Day scheduled for today at 4:15 p.m. EDT Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN CARLOS, Calif., April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atreca, Inc. (Atreca) (NASDAQ: BCEL), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics generated through a…

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Ocugen, Inc. Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for Gene Therapy Candidate OCU400 to Treat Inherited Retinal Degeneration

04/11/2022

Announcement marks first clinical trial in humans of Ocugen’s modifier gene therapy platform Excerpt from the Press Release: MALVERN, Pa., April 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ocugen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCGN), a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel gene therapies, biologicals and vaccines, announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 1/2…

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Anixa Biosciences Announces the Initiation of its Ovarian Cancer CAR-T Phase 1 Trial at Moffitt Cancer Center

04/11/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Anixa Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIX), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 trial evaluating its novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy in ovarian cancer. The CAR-T approach used for Anixa’s therapy…

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Sage Therapeutics Announces Presentation of Promising Results from the Phase 2 LUMINARY Study of SAGE-718 in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease

04/11/2022

Data to be Presented During the Emerging Science Session at the American Academy of Neurology’s 74th Annual Meeting The LUMINARY Study is a Phase 2, open-label study evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of SAGE-718 once daily in individuals with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease SAGE-718 demonstrated improvement across multiple…

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Relacorilant Plus Nab-Paclitaxel Extends Survival in Women with Recurrent, Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer

04/08/2022

Addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel reduces risk of death by 33 percent compared to treatment with nab-paclitaxel alone (p-value: 0.066), without increased side effects Excluding patients (i) who had not responded to even their first treatment with a platinum-based therapy (“primary platinum-refractory” patients) or (ii) who had received four or more prior lines of therapy,…

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Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Top-Line Results from CRN04777 Phase 1 Study Multiple-Ascending Dose Cohorts

04/08/2022

Results Further Support Clinical Proof-of-Concept for CRN04777 by Showing Dose-Dependent Decreases in Fasting and Sulfonylurea-Induced Insulin Secretion Management Hosting Webcast and Conference Call to Discuss Findings Today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO – March 30, 2022 – Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused…

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Oncolytics Biotech® Provides Positive Safety Update on the Third-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Cohort of its Multi-Indication Phase 1/2 Gastrointestinal Cancer Trial

04/07/2022

Independent review identified, no safety concerns in trial’s final safety run-in Cohort supported by prior clinical data showing a pelareorep-based combination driving a 90% clinical benefit rate in KRAS-mutated colorectal cancer patients Multi-indication trial being conducted in collaboration with Roche and AIO also includes pancreatic and advanced anal cancer cohorts Excerpt from the Press Release:…

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Stealth BioTherapeutics Announces New SBT-272 Data and Trial Initiation

04/07/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics Corp (Nasdaq: MITO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for diseases involving mitochondrial dysfunction, announced today the presentation of new SBT-272 preclinical data at the Mitochondrial Biochemistry in Health and Disease Symposium in Breckenridge,…

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CareDx Partners with the European Society for Organ Transplantation to Provide Clinical Evidence Supporting the Use of AlloSeq cfDNA with European Transplant Healthcare Professionals

04/06/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA) – The Transplant Company™ focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers – today announced that it is partnering with the European Society for Organ Transplantation…

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Genentech Provides Update on Phase III SKYSCRAPER-02 Study in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

04/06/2022

SKYSCRAPER-02, the first randomized study of tiragolumab in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), did not meet its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival ES-SCLC is a hard-to-treat disease and Tecentriq plus chemotherapy remains a standard of care Tiragolumab continues to be evaluated in non-small cell lung cancer and other cancer types through additional Phase III…

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