Press Releases

First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Portion of Aulos Bioscience’s Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for AU-007, a Computationally Designed IL-2 Antibody for Solid Tumor Cancers

02/05/2024

Preliminary Phase 2 data in melanoma, renal cell carcinoma anticipated to be presented by mid-2024 Excerpt from the Press Release: LARKSPUR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aulos Bioscience, an immuno-oncology company working to revolutionize cancer care through the development of best-in-class IL-2 therapeutics, today announced dosing of the first patient in the initial Phase 2 expansion cohorts of its…

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Flare Therapeutics Presents FX-909 Phase 1 Dose Escalation and Expansion Clinical Trial Design at the 2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

02/02/2024

–First-in-human trial evaluating safety, tolerability, and clinical activity of FX-909 in patients with advanced solid malignancies including advanced urothelial carcinoma– Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Flare Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company targeting transcription factors (TF) to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases, today announced a poster…

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CRB-701 (SYS6002) A Next Generation Nectin-4 Targeting Antibody Drug Conjugate Demonstrates Encouraging Safety and Efficacy in Patients with Nectin-4 Positive Tumors in First-In-Human Study Presented at ASCO-GU 2024

02/01/2024

Q3W schedule of CRB-701 (SYS6002) demonstrates a 43% ORR and 71% DCR at predicted therapeutically relevant dosesAll assessable nectin-4 positive study participants with mUC and cervical cancer treated at or above this dose demonstrated some level of disease controlNo dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) have been observed to-date up to 3.6 mg/kg (cohort 6) with further…

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Bristol Myers Squibb Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for CAR T Cell Therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel)in Earlier Lines of Therapy for Triple-Class Exposed Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

01/31/2024

Recommendation for approval based on Phase 3 KarMMa-3 study in which Abecma demonstrated superiority over standard regimens, significantly improved progression-free survival and a well-established safety profile with mostly low-grade occurrences of cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity This is the first positive CHMP opinion in earlier lines of therapy for a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T…

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BPGbio Presents Updated Phase 2a Clinical Results Demonstrating Benefit of BPM31510 in Combination with Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer at ASCO GI

01/30/2024

Results show BPM31510 was well-tolerated, doubled progression free survival vs. chemotherapy alone BPGbio plans to further investigate BPM31510 as a first-line pancreatic cancer therapy with a phase 2b clinical trial Data validates BPM31510 mechanism of action and continues to show the success of BPGbio’s biology-first Bayesian AI-based approach to drug discovery Excerpt from the Press…

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Coherus Presents Positive Phase 2 Clinical Data on Casdozokitug, a First-in-Class IL-27-Targeted Antibody, at the 2024 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium

01/29/2024

– Data demonstrate early activity with casdozokitug/atezolizumab/bevacizumab; 38% objective response rate including three complete responses – – Data support casdozo as a promising novel immuno-oncology agent with clinical activity in liver cancer that may be associated with IL-27 pathway biomarkers – – Data support continued evaluation of casdozo with VEGF and PD-(L)1 blockade in HCC,…

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Strand Therapeutics Receives IND Clearance for Programmable mRNA Therapy STX-001 to Treat Solid Tumors

01/26/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Strand Therapeutics, the programmable mRNA company developing breakthrough therapies for cancer and other diseases, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a Phase 1, first-in-human trial of STX-001, a multi-mechanistic synthetic self-replicating mRNA technology that expresses an…

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Prilenia Announces Clinical Data in Support of its Plans to Initiate Global Phase 3 Study in ALS

01/25/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: NAARDEN, Netherlands & WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the urgent mission to develop novel therapeutics to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders, will present clinical data supporting a future Phase 3 study in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) during the 14th…

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Botensilimab/Balstilimab Breakthrough Data Presented at ASCO-GI Shows Unprecedented Tumor Shrinkage and Robust Biomarker Response in Prevalent Colorectal Cancer Population

01/24/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Agenus Inc. (Nasdaq: AGEN), a leader in developing immunological cancer treatments, today announced results from the NEST-1 study, an investigator-sponsored trial (IST) evaluating the combination of botensilimab and balstilimab (BOT/BAL) in the neoadjuvant setting for colorectal cancer (CRC), both those with Microsatellite Stable (MSS) CRC and Microsatellite…

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Allurion Announces Publication of Randomized, Double-Blind Study Demonstrating Significant Improvement in Obesity-Related Co-Morbidities

01/23/2024

Allurion Program led to resolution of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea in just 4 months in over half of the patients treated Results improved with addition of oral GLP-1 agonist semaglutide Excerpt from the Press Release: NATICK, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ALUR), a company dedicated to ending obesity, today announced the…

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