Oncology

Regulatory Approval Clears Path for Oncolytics Biotech® to Advance Promising Pancreatic Cancer Treatment, Following a Review of Safety Data

01/24/2025

New pancreatic cancer cohort moves forward with full enrollment of 30 patients in Stage 1 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO and CALGARY, AB, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC), a leading clinical-stage company specializing in immunotherapy for oncology, today announced that Germany’s medical regulatory body, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute (PEI), has approved the continuation of patient enrollment…

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Avacta Announces Positive New Data from the AVA6000 Phase 1 trial Demonstrating Clinically Meaningful Tumor Shrinkage in Patients with Salivary Gland Cancers

01/21/2025

Meaningful tumor shrinkage observed in five out of 10 patients with partial and minor responses and 90% disease control rate in patients with salivary gland cancers Phase 1b expansion cohorts screening patients in triple negative breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma and salivary gland cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16, 2025…

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Naveris Announces Expansion of the NavDx® Test in Anal Cancer Molecular Residual Disease Surveillance

01/20/2025

The NavDx test demonstrates high performance in detecting recurrent disease, providing an enhanced and widely accessible surveillance tool for HPV+ anal squamous cell carcinoma patients Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Naveris, Inc., the leader in precision oncology diagnostics for viral-induced cancers, today announced the expanded commercial availability of the NavDx test for Molecular…

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Develop New Tool with Potential to Advance Precision Medicine Treatment for Cancer

01/08/2025

Technology Discovers Antigen-Reactive T Cell Receptors with High Efficiency Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania developed a new screening technology, Aptamer-based T Lymphocyte Activity Screening and SEQuencing (ATLAS-seq), to better identify antigen-reactive T…

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Foghorn Therapeutics Provides Update on FHD-286 Clinical Development Program and Strategic Priorities

12/31/2024

Objective clinical responses by standard response criteria observed in Phase 1 dose escalation trial for FHD-286 in combination with decitabine in patients with relapsed and/or refractory AML; efficacy threshold not achieved to support continued development by Foghorn alone Company to prioritize investment into proprietary pipeline and Lilly collaboration programs, including the clinical-stage selective SMARCA2 (BRM)…

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Senti Bio Announces First Patient Dosed in Clinical Trial of SN301A in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Collaboration with Celest Therapeutics

12/30/2024

Dose-finding clinical trial in China designed to evaluate safety and preliminary anti-tumor activity of SN301A (SENTI-301A manufactured in China) in hepatocellular carcinoma (“HCC”) Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Senti Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNTI) (“Senti Bio”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation cell and gene therapies using…

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Contineum Therapeutics Initiates Patient Dosing in Phase 1b Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Trial of PIPE-791

12/27/2024

– Phase 1b trial will evaluate receptor occupancy of PIPE-791 in the brain and lungs of patients in multiple cohorts using a PET tracer of the LPA1 receptor – Topline data readout planned for the second quarter of 2025 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Contineum Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTNM) (Contineum or the Company), a clinical…

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IDEAYA Announces IDMC Recommendation of Move-Forward Dose in Part 2a of Registration-Enabling Trial of Darovasertib and Crizotinib Combination in 1L HLA-A2-Negative Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

12/26/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDYA), a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, today announced the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) recommendation of a move-forward dose and the completion of the Part 2a dose optimization consistent with the U.S. Food…

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Repare Therapeutics Announces Positive Results of the Lunresertib and Camonsertib Combination from the MYTHIC Phase 1 Gynecologic Expansion Clinical Trial

12/23/2024

Heavily-pretreated patients on lunresertib and camonsertib combination achieved 25.9% overall response rate (ORR) in endometrial cancer and 37.5% in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer Nearly half of patients with gynecologic cancers maintained progression-free survival at 24 weeks, comparing favorably to current standard of care Company plans to initiate a registrational Phase 3 trial of lunresertib in combination…

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Bicycle Therapeutics Announces Data Updates Across Zelenectide Pevedotin Program and Development Strategy Leveraging NECTIN4 Gene Amplification

12/20/2024

Topline combination data for zelenectide pevedotin plus pembrolizumab in first-line metastatic urothelial cancer demonstrated a 60% overall response rate, in line with existing therapies Dose selection and topline data from Phase 2/3 Duravelo-2 trial planned for 2H 2025 Heavily pretreated breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer patients with NECTIN4 gene amplification and/or polysomy demonstrated…

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