Pharmaceutical

UPDATE — Rain Therapeutics Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 3 MANTRA Trial for Milademetan in Liposarcoma

08/09/2022

– Phase 3 MANTRA trial completed enrollment five months ahead of previous guidance – – MANTRA topline data anticipated in 1H 2023 – – Management to host 2Q 2022 Earnings Call today at 5:00 PM Eastern Time – Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWARK, Calif., Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rain Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGS:…

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Fulcrum Therapeutics Enrolls First Patient in Pivotal Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Losmapimod for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)

07/14/2022

– REACH is the first Phase 3 trial for this rare, progressive, and debilitating muscular disease –– Losmapimod is an oral small molecule that has the potential to be the first therapy to treat FSHD, the second most common form of muscular dystrophy –– U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track Designation in 2021 –…

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Codiak Provides Platform-Validating Clinical Update and Data from Phase 1 Trials of exoSTING™ and exoIL-12™

07/06/2022

– Codiak’s engineered exosome candidates demonstrate potential for best-in-class profile, with tumor retention and delivery to the cells of interest allowing for increased therapeutic window – – exoSTING and exoIL-12 demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profile at repeat doses tested and antitumor activity was observed in both injected and uninjected/distal lesions – – Codiak has…

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Poseida Therapeutics Announces Publication Highlighting Potential of Cas-CLOVER™ as an Efficient and Robust Gene Editing System for Developing Allogeneic CAR-T Products

07/05/2022

Publication highlights ability of Cas-CLOVER to perform multiplexed gene editing to produce allogeneic products with a high percentage of Tscm cells that may result in better tolerability and deeper clinical responses Cas-CLOVER has demonstrated lower off-target and translocation activity than other published technologies including CRISPR, TALENs and Base Editors Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN…

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MediciNova Announces Extension of BARDA Contract to Develop MN-166 (ibudilast) as a Medical Countermeasure Against Chlorine Gas-induced Lung Injury

07/05/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: LA JOLLA, Calif., June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced a modification to its contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of…

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MediciNova Announces MN-001 (tipelukast) Research Collaboration with The Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan

06/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: LA JOLLA, Calif., June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (Nasdaq: MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it will initiate a comprehensive research collaboration with Juntendo University, School of Medicine…

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Terns Pharmaceuticals Highlights Clinical Data from Multiple NASH Programs in Five Presentations at the EASL International Liver Congress™ 2022

06/29/2022

-Oral presentation of data from Phase 1 first-in-human trial of TERN-501, demonstrating treatment was well-tolerated and resulted in significant dose-dependent effects on key target engagement biomarkers -Additional presentations to detail clinical data from Tern’s extensive pipeline, including TERN-101 and TERN-201 Excerpt from the Press Release: FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Terns…

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CymaBay Therapeutics Presents Positive PBC Data at the International Liver Congress™ 2022

06/28/2022

Seladelpar Treatment of PBC Patients for Two Years Predicts Improved Transplant-Free Survival Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWARK, Calif., June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for liver and other chronic diseases with high unmet need, today announced encouraging seladelpar data in patients…

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Calithera Biosciences Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Mivavotinib in Relapsed/Refractory non-GCB (ABC) Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

06/28/2022

— Novel biomarker will be used to identify patients in genetically defined subgroup associated with poorer outcomes — Study will evaluate SYK inhibitor both in patients with wild-type disease and those with tumors that harbor MYD88 or CD79b mutations Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calithera…

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Lassen Therapeutics Presents New Preclinical Data on IL-11 Receptor-blocking as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Skin Fibrosis at Keystone Symposia Conference

06/23/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lassen Therapeutics, a biotech company developing breakthrough antibody therapeutics as potential treatments for fibrosis, rare diseases and oncology, today presented new preclinical data on LASN01, a monoclonal antibody targeting IL-11 receptor (IL-11R), in preclinical models of skin fibrosis at the Keystone Symposia Conference on Tissue Fibrosis and Repair:…

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