SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), announced today results from the primary analysis of ZUMA-3, a global, multicenter, single-arm, open-label Phase 1/2 study evaluating its chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy Tecartus® (brexucabtagene autoleucel) in adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)....
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NEW YORK, NY — Klotho Neurosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLTO) today announced that it is moving forward with manufacturing and process development work in preparation for clinical trials of KLTO-202, its investigational gene therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A unique RNA splice variant of the human gene called alpha-Klotho has been licensed by...
NEW YORK, NY — Klotho Neurosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLTO), a gene and cell therapy company focused on the treatment of neurodegenerative and other aging-related diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to the company’s novel secreted-Klotho (s-KL) promoter, gene and delivery system (KLTO-202, or s-KL-AAV.myo)...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. and TOKYO, Japan — Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA, “Kura”) and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4151, “Kyowa Kirin”) today announced KOMZIFTI™ (ziftomenib), the first and only once-daily oral menin inhibitor to be approved for adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a susceptible...
SEOUL, South Korea — More than two-thirds of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), who receive surgical interventions, experience recurrence owing to lack of an established perioperative treatment. Now, researchers from Korea University College of Medicine have performed a meta-analysis to examine the oncological benefits of administering radiotherapy before or after...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Korro Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a new class of genetic medicines for both rare and highly prevalent diseases, has nominated its first development candidate, KRRO-110, for the potential treatment of AATD. KRRO-110 is a proprietary RNA editing oligonucleotide delivered to liver cells using...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Korro Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a new class of genetic medicines for both rare and highly prevalent diseases, presented new data for KRRO-110 and reported progress across its RNA editing portfolio at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 9, 2024. “KRRO-110 data...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Korro Bio, Inc. (Korro), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a new class of genetic medicines based on editing RNA for both rare and highly prevalent diseases, announced today that it has been granted orphan drug designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee, who adopted...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS), a commercial-stage biotechnology company, today announced an update on development plans for KB707, the Company’s redosable immunotherapy designed to drive sustained, localized expression of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interleukin-12 (IL-12) in the tumor microenvironment and promote systemic immune-mediated tumor clearance following inhaled...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS) announced today that on July 24, 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) granted marketing authorization to VYJUVEK® (beremagene geperpavec-svdt) for the treatment of wounds in patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), starting from birth. VYJUVEK is the first genetic medicine approved in Japan for...