Enrollment ongoing in atrasentan pivotal phase 3 ALIGN study in IgAN and phase 2 AFFINITY study in proteinuric glomerular diseases Chinook expects to present data from the IgAN patient cohort of the phase 2 AFFINITY study in the first half of 2022, with data from one or more additional cohorts expected...
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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,...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. – PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT), today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of Evrysdi™ (risdiplam) for the treatment of 5q spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in patients 2 months and older, with a clinical...
PRINCETON, N.J. — Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of Opdivo® (nivolumab) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial...
Basel – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of ENSPRYNG® (satralizumab) as the first subcutaneous treatment option for adults and adolescents from 12 years of age living with anti-aquaporin-4 antibody...
SYDNEY, Australia — Imugene Limited (ASX: IMU), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company, is pleased to announce that enrolment has opened for its expansion study in bile tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) patients, having completed the fifth, high dose cohort in the intratumoural (IT) arm of the monotherapy dose escalation study evaluating its...
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...
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia, accounts for about 15% of adult leukemia cases.¹ One of the rarest types of leukemia, CML starts in the bone marrow and causes a dangerous increase in the numbers of abnormal white blood cells. Although CML treatment has advanced significantly...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Cidara Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTX), a biotechnology company developing therapies designed to save lives and improve the standard of care for patients facing serious diseases, today announced that the United Kingdom (U.K.) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved REZZAYO (rezafungin acetate) for the...
SHANGHAI and BOSTON – Citrine Medicine, a China-based rare disease therapeutics company, today announced that it has received a clinical trial waiver from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China for Wakix® (pitolisant), a narcolepsy drug approved in the European Union and the United States for the treatment of narcolepsy in adult patients with and without...