Press Releases

Freenome Partners with Siemens Healthineers for Breast Cancer Research

12/09/2021

— Collaboration leverages imaging, diagnostic and multiomic expertise to identify new, significant biomarkers to improve the detection of breast cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Freenome, a privately held biotech company, announced a partnership with Siemens Healthineers to collaborate in multiomics and radiomic breast cancer diagnostics to identify…

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Axial Therapeutics Doses First Subjects in Global Phase 2b Clinical Trial for Irritability Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

12/08/2021

Advancement of first program from Axial platform into a randomized Phase 2b clinical trial signifies key milestone for company Trial is enrolling approximately 195 autistic adolescents at clinical trial sites in the United States, Australia and New Zealand Phase 2 trial is based on positive results from open-label Phase 1b/2a trial that demonstrated a favorable…

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Pfizer testing its vaccine against new COVID-19 strain

12/03/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Pfizer said Friday that it can produce a COVID-19 vaccine for the new virus strain identified in South Africa in “approximately 100 days,” subject to government regulatory approval. The pharmaceutical firm said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch that its researchers are now conducting tests to see if the company’s existing vaccine is effective…

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CN BIO and iiCON collaborate to validate novel Covid-19 research tools

12/02/2021

The Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON) and organ-on-a-chip company (OOC) CN BIO have launched a research collaboration to validate the next generation of Covid-19 research tools. Excerpt from the Press Release: Led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) iiCON is a £174 million programme that brings together industry, academia, and clinicals to accelerate the…

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A stealthy way to combat tumors

12/01/2021

Biologists show that helper immune cells disguised as cancer cells can help rejuvenate T cells that attack tumors Date:November 19, 2021 Source:Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary:Researchers uncovered a new way to indirectly activate T cells that can target tumors, by recruiting a population of helper immune cells called dendritic cells. Excerpt from the Press Release:…

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UK data shows good safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy

11/30/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: COVID-19 vaccination is safe for pregnant women and not associated with higher rates of complications, data released by the UK Health Security Agency showed on Thursday, as officials urged pregnant women to take up the offer of shots. The real-world data from the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Britain support other studies around the…

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Blood Cancer UK partners with RareCan to improve delivery of clinical trials

11/29/2021

Charity Blood Cancer UK has teamed up with oncology company RareCan to support the organisation’s delivery of clinical trials focussed on the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of rare cancers. Excerpt from the Press Release: Blood cancer The partnership will see Blood Cancer UK join the charity network GIST Cancer UK as RareCan’s partner. The aim…

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BridgeBio Pharma and Helsinn Group Announce Strategic Collaboration to Co-Develop and Co-Commercialize BridgeBio’s Novel GPX4 Inhibitor in Multiple Cancer Tumor Types

11/26/2021

– The potentially first-in-class inhibitor designed to target glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) has the potential to impact approximately 500,000 cancer patients with unmet therapeutic needs – BridgeBio and Helsinn have also established a non-exclusive framework agreement to identify and potentially co-develop and co-commercialize additional small molecule targeted oncology therapies – This framework agreement leverages BridgeBio’s…

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Rain Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 2 Basket Trial of Milademetan for MDM2-Amplified Advanced Solid Tumors (MANTRA-2)

11/26/2021

The interventional, multicenter, open-label Phase 2 basket trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of milademetan in patients with MDM2-amplified advanced solid tumors Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWARK, Calif., Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rain Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGS: RAIN), (“Rain”), a late-stage company developing precision oncology therapeutics, today announced that the first patient…

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Second Genome Presents Preclinical Data at Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s® IBD Innovate Conference for Potential First in Class Mucosal Healing Therapeutic SG-5-00455

11/25/2021

SG-5-00455 delivered directly to the gut via engineered L. lactis system restores barrier function and improves mucosal healing in an ulcerative colitis model Company also participates as new Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Corporate Circle member to support Foundation’s IBD treatment, awareness and patient engagement initiatives Excerpt from the Press Release: BRISBANE, Calif. – November 18,…

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