Press Releases

Verastem Oncology Announces FDA Acceptance and Priority Review of New Drug Application for Avutometinib in Combination with Defactinib for the Treatment of Recurrent KRAS Mutant Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

01/13/2025

PDUFA target action date is June 30, 2025 If approved, avutometinib in combination with defactinib would be the first-ever FDA-approved treatment specifically for adults with recurrent KRAS mutant LGSOC cerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today announced that the…

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Aclarity Graduated from Mansfield Bio-Incubator

01/10/2025

Excerpt from the Press Release: MANSFIELD, MA – Last month, Aclarity, a leader in PFAS removal, officially completed the move from Mansfield Bio-Incubator to their new headquarters in Medway. September 2022, the time when Aclarity became Mansfield Bio-Incubator’s member with less than five lab-based employees and taking up a bench in the shared space, seems…

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NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NRXP) Files Initial Section of U.S. New Drug Application to the FDA for NRX-100 (IV Ketamine) for the Treatment of Suicidal Depression

01/09/2025

Excerpt from the Press Release: WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRXP) (“NRx”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the transmission of first section of its New Drug Application (NDA) for NRX-100 (ketamine) for electronic filing with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). NRX-100 was initially granted…

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Develop New Tool with Potential to Advance Precision Medicine Treatment for Cancer

01/08/2025

Technology Discovers Antigen-Reactive T Cell Receptors with High Efficiency Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania developed a new screening technology, Aptamer-based T Lymphocyte Activity Screening and SEQuencing (ATLAS-seq), to better identify antigen-reactive T…

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First of Its Kind Gene Therapy Model Offers Hope for X-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia Treatment

01/07/2025

New model and vector could be instrumental in transforming the lives of XLSA patients and those with a broad spectrum of other diseases Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine pioneered a first of its kind…

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Repare Therapeutics Announces Positive Results of the Lunresertib and Camonsertib Combination from the MYTHIC Phase 1 Gynecologic Expansion Clinical Trial

12/23/2024

Heavily-pretreated patients on lunresertib and camonsertib combination achieved 25.9% overall response rate (ORR) in endometrial cancer and 37.5% in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer Nearly half of patients with gynecologic cancers maintained progression-free survival at 24 weeks, comparing favorably to current standard of care Company plans to initiate a registrational Phase 3 trial of lunresertib in combination…

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Bicycle Therapeutics Announces Data Updates Across Zelenectide Pevedotin Program and Development Strategy Leveraging NECTIN4 Gene Amplification

12/20/2024

Topline combination data for zelenectide pevedotin plus pembrolizumab in first-line metastatic urothelial cancer demonstrated a 60% overall response rate, in line with existing therapies Dose selection and topline data from Phase 2/3 Duravelo-2 trial planned for 2H 2025 Heavily pretreated breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer patients with NECTIN4 gene amplification and/or polysomy demonstrated…

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Significant Positive Results with Jaguar Health’s Crofelemer for Cancer Therapy-Related Diarrhea (CTD) in Breast Cancer Patients Presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)

12/19/2024

Adult patients with breast cancer are a prespecified subgroup of the recently conducted phase 3 OnTarget trial evaluating crofelemer for prophylaxis of CTD The majority of patients in the OnTarget placebo group on abemaciclib and pertuzumab-based therapies required dose reduction or elimination Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2024 / Jaguar…

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Corcept Announces Results From Phase 2 Study of Dazucorilant in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

12/18/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CORT), a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of medications to treat severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic, and neurologic disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol, today announced results from the DAZALS study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 trial…

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Transcenta Debuts Promising Anti-Tumor Activity of Novel LIV-1 Targeting ADCs with Site-Specific Conjugated Topo I Inhibitor Payload in TNBC Tumor Models at 2024 SABCS

12/17/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: PRINCETON, N.J. and SUZHOU, China, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Transcenta Holding Limited (“Transcenta”) (HKEX: 06628), a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announced late-breaking presentation of preclinical study results of novel humanized LIV-1 antibody based ADCs at 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer…

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