Barcelona, Spain – Directed by Laura Soucek, an ICREA Research Professor, Director of VHIO’s Experimental Therapeutics Program and head of our Models of Cancer Therapies Group, two decades of research aimed at combating resistance to therapy and cancer regression through inhibiting the MYC oncogene—found deregulated in most, if not all...
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SYDNEY, Australia — Immutep Limited (formerly known as Prima Biomed), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel LAG-3 immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune disease, today announces that the first patient has been enrolled and safely dosed in the INSIGHT-005 Phase I trial. The investigator-initiated study jointly funded with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,...
Manchester, UK – The first patient in the UK has been treated with a pioneering new investigational gene therapy designed to treat the debilitating genetic disorder Gaucher disease. Experts at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) say the research study is a major milestone for the inherited condition. They...
SAN FRANCISCO – Perspectum announced recruitment of the first patient in a multi-center collaborative study to characterize Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in children, “Prospective Observational Study of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) in Children.” This 10-year collaborative study includes 12 geographically-diverse children’s hospitals in the United States and one Canadian children’s hospital....
Lund – Active Biotech (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: ACTI) today announced that the first subject has been dosed in phase I clinical study of the newly developed eye-drop formulation of the company’s candidate drug laquinimod. Laquinimod is being developed as a new treatment for non-infectious non-anterior uveitis and has the potential to...
VIENNA, Austria – Rectal cancer is a type of bowel cancer that develops in the last several centimetres of the large intestine, just before the anus. It’s one of the most common cancers in Europe, with over 125,000 people diagnosed annually. Treatment traditionally involves surgery to remove the tumour –...
The Gamida Cell-Teva Joint Venture announced today that five prestigious cord blood transplantations centers in Spain, three in Barcelona and two in Valencia, have joined the ExCell study. Participating clinical sites include, in alphabetical order: * Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona: Principal Investigator, Dr. Enric Carreras, MD * Hospital Clínico...
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...
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,...