BOSTON, Mass. – The NEJM Evidence has published interim data from the first part of Phase I/II CYPIDES trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of ODM-208 (or MK-5684), an investigational, oral CYP11A1 inhibitor, in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Prostate cancer continues to be regulated by...
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SAN FRANCISCO – Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced the publication of preclinical data in the Journal of Translational Autoimmunity describing NKTR-358, a first-in-class, composition of stable PEG conjugates of native IL-2 designed to selectively stimulate T regulatory (Treg) cell function. NKTR-358 is currently in development for the treatment of...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Injecting neuroblastoma tumors with Zika virus shrank or eliminated those tumors in studies with mice, suggesting that the virus could someday serve as an effective cancer therapy, according to a study led by Nemours Children’s Health researchers and published today in Cancer Research Communications, a journal of...
Jacksonville, Florida – Researchers from Nemours Children’s Health will present several studies at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference, Dec. 9-12 in San Diego. Nemours Children’s researchers will focus primarily on sickle cell disease (SCD), a group of inherited red blood disorders marked by defective hemoglobin that causes pain...
Bottom Line: Patients with liver cancer who received immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) before surgery—including those who would not have been eligible for surgery by conventional criteria—had similar outcomes to patients who received surgery upfront, according to results from a retrospective study. Journal in Which the Study was Published: Cancer...
Outcomes for melanoma patients have vastly improved thanks to new treatment options. However, those with high-risk disease who have their tumors surgically removed still have a substantial chance of relapse. A team of researchers from institutions across the United States, including Moffitt Cancer Center, launched a phase 2 clinical trial...
ROCKVILLE, Md. – NeoImmuneTech, Inc., a clinical-stage T cell-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its investigational new drug (IND) application for a pilot study evaluating the company’s lead drug candidate, NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa), a novel long-acting human interleukin-7 (IL-7), in progressive...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Neucore Bio, an early-stage biotechnology company advancing the therapeutic potential of non-viral, engineered exosomes, today announced the receipt of a $350,000 STTR Phase I grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate the Company’s targeted...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited today announced top-line results from its Phase 2 clinical trial of NNZ-2591 in children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS). Significant improvement was observed by both clinicians and caregivers from treatment, across multiple efficacy measures. Improvements were consistently seen across many of the core PMS characteristics....
Utrecht, Netherlands and Vienna, Austria – Neuroblastoma mainly affects toddlers and young children – in the EU region there are 1500 new cases per year. Neuroblastoma is a malignant tumor of the peripheral nervous system and around 50% of patients are high-risk cases. Recurrences occur frequently, and conventional therapies are...