Oncology

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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U.S. FDA Approves FoundationOne®CDx as a Companion Diagnostic for EGFR Therapeutics Targeting Exon 19 Deletions or Exon 21 Substitutions in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

03/24/2022

Foundation Medicine’s tissue-based test is the first and only comprehensive genomic profiling test to be approved as a companion diagnostic for a third group of targeted therapies Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foundation Medicine, Inc. a pioneer in molecular profiling for cancer, today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug…

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BostonGene and Thomas Jefferson University Announce Publication in Clinical Cancer Research Predicting Immunotherapy Response for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

03/23/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BostonGene Corporation and Thomas Jefferson University announced the online publication of the manuscript, “Tadalafil enhances immune response to neoadjuvant nivolumab in resectable head and neck squamous cell carcinoma”in the American Association for Cancer Research journal Clinical Cancer Research.The study revealed pretreatment head and neck squamous cell carcinoma specimens contain…

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Werewolf Therapeutics Announces Publication of Data Demonstrating the Preclinical Efficacy of WTX-124 in Delivering IL-2 Selectively to the Tumor Microenvironment

03/22/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Werewolf”) (Nasdaq: HOWL), an innovative biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of conditionally activated therapeutics, announced the publication in Cancer Immunology Research of preclinical data for its lead molecule WTX-124, a systemically delivered Interleukin-2 (IL-2) INDUKINE™ molecule. The…

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Exelixis Announces Final Overall Survival Results from Phase 3 COSMIC-312 Trial of Cabozantinib in Combination with an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Patients with Previously Untreated Advanced Liver Cancer

03/22/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced results from the final analysis of the second primary endpoint of overall survival (OS) from the phase 3 COSMIC-312 trial, which evaluated cabozantinib (CABOMETYX®) in combination with atezolizumab versus sorafenib in patients with previously untreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The final analysis…

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Intellia Therapeutics Receives U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation for NTLA-5001 for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

03/17/2022

NTLA-5001, a novel T cell receptor (TCR)-T cell therapy, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2a study in adults with persistent or recurrent acute myeloid leukemia Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA), a leading clinical-stage genome editing company focused on developing potentially curative…

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Helsinn Group and BridgeBio Pharma Announce Update to Strategic Collaboration to Develop, Manufacture and Commercialize Infigratinib in Oncology Indications in the U.S.

03/14/2022

Helsinn Group and BridgeBio Pharma Announce Update to Strategic Collaboration to Develop, Manufacture and Commercialize Infigratinib in Oncology Indications in the U.S. Helsinn gains an exclusive license to commercialize infigratinib in the U.S. Excerpt from the Press Release: Lugano, Switzerland and Palo Alto, CA, March 3, 2022 – Helsinn Group (Helsinn), a fully integrated, global…

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BeiGene Announces Health Canada Approval for BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) in Relapsed or Refractory Marginal Zone Lymphoma

03/11/2022

Follows U.S. approval for relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma in 2021 Third approved indication for BRUKINSA in Canada, following mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM) Excerpt from the Press Release: MISSISSAUGA, Ontario & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BEIJING & BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BeiGene (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global, science-driven biotechnology company…

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ALX Oncology Announces First Patient Dosed in ASPEN-06, a Phase 2/3 Study of Evorpacept for the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

03/11/2022

Phase 2/3 study initiated in collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies to block the CD47 checkpoint mechanism, today announced the first patient has been dosed…

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Jacobio JAB-21822 in Combination with Cetuximab Completes First Dose of Colorectal Cancer Patient in China

03/07/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: BEIJING, SHANGHAI and BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Jacobio Pharmaceuticals (1167.HK) announced that its KRAS G12C inhibitor JAB-21822 completed the first patient dosing in combination therapy with Cetuximab at Peking University Cancer Hospital recently. JAB-21822 in combination with cetuximab for the treatment of KRAS G12C-mutated advanced colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second most common tumor…

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