Nashville, TN – An international genetic study using multiancestry biobanks has identified novel genetic locations associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the most common type of glaucoma and the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally. The findings, published in Cell Reports Medicine, detail ancestry- and sex-specific genetic loci associated with...
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing precision therapies for patients with mTOR-driven cancers, announced today that long-term efficacy and safety results from its completed Phase 2 registrational AMPECT study of nab-sirolimus in malignant PEComa were published in the Journal of...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Christopher Wright, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer. A neurologist and neuroscientist, Dr. Wright brings to AavantiBio more than 20 years of medical research and drug...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Ty Howton as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. A veteran life sciences executive, Mr. Howton brings to AavantiBio more than two decades of strategic, operational,...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, today announced new additions to its leadership team with the appointments of Paul Herzich as Chief Technology Officer and Jared Simons as Vice President of Manufacturing. Both Messrs. Herzich and Simons...
PARIS, France – AB Science SA today announced that the European Patent Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for a patent relating to methods of treating severe systemic mastocytosis (i.e. a medical use patent) with its lead compound masitinib, based on findings from study AB06006. This new European patent...
SHANGHAI, China — Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd. announced the completion of patient enrollment for its pivotal Phase III trial, MANEUVER (ABSK021-301) STUDY, for evaluating the efficacy and safety of pimicotinib in patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT). A total of 94 patients were enrolled and exceeded the original target...
SHANGHAI — Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (“Abbisko Therapeutics” hereafter) announced that two major clinical updates of its CSF-1R inhibitor pimicotinib（ABSK021）were presented at the 2023 Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, which is held in Ireland from November 1 to 4, 2023. The two clinical updates include reporting the design of...
SHANGHAI, China — Abbisko Therapeutics announced that its investigational innovative CSF-1R inhibitor pimicotinib（ABSK021) has been granted orphan drug designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of inoperable tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT). Following the successful ODD granted by the EMA, the product will benefit from incentives, including...