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Balstilimab Monotherapy Data Published in Gynecologic Oncology

08/30/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN), an immuno-oncology company with an extensive pipeline of checkpoint antibodies, cell therapies, adjuvants, and vaccines designed to activate immune response to cancers and infections, today announced that results from a global Phase 2 clinical study of balstilimab monotherapy in…

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Delfi Liquid Biopsy Shows Promise for Reducing Lung Cancer Deaths

08/27/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: BALTIMORE and PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A novel machine learning based blood testing technology that could help to increase detection of early-stage lung cancer demonstrated promising results in a study published in Nature Communications1. Delfi Diagnostics Inc.’s lung cancer screening technology, which uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze genome-wide cell-free DNA…

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Fate Therapeutics Announces Positive Interim Clinical Data from its FT596 and FT516 Off-the-shelf, iPSC-derived NK Cell Programs for B-cell Lymphoma

08/27/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer, today highlighted positive interim clinical data from the Company’s FT516 and FT596 programs for patients with relapsed / refractory B-cell lymphoma. FT516 is the Company’s universal, off-the-shelf…

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Sorrento Announces Its Lead Protein-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate – DYAI-100 – Elicits Strong Neutralizing Immune Responses in Vaccinated Animals Against SARS-CoV-2 and Multiple Major Variants of Concern

08/27/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Immunization with a protein-based immunogen, DYAI-100, a receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2, resulted in potent B cell immunity in preclinical studies, with strong serological recognition of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and major variants of concern (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta; “VOCs”). The sera of vaccinated mice demonstrated potent neutralization…

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Researchers Discover Hidden SARS-CoV-2 ‘Gate’ That Opens to Allow COVID Infection

08/26/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Since the early days of the COVID pandemic, scientists have aggressively pursued the secrets of the mechanisms that allow severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to enter and infect healthy human cells. Early in the pandemic, University of California San Diego’s Rommie Amaro, a computational biophysical chemist, helped develop…

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Privo Technologies Named Winner of AIM-HI Accelerator Fund’s Inaugural Women’s Venture Competition

08/26/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: PEABODY, Mass., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Privo Technologies, Inc. (“Privo”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on breakthrough localized treatments for tough to treat mucosal cancers, announced today that Privo and its CEO, Manijeh Goldberg, Ph.D., have been selected as the winner of the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund’s Inaugural Women’s Venture Competition. Privo was selected from…

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Oncology Pharma, Inc. Executes Co-Development Agreement with NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

08/26/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 19, 2021 / Oncology Pharma Inc. (OTC PINK:ONPH) With much anticipation, Oncology Pharma, Inc. has finalized a Co-Development Agreement with NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Oncology Pharma will pursue the early feasibility and nonclinical development of a dactinomycin nanoemulsion drug product intended for the treatment of…

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Biocept’s CNSide Assay Identifies Tumor Cells and Actionable Treatment Biomarkers from Cerebrospinal Fluid in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

08/25/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 19, 2021– Biocept (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays and services, today announced that new data show the company’s cerebrospinal fluid assay, CNSide™, detected tumor cells and identified actionable mutations in lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, allowing for targeted treatment decisions that may improve outcomes…

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AGTC Appoints Ophthalmology and Retinal Disease Specialist and Industry R&D Veteran Yehia Hashad, MD to its Board of Directors

08/25/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: GAINESVILLE, Fla. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare retinal diseases, today announced the addition of Yehia Hashad, MD to its Board of Directors.…

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Pluto Biosciences Launches Cloud-based Collaborative Life Sciences Platform for Academia, Biotech and Pharma Organizations

08/25/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Pluto Biosciences, a biotech software startup, launched its cloud-based, collaborative life sciences platform that leverages technology developed at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. The Pluto platform simplifies secure, collaborative data sharing and bioinformatics analysis for academic, biotech, and pharmaceutical organizations. The Pluto platform was built to…

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