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United Kingdom-based global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has integrated more than 10 molecular products worldwide in the rare diseases field and is promoting more than 20 clinical research programs, said an executive of the company.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Updated exploratory results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy demonstrated a clinically meaningful long-term overall survival (OS) benefit at three years for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC). These results from TOPAZ-1, which are the longest survival...
Cambridge, England – AstraZeneca on Monday released high-level results from the Phase III LAURA study, demonstrating clinical benefit for Tagrisso (osimertinib) as a maintenance treatment for patients with unresectable, stage III, EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The pharma did not reveal specific data in its announcement but said that Tagrisso...
BOSTON, Mass. — Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATXS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-changing therapies for allergic and immunological diseases, today announced positive initial proof-of-concept results from the ALPHA-STAR Phase 1b/2 clinical trial evaluating STAR-0215, a monoclonal antibody inhibitor of plasma kallikrein, in hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients. Initial results demonstrate...
AUSTIN, Texas — Natera, Inc., a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, presented new data on its personalized and tumor-informed molecular residual disease (MRD) test, Signatera™,  at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2024 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI), that took place January 18 – 20, 2024 in San Francisco,...
STOCKHOLM — Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq: CALT, Nasdaq Stockholm: CALTX) (“Calliditas”), today announced data presentations highlighting additional analyses from the Phase 3 NefIgArd study with Nefecon in adults with primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN), as well as pre-clinical data on the treatment of Alport syndrome with setanaxib, a novel NOX inhibitor,...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. —  Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRA), a leader in T-cell immunotherapy, leveraging its novel allogeneic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) T-cell platform to develop transformative therapies for patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced its recent submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.- Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRA), a pioneer in T-cell immunotherapy, leveraging its novel allogeneic EBV T-cell platform to develop transformative therapies for patients with serious diseases including solid tumors, hematologic cancers and autoimmune disease, today announced a combined long-term overall survival (OS) analysis from three clinical...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRA), a leader in T-cell immunotherapy, leveraging its novel allogeneic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) T-cell platform to develop transformative therapies for patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an Investigational New Drug (IND) application...
BOTHELL, Wash— Athira Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHA), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules to restore neuronal health and slow neurodegeneration, today announced publication of research highlighting the neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects of ATH-1105 in preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The original research article, “ATH-1105, a...