Press Releases

Aviceda Announces Dosing of First Patient With AVD-104, a Novel Glyco-Mimetic Nanoparticle for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophy from Macular Degeneration, in the Phase 2 SIGLEC Trial

06/13/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aviceda Therapeutics, a private clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing next generation immuno-modulators by harnessing the power of glycobiology to alleviate chronic, non-resolving inflammation, announced the dosing of its first patient with AVD-104 in its Phase 2 SIGLEC Trial today by Ashkan Abbey, MD of Texas Retina Associates…

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Vistagen Presents Fasedienol (PH94B) Safety and Exploratory Efficacy Data from Phase 3 Open-Label Social Anxiety Disorder Study at American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting

06/12/2023

Favorable long-term, open-label treatment data from nearly 500 patients in real-world setting suggest that patient-tailored, as-needed administrations of fasedienol over time were safe and well-tolerated Positive exploratory fasedienol efficacy data measured by the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in fear, anxiety and avoidance of anxiety-provoking social and performance situations in daily…

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Ivonescimab Updated Data to be Featured at ASCO 2023

06/09/2023

Summit Therapeutics is Currently Enrolling in a Phase III Study with Additional Phase III Study Planned for Third Quarter 2023 for Ivonescimab Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT) (“Summit,” “we,” or the “Company”) today announced that data for its novel, potential first-in-class investigational bispecific antibody, ivonescimab, will be…

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UConn Geography Researcher Receives Funds to Study Cancer Disparities Among U.S. African Americans

06/08/2023

The study will build upon previous studies conducted by Ghosh and her collaborators that have explored the ways social inequality contribute to unequal cancer control outcomes Excerpt from the Press Release: n January of this year, Debarchana (Debs) Ghosh, associate professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)…

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Artax Biopharma Announces Positive Phase 1 Results for AX-158, Company’s First-in-Class Oral Immunomodulator Developed to Treat T Cell-Mediated Diseases

06/07/2023

Phase 1 Findings Demonstrated that Investigational Agent AX-158 Was Well Tolerated at All Doses, with a Profile that Strongly Supports Further Clinical Development Efforts AX-158 is Being Developed for Once Daily Oral Dosing to Address Autoimmune Diseases by Providing Immunomodulation without Immunosuppression Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Artax Biopharma, Inc., a…

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Pionyr Immunotherapeutics’ Phase 1a Study of TREM1-targeting Antibody PY159 for the Treatment of Solid Tumors Featured at ASCO 2023

06/06/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Inc., a company developing first-in-class Myeloid Tuning™ antibody therapeutics that enhance the body’s antitumor immunity by altering, or “tuning,” immune cells within the tumor microenvironment, announced today that PY159, a monoclonal antibody targeting TREM1 (triggering receptor expressed on macrophages 1), was well-tolerated with signals…

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eFFECTOR Therapeutics Reports Positive Data Updates from Phase 2 Expansion Cohorts Evaluating Zotatifin in Patients with ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer at the ASCO 2023 Annual Meeting

06/05/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFTR), a leader in the development of selective translation regulator inhibitors (“STRIs”) for the treatment of cancer, today announced positive interim data updates from a Phase 2 expansion cohort evaluating zotatifin combined with fulvestrant and abemaciclib (ZFA triplet) in patients with ER+ metastatic breast cancer (mBC).…

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Bolt Biotherapeutics Highlights Comprehensive Clinical Data from Phase 1 Dose-Escalation Trial of BDC-1001 as Monotherapy and in Combination with Nivolumab in HER2-Expressing Tumors at 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

06/02/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOLT) today announced the data from its Phase 1 dose-escalation clinical trial of BDC-1001 that will be presented in a poster session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2023 Annual Meeting, being held at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois and virtually from June 2-6,…

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Paralysed man walks again via thought-controlled implants

06/01/2023

Excerpt from the Press Release: A paralysed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said on Wednesday, thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord. The patient Gert-Jan, who did not want to reveal his surname, said the breakthrough had given…

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RAPT Therapeutics to Present Biomarker Data Corroborating Demonstrated Clinical Activity and Mechanism of Action of FLX475 in Advanced Cancers

05/31/2023

-FLX475-treated patients exhibited significant changes in immune pathways likely to enhance an antitumor response -FLX475 modifies the tumor microenvironment (TME) to resemble those of responders to anti-PD(L)1 monotherapy Excerpt from the Press Release: RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients…

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