Oncology

The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development Enters Agreement with Sentinel Oncology to Develop Breakthrough Treatment for Fragile X Syndrome

09/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: RINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development, LLC (MSRD), a member of the global Otsuka family of pharmaceutical companies, announces today that it has entered an agreement with Sentinel Oncology (Sentinel), a drug discovery company. The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development at Otsuka in the…

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Adaptimmune Updates Data from its Phase 1 Trial for Liver Cancer at ILCA Showing Clinical Benefit

09/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: One complete response, and a disease control rate of 64% with stable disease for ≥16 weeks in two patients, as of the data cutoff – – Data presented today at the International Liver Cancer Association meeting at 12:25 p.m. CET – PHILADELPHIA and OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom, Sept. 05, 2021 (GLOBE…

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Affinia Therapeutics Announces Indications for Lead Gene Therapy Programs to Advance the Treatment of Neurologic and Neuro-oncologic Diseases supported by Multi-Year Manufacturing Agreement with Lonza Group

09/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Indications include metachromatic leukodystrophy, a rare, progressive, and fatal disease affecting the nervous system, and brain metastases secondary to HER2+ breast cancer, a common and deadly form of cancer – Affinia Therapeutics to use its proprietary technologies and capsids with improved properties to bring the promise of gene therapy to…

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Largest study of its kind informs treatment of breast cancer in men

09/10/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Commonly used recurrence risk tests found to be useful for male patients Breast cancer is usually thought of as a disease that affects women, but many are not aware that men can develop breast cancer as well. Two-hundred and forty men in Canada were diagnosed with the disease in 2020…

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Researchers uncover evolutionary forces at play in the aging of the blood system and identify people at increased risk of blood cancer

09/10/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Discovery could provide early warning for blood malignancies, triggering proactive screening and enabling early treatment Toronto – (August 17, 2021) As people age, mutations can build up in blood stem cells and their clones in a process known as age-related clonal hematopoiesis, or ARCH. ARCH can be a risk factor…

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eFFECTOR Therapeutics Debuts as Publicly Traded Next-Generation Oncology Company Advancing Mature Pipeline with New Class of Cancer Therapies

09/07/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (eFFECTOR), a leader in the development of selective translation regulator inhibitors (STRIs) for the treatment of cancer, today completed its business combination with Locust Walk Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: LWAC). The resulting combined company (the Company) has been renamed “eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc.” and…

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Foundation Medicine Announces Partnership With Epic to Streamline Access to Genomic Insights for Precision Cancer Care

09/03/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced a partnership to integrate its comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) and other testing services with Epic’s electronic medical record (EMR) system. Once completed, all providers who use Foundation Medicine’s instance of Epic will be able to electronically order Foundation Medicine tests within the Epic network.…

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BridgeBio Pharma and LianBio Announce First Patient Treated in Phase 2a Trial of Infigratinib in Patients with Gastric Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors

09/03/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif. & SHANGHAI & PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LianBio, a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing paradigm-shifting medicines to patients in China and other major Asian markets, and BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) today announced the first patient has been treated in a Phase 2a clinical trial of infigratinib in patients…

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FibroGen Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Roxadustat for the Treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Anemia

09/03/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN) today announced positive topline results from WHITNEY, the Company’s Phase 2 clinical study of roxadustat, a first-in-class oral small molecule hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA). WHITNEY is a Phase 2, open label study investigating…

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Dasa expands partnership with SOPHiA GENETICS for the first decentralized cancer biomarker detection solution in Latin America

09/02/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SÃO PAULO, Brazil and BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dasa, the largest integrated healthcare network in Brazil, has chosen to expand upon its partnership with SOPHiA GENETICS SA (Nasdaq: SOPH) to offer the first decentralized HRD (Homologous recombination deficiency) analytics solution in Latin America. HRD is a complex biomarker, important for PARP inhibitors, that helps identify whether…

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