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TEL AVIV, Israel — Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for fibro-inflammatory diseases with high unmet need, today announced early completion of patient enrollment in its Phase 2 clinical trial assessing CM-101 as a treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)....
BOSTON, Mass. — Chiesi Global Rare Diseases, a business unit of the Chiesi Group established to deliver innovative therapies and solutions for people affected by rare diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved FILSUVEZ® (birch triterpenes) topical gel for the treatment of partial thickness wounds...
Beijing, China –  Colorectal cancer (CRC) is expected to contribute to a burden of 3.2 million new cases and 1.6 million deaths by 2040. CRC prevention strategies target lifestyle changes, screening high-risk individuals, and polyp removal, while the most effective treatment options are surgery and chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Although early...
CHENGDU, China — Chengdu Chipscreen NewWay Biosciences Co., Ltd. announced that on January 5, 2024, the dosing of the first patient for a phase I clinical trial of a PD-1/CD40 bispecific antibody (bsAb), NWY001, at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center in China, the trial-leading institution. The trial is a multi-center,...
NEW YORK, NY – Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding points to the possibility of using cholesterol-lowering drugs to...
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified a key target that may be responsible for treatment failure in about 30% of patients with hemophilia A. The target, known as B cell activating factor (BAFF), appears to promote antibodies against and inhibitors of the missing blood clotting factor that...