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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Flare Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company targeting transcription factors (TF) to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases, announced the presentation of data regarding the Phase 1 clinical trial design of FX-909, a highly potent and selective inhibitor of PPARG. “FlareTx has built a robust body...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A best practices program developed at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) has been shown to improve outcomes for adult patients prescribed selinexor for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Results obtained from a one-year retrospective observational study using data collected by FCS’ Real-World...
Fuzhou, China – Flow immunophenotyping can help diagnose primary myelofibrosis (MF) and differentiate between essential thrombocythemia (ET) and polycythemia vera (PV), according to a new study published in the journal Clinical Cytometry. It is difficult to differentiate between the different types of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), such as ET, PV, and...
Margaret Flynn is still waiting for a lung transplant. Now, the Ladysmith resident has been on the current waiting list longer than anyone else. “It’s a rare match,” said Flynn, who has O negative blood as well as certain anti bodies in the blood, making her difficult to match to...
CARY, N.C. — Focal Medical, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing a targeted therapeutic system to treat inoperable tumors and to deliver genomic medicines, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a Phase 1b clinical trial of ACT-IOP-003,...
A 31-year-old man from Bratton has organised his first event as part of a five-year campaign to help a specialist school raise £2.4m for a hydro swimming pool and early learning centre. Radek Evans, 31, from Carpenters Lane,who has previously raised money for Hope Nature Centre in Southwick, and Dorothy...
ROME, Italy — Fondazione Telethon announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Waskyra, an ex vivo gene therapy for patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), a rare and life-threatening immunodeficiency. WAS, seen almost exclusively in males, affects blood cells and cells of the immune system (the body’s...
NEW YORK, NY — Immunotherapy has been disappointing as a prostate cancer treatment, but a new Columbia study suggests that the powerful treatments have potential when the disease starts to spread. The study, published in Cancer Cell, found that metastatic prostate tumors contain a rich variety of immune cells that can...
TAIPEI — Foresee Pharmaceuticals (TPEx: 6576), (“Foresee”) today announces that the first patient has been dosed in the Casppian Phase 3 registration study. “The Casppian Phase 3 study is an open-label, multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of leuprolide (FP-001) 42 mg-controlled release in patients with...