Pre-Clinical Testing

Amunix Presents Preclinical Data on Its XPAT T Cell Engager Platform at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

10/14/2021

– 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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Mersana Therapeutics Announces Target and Presents New Preclinical Data for XMT-2056, First Immunosynthen STING-Agonist ADC, at AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

10/13/2021

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…

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Curis Announces New Preclinical Data Highlighting the Potential of CA-4948 in Multiple Hematologic Malignancies Presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

10/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced two poster presentations with new preclinical data for CA-4948, a first-in-class small molecule IRAK4 inhibitor, at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.…

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India’s Bharat Biotech submits data on COVID-19 drug trial in children

10/11/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: BENGALURU, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday it had submitted data from its COVID-19 vaccine trial in children aged 2 to 18 years to India’s drug regulator, becoming the country’s first company to have tested its shot in very young children. The South Asian country is turning…

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Trevena Announces Results of TRV027 Proof-of-Concept Study in COVID-19 Patients

10/05/2021

92% probability that TRV027 has a potential beneficial impact on primary endpoint of D-dimer levels, a biomarker associated with critical illness and mortality ~12 days lower average hospital length of stay in patients treated with TRV027 compared to placebo TRV027 is currently being evaluated in a randomized controlled study (NIH ACTIV-4) and a global adaptive…

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Glyscend Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial on the Heels of Preclinical Data Presented at EASD 2021 on the Metabolic Benefits of its Oral Polymer-based Duodenal Exclusion Therapy

10/05/2021

Phase 1 clinical trial currently underway in Australia investigating a noninvasive, oral polymer therapy that dramatically improves glucose homeostasis with weight loss in nonclinical models. Excerpt from the Press Release: BALTIMORE & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Glyscend, Inc. delivered an oral presentation highlighting preclinical data from a study of its oral proprietary polymer duodenal exclusion therapy during the…

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VBI Vaccines Announces New Preclinical Data and Initiation of VBI-2905 Clinical Study Targeting Broadened Immunity Against COVID-19 and Variants of Concern

10/04/2021

New preclinical data demonstrate VBI-2905 induced robust neutralizing and antibody binding activity, as a 2-dose course and as a single booster dose, against COVID-19 and variants of concern including Beta and Delta– Data also demonstrate trivalent VBI-2901 induced robust and consistent levels of immunity against the ancestral COVID-19 strain and a panel of variants including…

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Elicio Therapeutics Presents Updated Preclinical Data at the 2021 Vaccines Summit Demonstrating that ELI-005, a Lymph Node Targeted Amphiphile Vaccine, Induces Potent Cellular and Humoral Immunity to SARS-CoV-2

09/30/2021

ELI-005, containing the Amphiphile vaccine adjuvant AMP-CpG, induced >25-fold higher antigen-specific T cells in the peripheral blood and exhibited potent killing of antigen-positive targets in vivo that were maintained for >5 months after vaccination Vaccine responses were highly cross-reactive to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern Antibody responses favored TH1 isotypes with titers 265-fold higher than natural convalescent patient…

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Ayala Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication Highlighting Clinical Activity of its Gamma Secretase Inhibitor AL101 in Desmoid Tumors

09/27/2021

REHOVOT, Israel and WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AYLA), a clinical-stage oncology company focused on developing and commercializing small molecule therapeutics for patients suffering from rare and aggressive cancers, today announced the publication of two case studies of adult patients with desmoid tumors treated with AL101 in Current Oncology.…

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Twist Bioscience Internally-Discovered Single Domain Antibody TB202-3 Shows Potent Binding to Multiple Strains of SARS-CoV-2, Including Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Strains, in Preclinical Studies

09/27/2021

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST) today reported that its internally-discovered antibody candidate TB202-3 (CoVIC-094), demonstrated potent binding to diverse SARS-CoV-2 variant mutations, including strains with the E484K, N501Y, D614G, Y453F and K417N mutations in pseudovirus assays, indicating this therapeutic antibody may be effective in treating many strains of COVID-19. The Coronavirus…

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