Press Releases

NEW DATA PUBLISHED IN PLOS ONE VALIDATE THE CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF VERACYTE’S PERCEPTA GENOMIC SEQUENCING CLASSIFIER IN LUNG CANCER DIAGNOSIS

07/25/2022

Findings from a large, multi-cohort study suggest the genomic test can improve care for lung nodule patients with inconclusive bronchoscopy results Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 13, 2022– Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT) announced that new data published today in PLOS ONE show that the company’s Percepta Genomic Sequencing Classifier (GSC) is highly accurate in…

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Twist Bioscience Launches Monkeypox Virus Synthetic DNA Controls

07/25/2022

New synthetic controls add to growing portfolio of NGS applications for viral diseases Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today launched two human monkeypox virus synthetic DNA controls1. Positive controls provide quality…

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Rune Labs Partners with Coastal Research Institute to Identify Biomarkers of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions using AI Platform to Analyze Patient Neurophysiological Data

07/22/2022

Quantitative biomarkers of demyelination can improve clinical trial design and accelerate development of disease-modifying therapeutics Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Rune Labs, a precision neurology software and data platform company, today announced it is enrolling patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a study to identify neurophysiological biomarkers of the disease. The…

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New Two-Year Data Confirm Genentech’s Vabysmo Improves Vision With Fewer Treatments for People With Wet-Age-Related Macular Degeneration

07/22/2022

In the TENAYA and LUCERNE studies, more than 60% of Vabysmo patients could be treated every four months at two years. This represents an increase from 45% at year one Patients treated with Vabysmo received a median number of 10 injections over the two years versus 15 injections for those treated with aflibercept, potentially decreasing the…

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GBT Initiates Expanded Access Program for Voxelotor in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil

07/22/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT) today announced the initiation of an expanded access program (EAP) for voxelotor in Brazil for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older who…

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ABVC BioPharma Provides ADHD Phase II Part 2 Clinical Update

07/21/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: FREMONT, CA, July 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire – ABVC Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABVC), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic solutions in oncology/hematology, CNS, and ophthalmology, today announced the enrollment progress in the Phase II Part II clinical study of the Company’s ADHD medicine (ABV-1505). Since results on the…

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Omega Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for OTX-2002, First Omega Epigenomic Controller, for MYC Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma

07/21/2022

Represents First Ever Epigenomic Controller, a New Class of Programmable mRNA Therapeutics, to Receive IND Clearance Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial Expected to Launch in 2H’22 and Will Evaluate the Safety and Preliminary Antitumor Activity of OTX-2002 Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMGA) (“Omega”), today announced that it has received…

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Health Canada Authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine in Young Children (6 Months-5 Years)

07/21/2022

Two-dose series takes one month to complete, with similar vaccine efficacy estimates against Omicron to those seen in adults Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 14, 2022 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that Health Canada has approved the use of…

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LG Chem Announces First Subject Enrolled in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of NASH New Drug

07/20/2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LG Chem recently announced the enrollment of first subject in Phase 1 clinical trial of LG203003, LG Chem’s second NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) drug in development. Excerpt from the Press Release: LG203003 received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2022 for the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to…

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Oncternal Therapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration to Advance Zilovertamab Phase 3 Study in combination with Ibrutinib for Patients with MCL

07/20/2022

Clinical trial collaboration supports global registrational Phase 3 study ZILO-301, to treat patients with relapsed or refractory MCL with zilovertamab plus ibrutinib Agreement is supportive of the planned initiation of ZILO-301 in Q3 2022 and will also supply ibrutinib for the open-label companion study ZILO-302 Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2022…

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