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News and Trends 22 Jun 2023

Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments

New study is increasing knowledge of why some women with the most lethal form of ovarian cancer respond much better to treatment than others. Researchers at Imperial College London in the U.K. have confirmed that the tumors of some women with high-grade serious ovarian cancer (HGSOC) contain a type of lymphoid tissue – known as […]

June 22, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Jun 2023

Nanobody company Attovia Therapeutics launches with $60M

Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of diseases, and Frazier Life Sciences, have launched Attovia Therapeutics, a company focused on creating a pipeline of biotherapeutics in immune-mediated disease and cancer. The company, based on Attobody, Alamar’s novel proprietary biparatopic nanobody platform, concurrently closed a $60 million Series A financing […]

June 21, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Jun 2023

FDA clears T-Cell receptor natural killer cell therapy for sarcoma

Replay, a genome writing company, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson), have announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a ‘safe to proceed’ for the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for NY-ESO-1 TCR/IL-15 NK, an engineered T-cell receptor natural killer (TCR-NK) cell therapy for advanced synovial […]

June 21, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jun 2023

Lighting up cancer: FluoGuide announces positive results from head & neck cancer trial

FluoGuide A/S, a Danish biotech company, has announced positive interim results from the phase IIa trial of its lead product FG001 in head & neck cancer. FG001 was shown to illuminate tumors in all of the patients. Data show all 12 patients in the first two cohorts, undergoing surgery for head & neck squamous cell […]

June 20, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jun 2023

FDA puts hold on Arcellx myeloma program following patient death

Arcellx, Inc. has received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that a clinical hold has been placed on its CART-ddBCMA investigational new drug (IND) for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM). The clinical hold was received on June 16, following a recent patient death. The company said […]

June 20, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jun 2023

Clearance for anti-tumor bispecific antibody trial

TG ImmunoPharma Co., Ltd. (TGI), which focuses on the development of novel immuno-oncology therapies, says the FDA has granted clearance for the clinical trial of TGI-6, its bispecific antibody. TGI-6 targets unique tumor-associated antigens (TAA) and CD3 molecules simultaneously, enabling potent anti-tumor responses. TGI said the antibody demonstrates exceptional anti-tumor activity, favorable safety profiles, and […]

June 20, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Jun 2023

Trial shows colorectal cancer drug efficacy

HUTCHMED (China) Limited and Takeda have announced results of their phase III FRESCO‑2 study evaluating fruquintinib in patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), which were published in The Lancet. Fruquintinib is a highly selective and potent inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) -1, -2 and -3. FRESCO-2 is a global phase […]

June 19, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Jun 2023

Flamingo Therapeutics receives €1.7M to advance RNA-targeting oncology portfolio

Flamingo Therapeutics has been awarded a research grant of €1.7 million ($1.9 million) by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). The award represents the funding at 60% of a €2.9 million ($3.2 million) project. Funding from the grant will be used to advance Flamingo Therapeutics’ RNA-targeting oncology portfolio, including translational research for its lead clinical program, […]

June 16, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

Nordic Bioscience cancer biomarker gets FDA go ahead

Danish biomarker company Nordic Bioscience says its PRO-C3 biomarker assay has received a Letter of Support (LoS) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The letter acknowledges and supports further study of the PRO-C3 biomarker assay as a prognostic biomarker in tumor fibrosis studies. Nordic Bioscience has a successful track record of developing and […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

IOME Bio claims breakthrough in cancer research

IOME Bio, a French seed stage biotechnology company focused on overcoming tumor resistance to immune checkpoint inhibition, has published its foundational research by founders Arlene Sharpe and Dennis Kasper in Nature. The company said its work reveals unique insights into the critical importance of the RGMb/PD-L2 pathway in immunotherapy resistance and further strengthens the significance […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

New data on breath biopsy for early detection of lung cancer

Owlstone Medical has announced new data on the development of a screening test for the early detection of lung cancer. The results and research progress were presented in two posters at the EACR 2023 Congress, the annual meeting of the European Association for Cancer Research, held June 12-15 in Torino, Italy. The poster ‘Proof-of-mechanism study […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

Mithra announces positive data from CSF-1R inhibitor program

Mithra, a company dedicated to women’s health, has announced new positive data from preclinical studies on inhibitors of CSF-1R in development, in collaboration with BCI Pharma, for the treatment of endometriosis, oncology and inflammatory disorders. Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R) is a cell-surface tyrosine kinase receptor and a key regulator of macrophage biology and homeostasis. […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments

Nanobody company Attovia Therapeutics launches with $60M

FDA clears T-Cell receptor natural killer cell therapy for sarcoma

Lighting up cancer: FluoGuide announces positive results from head & neck cancer trial

FDA puts hold on Arcellx myeloma program following patient death

Clearance for anti-tumor bispecific antibody trial

Trial shows colorectal cancer drug efficacy

Flamingo Therapeutics receives €1.7M to advance RNA-targeting oncology portfolio

Nordic Bioscience cancer biomarker gets FDA go ahead

IOME Bio claims breakthrough in cancer research

New data on breath biopsy for early detection of lung cancer

Mithra announces positive data from CSF-1R inhibitor program

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