Press Releases

BlackBerry QNX Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities May Affect Drug Manufacturing Equipment

08/20/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is informing patients, health care providers, and manufacturers about cybersecurity vulnerabilities with a “real-time operating system (RTOS)” designed by QNX and owned by BlackBerry. These vulnerabilities may introduce risks for certain medical devices and drug manufacturing equipment. FDA is not aware of any confirmed adverse events related to these vulnerabilities. Manufacturers…

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Trillium Therapeutics Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 1b/2 Study of TTI-622 in Combination With Azacitidine in TP53-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

08/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trillium Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ/TSX: TRIL), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it has dosed the first TP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient with TTI-622 (SIRPα-IgG4 Fc), an investigational checkpoint inhibitor of the innate immune…

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Verseon Nominates VE-4840 as Primary Drug Candidate for Oral Prophylaxis and Treatment of Diabetic Eye Disease

08/12/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Verseon today announced that VE-4840 will advance as the company’s primary diabetic retinopathy (DR) development candidate after it passed preliminary toxicology studies. Orally administered VE-4840 has also demonstrated significant reduction of diabetes-induced retinal vascular permeability (RVP) in vivo. These results, along with its excellent oral pharmacokinetics…

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Carrick Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with Roche to Evaluate Novel Samuraciclib Combination to Treat HR+ Breast Cancer

08/10/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: DUBLIN, Ireland and BOSTON, Aug. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Carrick Therapeutics, an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing highly differentiated therapies, today announced a clinical collaboration with Roche to evaluate a novel combination of Carrick’s samuraciclib and Roche’s giredestrant in CDK4/6i resistant HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer. The collaboration…

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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Announces Comprehensive Expansion of Clinical Development Program with Five New Phase 2 and 3 Trials Planned to Evaluate Setmelanotide in Rare Genetic Diseases of Obesity

08/09/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RYTM), a biopharmaceutical company aimed at developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases of obesity, today announced a significant expansion of its clinical development program for setmelanotide with five new planned Phase 2 and 3…

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EUREKA THERAPEUTICS ANNOUNCES INITIATION OF PHASE I/II ARYA-3 CLINICAL TRIAL OF GPC3 TARGETING ARTEMIS® T CELL THERAPY IN LIVER CANCER

08/06/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Emeryville, California, July 21, 2021 — Eureka Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel T cell therapies to treat solid tumors, today announced the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of ECT204, a GPC3 targeting ARTEMIS® T-cell therapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the predominant type of…

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Sorrento Announces Dosing of COVID-19 Patients in Phase 2 Clinical Trial for COVIDROPS, a Highly Potent Neutralizing Antibody Against SARS-CoV-2 Including Delta and Alpha Variants of Concern, in an At-Home Outpatient Setting in United Kingdom

08/06/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, July 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”) today announced that COVID-19 patients have been dosed in its Phase 2 efficacy trial. Approximately 350 outpatients with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms will be enrolled in this large double-blind, randomized clinical trial evaluating COVIDROPS doses of…

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Prometheus Biosciences Announces Initiation of Global Phase 2 Clinical Trial of PRA023 in Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

08/05/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, July 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RXDX), a biotechnology company pioneering a precision medicine approach for the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutic and companion diagnostic products for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases, starting first with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), today announced the…

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Advaxis Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of ADXS-504 for the Treatment of Early Prostate Cancer

08/05/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., July 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Advaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADXS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of immunotherapy products, today announced the initiation of its Phase 1 clinical study evaluating ADXS-504 in patients with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer. The study, being conducted at…

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CohBar Provides Update on the Phase 1a/1b Clinical Trial for CB4211 Under Development for NASH and Obesity

08/04/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif., July 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CohBar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWBR), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing mitochondria based therapeutics to treat chronic diseases and extend healthy lifespan, today announced an update on the timing for the release of the data for its Phase 1a/1b clinical study of…

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