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Dasa expands partnership with SOPHiA GENETICS for the first decentralized cancer biomarker detection solution in Latin America

09/02/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SÃO PAULO, Brazil and BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dasa, the largest integrated healthcare network in Brazil, has chosen to expand upon its partnership with SOPHiA GENETICS SA (Nasdaq: SOPH) to offer the first decentralized HRD (Homologous recombination deficiency) analytics solution in Latin America. HRD is a complex biomarker, important for PARP inhibitors, that helps identify whether…

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Velico Medical achieves two significant milestones in developing spray dried plasma for lifesaving point-of-care transfusions

09/01/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Velico Medical, an organization that is pioneering lifesaving innovation in transfusion medicine, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the company to proceed with a Phase-I (human) clinical study for its proprietary FrontlineODP™(On Demand Plasma) system for spray…

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Immunocore Announces that U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency accept Biologics License Application and Marketing Authorization Application for Tebentafusp in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

09/01/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: (OXFORDSHIRE, England & CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn. & ROCKVILLE, Md., US, August 24, 2021) Immunocore Holdings Plc (Nasdaq: IMCR), a late-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel class of T cell receptor (TCR) bispecific immunotherapies designed to treat a broad range of diseases, including cancer, infectious and autoimmune disease, today announces that…

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Agilent Companion Diagnostic Expands CE-IVD Mark in Europe to Include Esophageal Cancer

09/01/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the company’s PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay has expanded its use in Europe. The assay is now CE-IVD marked for use as an aid in identifying esophageal cancer patients for treatment with KEYTRUDA using Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥ 10.1 In Europe, KEYTRUDA…

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Editas Medicine Presents Data on New SLEEK Gene Editing Technology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Genome Engineering: CRISPR Frontiers Meeting

08/31/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a leading genome editing company, today announced data on a new gene editing technology termed SLEEK (SeLection by Essential-gene Exon Knock-in). The Company reported these data in an oral presentation at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Genome Engineering: CRISPR Frontiers meeting, being…

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KalVista Pharmaceuticals Provides Progress Update on Phase 2 Clinical Trial of KVD824 for Oral Prophylactic Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema

08/31/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SALISBURY, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KALV), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule protease inhibitors, today provided an update on clinical trial progress for KVD824 in development for oral prophylactic treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE). “Over the past…

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Mycrodose Therapeutics Receives US DEA Schedule I License to Research Four (4) Psychedelic Compounds

08/31/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Mycrodose Therapeutics is pleased to announce that the company has been approved by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), State of California Attorney General’s Research Advisory Board, and The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to research four (4) psychedelic compounds at their San Diego, California laboratory. The company’s Schedule…

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Spike Protein’s RBD Leaps Out of the Gate

08/30/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: If you thought you were familiar with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, think again. According to a new study, the spike protein has a secret feature—a starting gate. It consists of glycans. When the gate is closed, the spike protein’s receptor binding domain (RBD) stays hidden, safe from the prying eyes…

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NGM Bio Discloses Fourth Oncology Development Candidate, NGM831, an ILT3 Antagonist Antibody, Coinciding with Publication in Cancer Immunology Research

08/30/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NGM) (Nasdaq: NGM), a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing transformative therapeutics for patients, today disclosed its fourth oncology development candidate, NGM831, an antagonist antibody designed to block the interaction of ILT3 with fibronectin, as well…

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Balstilimab Monotherapy Data Published in Gynecologic Oncology

08/30/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN), an immuno-oncology company with an extensive pipeline of checkpoint antibodies, cell therapies, adjuvants, and vaccines designed to activate immune response to cancers and infections, today announced that results from a global Phase 2 clinical study of balstilimab monotherapy in…

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