A testicular cancer survivor from Beverley has organised a charity fun run to raise awareness of the condition. Chris Robson, 28, of Butt Lane, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in June last year and had surgery to remove a testicle before undergoing chemotherapy. He has now been given the all-clear...
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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...
PALO ALTO, Calif. & PHILADELPHIA – Ciitizen, a healthcare technology company that helps patients get full control of their medical records to access better treatment options including participation in research and clinical trials, and the STXBP1 Foundation, a patient advocacy group dedicated to finding a cure for STXBP1 Disorders, today announced...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Circle Pharma, Inc., a macrocycle drug discovery and development company focused on intractable cancer targets, announced that it has raised $66 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing. The financing was co-led by The Column Group and Nextech Invest. All investors from the prior round...
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...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SHANGHAI – Citrine Medicine, a China-based rare disease therapeutics company, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Diurnal Group plc (AIM: DNL), a specialty pharmaceutical company targeting patient needs in chronic endocrine (hormonal) diseases. The deal provides Citrine with exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Efmody® (hydrocortisone modified-release hard...
City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States and a leading research center for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses, today announced that its Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine received a $4.9 million grant to train the next generation of...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Treating prostate cancer with immunotherapy is currently difficult to do. But results from a first in-human phase 1 trial using a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy developed by researchers from City of Hope®, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — An international Phase 3 clinical trial found that metastatic colorectal cancer patients with a rare genetic tumor mutation called KRAS G12C experienced superior progression-free survival rates compared to standard of care when offered a combination treatment of KRAS inhibitor sotorasib and monoclonal antibody panitumumab. City of...