Press Releases

Dynavax Announces First Participant Dosed in a Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating an Adjuvanted Plague Vaccine

09/20/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dynavax Technologies Corporation ( Nasdaq: DVAX), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative vaccines, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) and supported by the DOD’s Chemical and Biological Defense…

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Apexigen Presents New Data from a Phase 2 Trial Evaluating its CD40 Antibody, Sotigalimab, in Combination with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Patients with Resectable Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers at ESMO Congress 2022

09/19/2022

-Sotigalimab in combination with neoadjuvant chemoradiation induced higher pathologic complete response rates, an important predictor of survival, in patients with both adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma- Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN CARLOS, Calif., Sept. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apexigen, Inc. (NASDAQ: APGN) a clinical-stage company focused on developing innovative antibody-based therapeutics for the…

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IMFINZI® (durvalumab) plus chemotherapy further improved overall survival benefit in advanced biliary tract cancer in the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial, reducing the risk of death by 24% in additional follow-up

09/19/2022

HIMALAYA Phase III trial exploratory results support the benefit of tremelimumab added to IMFINZI in unresectable liver cancer regardless of etiology Excerpt from the Press Release: WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Updated results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab), in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy demonstrated a clinically meaningful and durable overall survival (OS) benefit…

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Atea to Advance Global Phase 3 Registrational Study of Bemnifosbuvir in High-Risk Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

09/16/2022

Novel Phase 3 Trial Design to Evaluate Bemnifosbuvir as Monotherapy and Combination Antiviral Therapy for COVID-19 Trial to Focus on High-Risk Patients at Greatest Risk for Disease Progression Trial Expected to Initiate in Fourth Quarter 2022 Conference Call at 8:30 a.m. ET Today Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —…

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Amolyt Pharma Announces Positive Efficacy and Safety Data from First Cohort of Phase 2a Study of AZP-3601 in Patients with Hypoparathyroidism at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2022 Annual Meeting

09/16/2022

– Company to host Key Opinion Leader webinar today, September 12, at 1:30 pm CT/2:30 pm ET – Excerpt from the Press Release: LYON, France and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amolyt Pharma, a global company specialized in developing therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and related diseases, today announced positive efficacy and…

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TumorGen and PhenoVista Capture the Seeds that Drive Cancer Metastasis

09/15/2022

TumorGen’s microfluidic platform traps metastatic cancer cell clusters from lung cancer patients, creating new opportunities for anti-metastatic drug development. Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TumorGen Inc., and PhenoVista Biosciences LLC have successfully isolated and characterized metastatic cancer cell clusters (MCCCs) from the blood of lung cancer patients’, validating TumorGen’s novel MCCC capture technology.…

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The New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Second Manuscript Reporting Positive Phase 2 Results for Biogen’s Litifilimab (BIIB059) in Lupus

09/15/2022

Part A results from the two-part Phase 2 LILAC study show litifilimab significantly reduced disease activity based on active joint count in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to placebo Biogen is currently enrolling people with active SLE into two Phase 3 studies in 31 countries worldwide and plans to initiate a pivotal study…

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Xevinapant Five-Year Data Show Survival Rate Nearly Doubled in Patients with Unresected LA SCCHN, When Added to Standard of Care

09/15/2022

Not intended for UK-based media First randomized trial in decades to show significant improvement in overall survival in patients with LA SCCHN, reinforcing the transformative potential of xevinapant over standard of care in the curative setting Patients treated with xevinapant plus CRT almost twice as likely to be alive at five years (53% vs 28%)…

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OncXerna Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Navicixizumab Alone or in Combination with Chemotherapy in Patients with Select Advanced Solid Tumors

09/14/2022

Multicenter basket trial includes cohorts enrolling patients with colorectal and triple negative breast cancer Trial designed to assess efficacy, safety, and evaluate the relationship between tumor Xerna™ TME Panel biomarker subtype and treatment response Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OncXerna Therapeutics, Inc. (“OncXerna”), a precision medicine company…

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First Patient Enrolled in AMIHOT III Trial Investigating ZOLL’s Supersaturated Oxygen Therapy in Heart Attack Patients

09/14/2022

Study Evaluates the Effectiveness of TherOx Supersaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy in Patients Presenting with Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction with Successful Reperfusion Compared to Standard Therapy Excerpt from the Press Release: CHELMSFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that the first patient has enrolled…

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