LEXINGTON, Mass. — Partner Therapeutics, Inc. (PTx) announced today the publication of a comprehensive review by Mora et al. in the International Journal of Cancer which summarizes the efficacy and safety of anti-GD2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) (dinutuximab, dinutuximab beta, and naxitamab) in children with high-risk neuroblastoma when given in combination with Leukine...
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OSLO, Norway – Targovax ASA (OSE: TRVX), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing immune activators to target hard-to-treat solid tumors, today announces 21-month follow-up data from the randomized phase I/II trial of ONCOS-102 in combination with standard of care chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The trial is an open...
Norwood, MA – Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP) (“Corbus” or the “Company”), an immunology company developing innovative medicines that target inflammation, fibrosis, metabolism and immuno-oncology, announced topline results from the Phase 3 DETERMINE study of lenabasum in adults with the rare, heterogeneous, autoimmune disease dermatomyositis. Primary endpoint: The study...
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Corcept Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CORT), a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of medications to treat severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic and neurologic disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol, today announced completion of enrollment in GRADIENT, a Phase 3 trial of its...
Ithaca, NY – Cornell University scientists have designed a way to “cloak” proteins in a generalized technique that could lead to repurposing things like antibodies for biological research and therapeutic applications. The “cloaked” proteins can be captured by lipid nanoparticles, which are akin to tiny bubbles of fat. These bubbles...
BURLINGAME, Calif. — Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: CRVS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for soquelitinib for the treatment of T-cell lymphoma. Soquelitinib, the Company’s lead ITK inhibitor candidate, is expected to advance into a Phase 3 registrational...
Changsha, China – New research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology suggests that for people overweight or with obesity who also have knee or hip osteoarthritis, a slow-to-moderate—but not fast—rate of weight loss caused by anti-obesity medications may lower their risk of premature death. Among 6,524 participants with knee or hip...
San Francisco, Calif. – A team of international research institutions, led by UC San Francisco, has completed the first large-scale study of posterior cortical atrophy, a baffling constellation of visuospatial symptoms that present as the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. These symptoms occur in up to 10% of cases of...
Neurological diseases including Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer’s, and schizophrenia are all associated with alterations in dopamine-driven function involving the dopamine transporter (DAT). Research published today in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience suggests that a number of estrogens acting through their receptors affect the DAT, which...
Boston, Mass. – In the early 1990s, Mike McCune and his colleagues thought they’d found a path to a one-time HIV treatment for babies: genetically modifying hematopoietic stem cells to suppress the virus and then transplanting them into the bone marrow. But the treatment never made it to clinical trials....