Press Releases

Tantu and Ginkgo Bioworks Announce Partnership to Engineer a Living Biotherapeutic for Gastrointestinal Healing

09/14/2021

Tantu will leverage Ginkgo’s foundries to accelerate strain construction as a key step toward human clinical trials Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Tantu, a company engineering living biotherapeutic products to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and Ginkgo Bioworks (“Ginkgo”), which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a partnership to accelerate the…

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The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development Enters Agreement with Sentinel Oncology to Develop Breakthrough Treatment for Fragile X Syndrome

09/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: RINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development, LLC (MSRD), a member of the global Otsuka family of pharmaceutical companies, announces today that it has entered an agreement with Sentinel Oncology (Sentinel), a drug discovery company. The McQuade Center for Strategic Research and Development at Otsuka in the…

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Arch Therapeutics Partners with Lovell Government Services to Expand Distribution Capabilities

09/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Arch Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: ARTH) (“Arch” or the “Company”), a marketer and developer of novel self-assembling wound care and biosurgical devices, today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Lovell Government Services (“LGS”), a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (“SDVOSB”), to support and drive sales through the…

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Immunome Antibody Cocktail (IMM-BCP-01) Neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Lambda and Delta Plus Variants in Pre-clinical Testing

09/13/2021

-IMM-BCP-01 already shown to neutralize all other Centers for Disease Control (CDC) variants of concern in pre-clinical testing- Excerpt from the Press Release: EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immunome, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMNM), a biopharmaceutical company that utilizes its human memory B cell platform to discover and develop first-in-class antibody therapeutics, announced today that its three-antibody cocktail (IMM-BCP-01) has demonstrated…

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Researchers uncover evolutionary forces at play in the aging of the blood system and identify people at increased risk of blood cancer

09/10/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Discovery could provide early warning for blood malignancies, triggering proactive screening and enabling early treatment Toronto – (August 17, 2021) As people age, mutations can build up in blood stem cells and their clones in a process known as age-related clonal hematopoiesis, or ARCH. ARCH can be a risk factor…

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BridgeBio Pharma and LianBio Announce First Patient Treated in Phase 2a Trial of Infigratinib in Patients with Gastric Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors

09/03/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif. & SHANGHAI & PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LianBio, a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing paradigm-shifting medicines to patients in China and other major Asian markets, and BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) today announced the first patient has been treated in a Phase 2a clinical trial of infigratinib in patients…

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Immunocore Announces that U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency accept Biologics License Application and Marketing Authorization Application for Tebentafusp in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

09/01/2021

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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KalVista Pharmaceuticals Provides Progress Update on Phase 2 Clinical Trial of KVD824 for Oral Prophylactic Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema

08/31/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SALISBURY, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KALV), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule protease inhibitors, today provided an update on clinical trial progress for KVD824 in development for oral prophylactic treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE). “Over the past…

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Biocept’s CNSide Assay Identifies Tumor Cells and Actionable Treatment Biomarkers from Cerebrospinal Fluid in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

08/25/2021

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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Shorla Pharma Announces Partnership with EVERSANA to Support the Launch and Commercialization of T-cell Leukemia Treatment

08/23/2021

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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