Tsukuba, Japan — Nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, while rare, are primarily treated through surgery. The presence or absence of lymph node metastasis considerably influences the selection of surgical and other treatment approaches. Particularly controversial is the necessity of surgery for tumors smaller than 2 cm as current clinical guidelines provide...
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Longitudinal circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis can predict disease recurrence and guide adjuvant treatment in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in Nature Communications. ctDNA positivity — both after surgery and after adjuvant therapy — was significantly associated with worse recurrence-free survival (RFS), researchers...
SEATTLE – CTI BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq: CTIC) today announced that it has completed a rolling New Drug Application (“NDA”) submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seeking approval of pacritinib as a treatment for myelofibrosis patients with severe thrombocytopenia (platelet counts less than 50 x 109/L). CTI had previously announced the...
CINCINNATI — Shortly after Ryan Dempster and his wife, Jenny, welcomed daughter Riley into the world on April 1, they learned their daughter suffers from DiGeorge syndrome, a rare congenital disease that prevents her from swallowing and digesting food. Dempster has commuted to Childrens Memorial Hospital over the last seven...
Ryan Dempster, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, recently opened up to the Chicago Tribune about his new-born daughter and her fight with DiGeorge Syndrome. In the interview, the professional baseball player admitted that the experience has “been rougher than anything I can imagine.” The syndrome is caused by a...
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Cue Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of therapeutic biologics to selectively engage and modulate disease-specific T cells for the treatment of autoimmune disease and cancer, announced today the initiation of an investigator sponsored trial (IST) in rGBM at the DFCI with...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cullinan Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on modality-agnostic targeted oncology therapies, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for CLN-619 in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. CLN-619 is a potential first-in-class humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody that...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company accelerating potential first- or best-in-class, high-impact therapies in autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced new clinical data from its Phase 1 study of CLN-049, a novel, investigational FLT3xCD3 bispecific T cell engager, in patients with relapsed/refractory (r/r) acute...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company accelerating potential first- or best-in-class, high-impact therapies in autoimmune diseases and cancer, today shared updated clinical data from its Phase 1 study of CLN-049, a novel, investigational FLT3xCD3 bispecific T cell engager, in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company accelerating potential first- or best-in-class, high-impact therapies in autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to CLN-049 for the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia...