DURHAM, N.C. – Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers. “There are chemically resistant, local-tissue stem cells in the lung that only...
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VOORHEES, N.J. — Adult glioblastoma is a challenging diagnosis which carries a poor prognosis and appears to be associated with genetic alterations of several critical signaling and tumor suppressor pathways. While current treatment options are not curative, there is hope for improving outcomes for patients. In order to do this,...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – It has been five years since medical marijuana was approved in Texas, now industry experts and patients are hoping legislators will expand qualifying conditions and change the THC cap in the upcoming session. Patients believe and experts agree: loosening rules for the Texas Compassionate Use program,...
AUSTIN, Texas, March 18, 2021 — Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of human enzyme therapeutics as innovative solutions for rare metabolic diseases, today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial results, and provided recent corporate and program highlights. “2020 was a...
QUEBEC CITY – AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS, TSX: AEZ), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today disclosed preliminary results for the Company’s European multi-center Phase 2 trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with its novel, first-in-class, oral signal transduction inhibitor compound, perifosine. In 177...
EAST HANOVER, N.J. — New data show that Afinitor(R) (everolimus) tablets significantly shrunk tumors in 33% of patients with relapsed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and Hodgkin’s disease(1). Based on results from this study and other early-stage research, Novartis has initiated a Phase III trial in the most common NHL, diffuse large...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO), a leader in the field of cellular metabolism to treat cancer and genetically defined diseases, today announced it will sponsor Citizen Scientist: Unpacking the Science of Sickle Cell Disease, an initiative developed by the Sickle Cell Community Consortium (SCCC) to promote health...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO), a leader in the field of cellular metabolism to treat cancer and genetically defined diseases, today announced that it has submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TIBSOVO® (ivosidenib tablets) as a potential...
GAINESVILLE, Fla., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – Applied Genetics Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, which include X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) and achromatopsia (ACHM), announces two important initiatives to help patients with potential interest...
LONDON — Privately owned UK biotech company Daval International Limited (http://www.davalinternational.com) has been informed by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that its innovative anti-inflammatory agent AIMSPRO(R) has been awarded Orphan Status for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is the most common form of Motor Neuron Disease (MND),...