Oncology
Excerpt from the Press Release: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its Ki-67 IHC MIB-1 pharmDx (Dako Omnis) is now FDA approved as an aid in identifying patients with early breast cancer (EBC) at high risk of disease recurrence, for whom adjuvant treatment with Verzenio® (abemaciclib) in combination with endocrine therapy is being considered. This…
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— Recommendation is Based on the Phase 3 ASCENT Study Showing that Sacituzumab Govitecan Significantly Improved Overall Survival in 2L vs. Physician’s Choice of Chemotherapy in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer — — Sacituzumab Govitecan Could Offer a New Treatment Option for an Aggressive Type of Metastatic Breast Cancer if Approved — Excerpt from the Press…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BRISBANE, Calif. – October 7, 2021 – Second Genome, a biotechnology company that leverages its proprietary platform sg-4sight to discover and develop precision therapies and biomarkers, presented preclinical data demonstrating that the Company’s novel microbiome-derived peptide, SG-3-0020, can upregulate key co-stimulatory and checkpoint molecules on T cells. The data (poster P260)…
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Presentations highlight potential of the oral MDM2 inhibitor, milademetan, in advanced cancers with MDM2 amplification, GATA3 mutant ER-positive breast cancer, and Merkel cell carcinoma Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWARK, Calif., Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rain Therapeutics Inc., (NasdaqGS: RAIN), (“Rain”), a late-stage company developing precision oncology therapeutics, today announced data on its…
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-Preclinical findings that demonstrated efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) driven by RAS or other MAPK-pathway activating mutations will be presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics -BridgeBio’s SHP2 inhibitor, BBP-398, is part of its growing precision oncology portfolio, which also includes KRAS inhibitors for KRAS cancers, GPX4 inhibitors…
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– AMX-818, an HER2-targeted T cell engager (TCE), is the lead program in Amunix’s XPAT® (XTENylated Protease-Activated TCE) platform designed to improve the therapeutic index of TCEs for the treatment of patients with solid tumors. – The collective preclinical data indicate that AMX-818 is effective in driving anti-tumor responses, yet has significantly lower toxicity than its unmasked HER2 TCE counterpart. This…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a biotechnology company developing the next generation of immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its proprietary self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform, today presented new data with PH-894, Phio’s self-delivering RNAi compound targeting the bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual International Conference on Molecular…
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Preclinical data demonstrate that XMT-2056 activates the STING pathway in a target-dependent manner in both tumor cells and tumor-resident immune cells and is significantly more efficacious in head-to-head studies than trastuzumab-TLR7/8 agonist ADC and small-molecule systemically-administered STING agonist benchmarks XMT-2056 targets a novel epitope of HER2 with differentiated binding from trastuzumab and pertuzumab, potentially allowing…
Read More • Demonstrated statistically significant anti-tumor activity and inhibited proliferative and stem-cell signaling pathways • Induced beneficial changes in the tumor microenvironment by increasing production of proteins involved in interferon- α and interferon- γ pathways • Demonstrated statistically significant increases in survival when combined with carboplatin and everolimus (mTOR inhibitor) Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN…
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Excerpt from the Press Release In the race to find new ways to prevent and treat COVID-19, OICR-supported researchers have launched an innovative clinical trial focussed on strengthening the immune system for one of the most vulnerable populations – cancer patients. The trial involves IMM-101, a preparation of safe, heat-killed bacteria that broadly stimulates the…
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