Oncology

Immune-Onc Therapeutics to Present Trial in Progress Poster for Phase 1 Study of IO-202 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting

11/15/2022

The multicenter Phase 1 study is currently enrolling and evaluating IO-202 as monotherapy and in combination with an anti-PD-1 for the treatment of solid tumors Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc. (“Immune-Onc”), a private, clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company developing novel biotherapeutics targeting myeloid checkpoints, today announced that it will present…

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Aulos Bioscience Presents Initial Data From First-in-Human Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of Computationally Designed Antibody AU-007 at 37th Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting

11/15/2022

Data show trend in decreasing Tregs, presenting unique profile among current IL-2 therapeutics Adding Phase 1/2 clinical trial sites in the U.S. following recent IND application clearance Excerpt from the Press Release: LARKSPUR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aulos Bioscience, an immuno-oncology company working to revolutionize cancer care through the development of potentially best-in-class IL-2 therapeutics, today presented early…

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Miraculous breast cancer vaccine passes first human trials that went on for 20 years

11/08/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: A team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM) has been working on a breast cancer vaccine for over the last 20 years. In their recently published study, they finally revealed the results of the phase one human trials of their breast cancer vaccine. A WHO…

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Asher Bio Presents New Data Demonstrating Preclinical Proof-of-Concept for AB359, a Highly Selective CD8-Targeted IL-2 Therapy, for Chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) at AASLD 2022

11/07/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Asher Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Asher Bio), a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies to precisely engage specific immune cells to fight cancer, chronic viral infection and autoimmune disease, today announced new preclinical data demonstrating proof-of-concept for AB359 as a novel immunotherapy approach for chronic HBV. AB359 is…

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Marengo Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Proof-of Concept Data for STAR0602, a First-in-class Selective T cell Activator, at the 34th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium 2022

11/04/2022

Compelling data with STAR0602 demonstrates potent, single agent anti-tumor activity in PD-1 refractory solid tumor models Distinct mechanism of action through expansion of a subset of Vβ T cells with a novel memory phenotype that promotes durable de novo antitumor immune responses STAR0602 slated to initiate Phase 1/2 clinical trial (START-001) in the fourth quarter…

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MyOme Presents New Data at ASHG 2022 on an Ethnically-Inclusive Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

11/03/2022

Addition of a cross-ancestry polygenic risk score to the standard of care clinical risk predictor tool improved breast cancer risk assessment across multiple ancestries Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — MyOme, a clinical whole genome platform analysis company, today announced new data on its cross-ancestry integrated risk score…

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Omega Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Landmark MYCHELANGELO™ I Trial of OTX-2002 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Other Solid Tumor Types Associated with the MYC Oncogene

11/02/2022

OTX-2002 is the First-Ever Epigenomic Controller in a New Class of Programmable mRNA Therapeutics to be Administered to Patients Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMGA) (“Omega”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to use mRNA therapeutics as programmable epigenetic medicines, today announced…

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Merus Presents First in Human Data on MCLA-129 at the 34th EORTC/NCI/AACR (ENA) Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

11/02/2022

– MCLA-129 observed to be well tolerated with a favorable safety profile – Antitumor activity was observed among heavily pretreated patients, across multiple tumor types and dose levels​ – Initial recommended phase 2 dose 1500 mg every two weeks; expansion cohorts enrolling – Investor call to discuss a MCLA-129 program update on October 26 at 13:30…

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Current Data Support Early Detection and Intervention to Reduce Rates of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

11/01/2022

L-Dex Found to be a Cost Effective, Reproducible, and Practical Method to Monitor Breast Cancer Patients for Early Signs of Lymphedema Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ImpediMed Limited (ASX: IPD) is pleased to announce publication of a systematic literature review showing that early detection and intervention of breast…

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Verastem Oncology Appoints Anil Kapur to Board of Directors

10/27/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq:VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today announced the appointment of Anil Kapur to its Board of Directors, effective October 20, 2022. Mr. Kapur is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Chief Commercial Officer at Geron Corporation. “Anil’s deep…

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