Oncology

Immuneering Announces Positive Initial Phase 2a Data Including Complete and Partial Responses with IMM-1-104 in Combination with Chemotherapy in First-Line Pancreatic Cancer Patients

09/20/2024

– In Phase 2a arm investigating IMM-1-104 in combination with modified gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel, complete or partial responses have been observed in the first two patients (2/5) to date, for an initial response rate of 40% and an initial disease control rate of 80%, with all five patients continuing on treatment – – Initial data are at…

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Tempo Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Clinical Trial of TT101 For Tissue Repair in Skin Cancer Surgery

09/12/2024

First Application of MAP technology in humans to drive regenerative biologic response and spare scarring Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Tempo Therapeutics, Inc. (“Tempo”), a leading innovator in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, today announced the dosing of the first patients in a clinical trial of TT101 (the…

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Verrica Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Preliminary Topline Results from Part 2 of Phase 2 Clinical Study of VP-315, an Investigational Oncolytic Peptide-Based Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma

08/28/2024

VP-315 was well tolerated with no reported treatment-related serious adverse events All patients treated with VP-315 had a reduction in tumor size with an overall reduction in tumor size of all lesions treated in Part 2 of approximately 86% Approximately 51% of lesions treated in Part 2 achieved complete histological clearance Patients with residual tumor…

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Senhwa Biosciences receives US FDA Study May Proceed letter for the Phase I/II study of Silmitasertib (CX-4945) in combination with chemotherapy in children and young adults with relapsed refractory solid tumors

08/16/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: TAIPEI and SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. (TPEx: 6492), a drug development company focusing on first-in-class therapeutics for oncology, rare diseases, and infectious diseases, today announced receipt of a “Study May Proceed” letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for the initiation of a…

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Guardant Health COSMOS Study Published in Clinical Cancer Research Validates Utility of Guardant Reveal™ Liquid Biopsy Test for Predicting Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer

08/15/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, will publish results today from the COSMOS study confirming the high sensitivity and specificity of the Guardant Reveal blood test in predicting recurrence…

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ALX Oncology Reports Topline Data From ASPEN-06 Phase 2 Trial Demonstrating Evorpacept Improves Tumor Response in Patients With HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer

08/05/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ALXO), an immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 immune checkpoint pathway, today announced topline data from its Phase 2 ASPEN-06 clinical trial. The trial demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements…

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Revolution Medicines Announces Publication Demonstrating Robust Anti-Tumor Activity of RAS(ON) Inhibitors in Preclinical Models of Refractory KRAS-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

07/16/2024

Original research published in Cancer Discovery reveals a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor exhibited robust anti-tumor activity alone or in combination with a RAS(ON) G12C-selective inhibitor in preclinical models of difficult-to-treat KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Results also highlight that, in contrast to mutant-selective RAS inhibition, broad-spectrum, reversible RAS-GTP inhibition with a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor alone…

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Innovent Announces Oral Presentation at the ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2024 on Latest Clinical Data of Anti-CLDN18.2 ADC (IBI343) in Patients with Advanced Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

07/05/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Innovent Biologics, Inc. (“Innovent”) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announced oral presentation of the latest Phase 1 clinical…

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Tempest Unveils New Survival Data for Amezalpat (TPST-1120) in Randomized First-Line HCC Study Demonstrating a Six-Month Improvement over Control Arm

06/28/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: BRISBANE, Calif., June 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage oncology company developing first-in-class1 therapeutics that combine both targeted and immune-mediated mechanisms, today announced new positive data from the ongoing global randomized Phase 1b/2 clinical study in which amezalpat2 (TPST-1120), Tempest’s PPAR⍺ antagonist, delivered a…

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Nutcracker Therapeutics’ Research Partner, the University of California, San Francisco, Presents Foundational Prostate Cancer Data at AAI 2024

05/27/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nutcracker Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to developing transformative RNA therapies through its proprietary technology platform, today detailed data presented by its partners at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on foundational prostate cancer antigen research utilized to inform the development of its mRNA drug candidate,…

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