Oncology
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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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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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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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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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. 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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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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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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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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Ability to serially monitor treatment response, identify key biomarkers and customize assay aids clinical research efforts to improve treatment for metastatic cancers involving brain and spinal cord Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 22, 2022– Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays, products and services, highlighted the ability of its CNSide™ cerebrospinal…
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