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Weekly Roundup 15 Dec 2023

Pharvaris’ $300 million public offering; Genentech’s breast cancer trial success; new neuromuscular disease target discovered

What’s been going on in the world of biotech of late? Find out with Labiotech’s weekly roundup of the latest biotech news.

December 15, 2023 - 14 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 13 Oct 2023

How close are we to a cure for metastatic breast cancer?

Currently considered an incurable disease, there is a lot of work being done around developing better treatment options for metastatic breast cancer, and, ultimately, a cure. Numerous promising candidates are in clinical trials, all with the hope of progressing toward U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2.3 […]

October 13, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 3 Aug 2023

How is artificial intelligence rising to the challenge in breast cancer diagnosis?

The scope of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine has been rapidly expanding in recent years. With AI shaping the way clinical research is conducted, it has also opened doors for quicker drug discovery and diagnostic measures. And in the fight against breast cancer in particular, AI has emerged as a game-changer in digital pathology, revolutionizing […]

August 3, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Fluorescence microcopy image of gamma delta T cells (green) attacking cancer cells (blue). To get tot he cancer cells, the immune cells need to navigate through a dense extracellular matrix that surrounds the tumor tissue (red). Image: Katrin Raute / University of Freiburg

News and Trends 4 May 2023

Osteoporosis drug helps T cells fight aggressive breast cancer

Researchers in Germany have discovered a mechanism by which cancer cells escape the immune system – and how to reverse it. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and deadly form of breast cancer, with limited treatment options and a high probability of recurrence. Tumor growth and relapse of TNBC are driven by breast […]

May 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Feb 2023

Cleveland Clinic breast cancer vaccine study moves forward

Researchers from global health system Cleveland Clinic have launched the next step in their novel study of a vaccine aimed at preventing triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and lethal form of the disease. Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the new phase 1b study will enroll cancer-free individuals at high risk for developing […]

February 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

Stemline Therapeutics’ breast cancer treatment approved

The Menarini Group, an Italian pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, says that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORSERDU for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men, with ER+, HER2-, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy. Stemline Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary […]

January 31, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Jan 2023

Ibex to collaborate with AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo on AI breast cancer product

Ibex Medical Analytics has announced an agreement with AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, for the development, clinical validation and early adoption of an AI-powered product to aid pathologists with an accurate and reproducible assessment of HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) scoring in breast cancer patients. Scoring of HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) protein expression in breast […]

January 26, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Breast cancer most studied disease area in 2022

Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data analytics, has released the results of its global analysis of all clinical trials conducted in 2022. The report, which analyzed 80,917 trial records, reveals that breast cancer retained its position as the most-studied disease area, followed by COVID-19. Three of the top five most-studied disease areas fell within oncology, […]

January 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Dec 2022

Therabest and Glycotope to assess breast cancer combination treatment

Therabest USA. Inc, Therabest Korea and Glycotope GmbH have signed an agreement to assess the clinical development of Therabest’s EiNK (enhanced iPSC-derived NK) cell therapy, TB-100, in combination with Glycotope’s immuno-cytokine, GT-00AxIL15 in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. NK (natural killer) cell therapies from various cell sources have demonstrated exciting results in early clinical trials […]

December 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Dec 2022

New targeted drug shows benefit against breast cancer in first phase III trial

A new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major phase III clinical trial. The drug capivasertib combined with hormone therapy doubled the time it took for cancer to progress in people with advanced forms of the most common type of breast cancer. The findings, presented […]

December 9, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Kintor Pharmaceutical drug gets positive results for breast cancer

News and Trends 29 Sep 2022

Positive results from study of drug to treat patients with breast cancer published

Results from a phase 1b study of a drug to treat patients with androgen receptor positive (AR+) metastatic breast cancer (mBC) in China were published yesterday (September 28). Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited, a clinical stage biotech company has developed Pruxelutamide, an oral new generation AR antagonist which has shown promising activity in heavily pretreated AR+ mBC […]

September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 16 Sep 2022

Ghana first to benefit from Roche partnership with Jhpiego to improve cervical and breast cancer outcomes for women

Roche has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (Jhpiego) to improve cervical and breast cancer outcomes in resource-constrained countries. Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer and the cause of the most cancer-related deaths in women. Similarly, cervical cancer is the fourth most […]

September 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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