Industry News

BioFluidica Extends NIH Award through the Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Research Consortium for an At-Home Device Using Breakthrough Technology in the Fight Against COVID-19

03/30/2022

BioFluidica LiquidScan Next-Generation Testing Platform, Can Detect Diseases in 15 Minutes Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BioFluidica, a privately held biotechnology company, today announced they have been awarded a continuation grant from the Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Research Consortium (MBArC) on behalf of the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of…

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Oncolytics Biotech® Partner Adlai Nortye Advances Chinese Bridging Trial of Pelareorep-Paclitaxel Combination Treatment in Breast Cancer to Final Dosing Cohort

03/30/2022

First two cohorts indicate pelareorep in combination with paclitaxel was well-tolerated with no new safety signals observed to date Trial is designed to satisfy regulatory requirements and accelerate pelareorep’s development in large and rapidly growing pharmaceutical markets, including China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea Final cohort’s dosing regimen is equivalent to Oncolytics’ North American phase 2 trial in…

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Rani Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Study of RT-102 Oral PTH for Osteoporosis

03/30/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif., March 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (“Rani Therapeutics” or “Rani”) (Nasdaq: RANI), a clinical stage biotherapeutics company focused on the oral delivery of biologics, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 study of RT-102, an oral formulation of the human parathyroid hormone…

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PHYLEX BIOSCIENCES PUBLISHES POSITIVE RESULTS OF PROTECTION STUDY AGAINST SARS-CoV-2 DELTA VARIANT WITH ITS SECOND-GENERATION mRNA VACCINE

03/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: DEL MAR, Calif,, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic there is still a need for vaccines to effectively control the spread of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants and associated cases of severe disease. The current vaccines offer limited protection over time against the omicron variant that is now dominating…

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Thermo Fisher Scientific to Support National Program to Accelerate SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identification

03/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced its collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Initiative, Helix, and Rosalind aimed at developing a new genotyping method for SARS-CoV-2 that could speed up the identification of variants as…

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Janssen Initiates First-of-its-Kind Clinical Study to Bridge Critical Gaps in Care for People of Color with Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

03/29/2022

The only large-scale prospective study in dermatology designed to generate key disease insights among Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indigenous and other people of color Study reinforces Janssen’s commitments to inclusive clinical research and addressing health inequities Excerpt from the Press Release: HORSHAM, Pa., March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Psoriasis (PsO) can take a physical, psychological, and emotional toll…

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Alladapt Announces Initiation of Encore Open-Label Extension Study for its Harmony Phase 1/2 Study of ADP101 for Treatment of Food Allergy

03/28/2022

Harmony remains ongoing, with OLE study intended to gain insights into long-term exposure to ADP101 in qualifying patients Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif., March 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alladapt Immunotherapeutics Inc., a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing prescription therapeutics to address IgE-mediated food allergy, today announced the first patient has been…

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Soligenix COVID-19 Vaccine, CiVax™, Boosts Neutralizing Activity against SARS-CoV-2, including Delta and Omicron

03/28/2022

CiVax™ booster vaccine administered seven months after primary vaccination with COVID-19 adenovirus vaccine shows rapid enhancement of neutralizing antibody responses in non-human primates Neutralizing antibodies against Delta and original strain increased by up to 27-fold within one week and up to 243-fold within three weeks Omicron neutralizing antibody levels were undetectable prior to booster vaccination, and…

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Eiger’s Single-dose Peginterferon Lambda for COVID-19 Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or ER Visits by 50% in a Predominantly Vaccinated Population in Phase 3 TOGETHER Study

03/25/2022

Second largest study to date in COVID-19 outpatients (N=1,936) Highly superior compared to placebo, with a probability of superiority of 99.91% on the primary endpoint 60% reduced risk of COVID-19-related death Primary endpoint achieved across multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants, including omicron Eiger plans to submit data to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Management to host…

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Biological Dynamics Study Demonstrates Detection of Early-Stage Cancers

03/25/2022

In a Nature Communications Medicine publication, the Verita™ proprietary platform detected 96 percent of stage 1 pancreatic cancers and three-quarters of stage 1 ovarian cancers using isolated exosomes and AI-enabled protein marker analysis Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biological Dynamics, Inc. announces the publication of its study, Early-Stage Multi-Cancer Detection Using an Extracellular Vesicle…

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