Oncology
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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Excerpt from the Press Release: (OXFORDSHIRE, England & CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn. & ROCKVILLE, Md., US, August 24, 2021) Immunocore Holdings Plc (Nasdaq: IMCR), a late-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel class of T cell receptor (TCR) bispecific immunotherapies designed to treat a broad range of diseases, including cancer, infectious and autoimmune disease, today announces that…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the company’s PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay has expanded its use in Europe. The assay is now CE-IVD marked for use as an aid in identifying esophageal cancer patients for treatment with KEYTRUDA using Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥ 10.1 In Europe, KEYTRUDA…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NGM) (Nasdaq: NGM), a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing transformative therapeutics for patients, today disclosed its fourth oncology development candidate, NGM831, an antagonist antibody designed to block the interaction of ILT3 with fibronectin, as well…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN), an immuno-oncology company with an extensive pipeline of checkpoint antibodies, cell therapies, adjuvants, and vaccines designed to activate immune response to cancers and infections, today announced that results from a global Phase 2 clinical study of balstilimab monotherapy in…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BALTIMORE and PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A novel machine learning based blood testing technology that could help to increase detection of early-stage lung cancer demonstrated promising results in a study published in Nature Communications1. Delfi Diagnostics Inc.’s lung cancer screening technology, which uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze genome-wide cell-free DNA…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer, today highlighted positive interim clinical data from the Company’s FT516 and FT596 programs for patients with relapsed / refractory B-cell lymphoma. FT516 is the Company’s universal, off-the-shelf…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 19, 2021 / Oncology Pharma Inc. (OTC PINK:ONPH) With much anticipation, Oncology Pharma, Inc. has finalized a Co-Development Agreement with NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Oncology Pharma will pursue the early feasibility and nonclinical development of a dactinomycin nanoemulsion drug product intended for the treatment of…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 19, 2021– Biocept (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays and services, today announced that new data show the company’s cerebrospinal fluid assay, CNSide™, detected tumor cells and identified actionable mutations in lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, allowing for targeted treatment decisions that may improve outcomes…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shorla Pharma (‘Shorla’), a specialty pharmaceutical company and EVERSANA™, the pioneer of next generation commercial services to the global life sciences industry, today announced a partnership to support the launch and commercialization of Shorla’s oncology portfolio. The new partnership will initially focus on SH-111, an oncology drug designed…
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