Latest News

SEATTLE – Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KDNY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of precision medicines for kidney diseases, today announced that Tom Frohlich, chief business officer, has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO) of Chinook and Andrew King, D.V.M, Ph.D., head of renal discovery and translational...
CHENGDU, China — Chengdu Chipscreen NewWay Biosciences Co., Ltd. announced that on January 5, 2024, the dosing of the first patient for a phase I clinical trial of a PD-1/CD40 bispecific antibody (bsAb), NWY001, at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center in China, the trial-leading institution. The trial is a multi-center,...
Basel – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of ENSPRYNG® (satralizumab) as the first subcutaneous treatment option for adults and adolescents from 12 years of age living with anti-aquaporin-4 antibody...
NEW YORK, NY – Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding points to the possibility of using cholesterol-lowering drugs to...
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified a key target that may be responsible for treatment failure in about 30% of patients with hemophilia A. The target, known as B cell activating factor (BAFF), appears to promote antibodies against and inhibitors of the missing blood clotting factor that...
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...
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...