Oncology

Guardant Health announces positive results from pivotal ECLIPSE study evaluating a blood test for the detection of colorectal cancer

12/22/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, announced today positive results from ECLIPSE (Evaluation of ctDNA LUNAR Assay In an Average Patient Screening Episode), an over 20,000 patient registrational study evaluating the performance of its blood test for detecting colorectal cancer (CRC) in average-risk…

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IMV Inc. Announces Initial Data from the Ongoing Phase 2B VITALIZE Trial in Patients with r/r DLBCL

12/19/2022

Complete responses were observed in patients who received at least three previous lines of treatment (including CAR-T’s) Recent clinical data add to the growing enthusiasm for the therapeutic potential of cancer vaccines in combination with checkpoint inhibitors Oral presentation of the clinical data at the Immuno-Oncology 360° conference in February 2023 Excerpt from the Press…

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Ambrx Announces Encouraging Preliminary Safety and Efficacy Data Evaluating ARX788 in HER2 Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Who Progressed Following T-DM1 Treatment

12/16/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–​Ambrx Biopharma Inc., or Ambrx, (NYSE: AMAM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company using its proprietary Engineered Precision Biologics (EPBs) platform to create antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), today announced preliminary safety and efficacy data from its Phase 2 ACE‑Breast-03 study during a Spotlight Poster Presentation at the 2022 San…

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ALX Oncology Announces Initial Data from ASPEN-05 Study of Evorpacept in Combination with Azacitidine and Venetoclax, Demonstrating Tolerability and Preliminary Activity in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

12/13/2022

— Antileukemic activity demonstrated in patients with both relapsed/refractory and newly diagnosed AML — No evorpacept-related cytopenias observed and no maximum tolerated dose identified in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax — ALX Oncology to Host Conference Call on December 13th at 7:30 a.m. EST Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 12,…

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Guardant Health Announces Collaboration With AstraZeneca to Develop Companion Diagnostic to Identify Patients With ESR1-mutated Metastatic Breast Cancer

12/12/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: Collaboration employing Guardant360 CDx assay is first to use ctDNA comprehensive genomic profiling blood test for early detection of resistance due to ESR1 mutation prior to first-line therapy progression PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, announced today it has entered into a collaboration…

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Alector Presents Results from First-in-Human Phase 1 Study of AL101 for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases

12/09/2022

AL101 is being developed to elevate progranulin (PGRN) levels with dosing regimens to be optimized for larger indications such as Alzheimer’s disease Study results in healthy volunteers demonstrated that AL101 increased the level of PGRN, a key regulator of immune activity and lysosomal function in the brain Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,…

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TransCode Therapeutics Announces eIND Submission to US FDA for Planned First-in-Human Clinical Trial in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

12/09/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAZ), the RNA oncology company committed to more effectively treating cancer using RNA therapeutics, announced today that it has submitted an exploratory Investigational New Drug (eIND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a planned First-in-Human…

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Viracta Therapeutics Announces Preliminary Dose-Ranging Data from the Phase 1b/2 Trial of Nana-val in Advanced Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive (EBV+) Solid Tumors at the ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress

12/08/2022

Data from first two dose levels of Nana-val in patients with EBV+ recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma support continued dose escalation to determine the optimal recommended Phase 2 dose Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIRX), a precision oncology company focused on the treatment and prevention…

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New Crown Bioscience Publication Details Application of In Vitro 3D Organoids with Matched PDX for Clinically Relevant Oncology Drug Development

12/07/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Crown Bioscience, a JSR Life Sciences company and Contract Research Organization (CRO), has announced the publication of its review paper entitled: Translational and Clinical Relevance of PDX-Derived Organoid Models in Oncology Drug Discovery and Development. The paper is the first comprehensive review of tumor organoids derived from Patient…

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UroGen Announces New Data from the OLYMPUS Trial that Shows Median Durability of Response of 28.9 Months for JELMYTO®, the Only Non-Surgical, Chemoablative Treatment for Adults with Low-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

12/06/2022

–Results from this ongoing, non-interventional, rollover study were presented at the 23rd Annual Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Meeting in San Diego Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN), a biotech company dedicated to creating novel solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, today announced new data from the OLYMPUS…

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