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News and Trends 26 Sep 2022

Everest Medicines gets go-ahead for renal disease drug study

Chinese biopharma company Everest Medicines says the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA)’s Center for Drug Evaluation has approved the investigational new drug (IND) application for a phase 1b study of EVER001, a next-generation covalent reversible Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, in development for the treatment of glomerular diseases. The planned phase 1b clinical study […]

September 26, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Sep 2022

Grant awarded to help bring to market an innovative treatment for bone cancer

A grant has been awarded to look into the feasibility of bringing to market a new therapy to treat osteosarcoma that aids bone regeneration with fewer side-effects. The European Research Council gave the Proof of Concept grant to professor Cristina Canal from the Technical University of Catalunya’s (UPC) department of materials science and engineering who […]

September 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Sep 2022

Knockback for drug to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

A Swedish biotech company says it believes its treatment could be the ‘canary in the coalmine’ despite a knockback. The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) has said it does not consider the treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) favorable in a benefit-risk profile. Oncopeptides AB has been trialing Pepaxto in the […]

September 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Sep 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 15: Cullinan Oncology, Pleco Therapeutics, TikoMed

This week’s podcast has three guests. In honor of World Cancer Research Day on September 24, we have an overview of cancer research with Nadim Ahmed, CEO of Cullinan Oncology; a chat with Ivo Timmermans, CEO of Pleco Therapeutics; and talk with Anders Kristensson, CEO of TikoMed. We also have our weekly chat with global […]

September 23, 2022

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Study data for glioblastoma treatment confirms safety and tolerability profile

The final results of a phase 1/2 study of a therapy in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been reported by Australian-based Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The therapy, TLX101 (4-L-[ 131I] iodo-phenylalanine, or 131I-IPA) administered with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and the primary objective was to evaluate and test the safety and tolerability profile of the intravenous therapy […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Research identifies new treatment target for CNS injury and neurological disease

Researchers in Birmingham in the U.K. have identified a potential target for drugs to treat long-term neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s Disease and foster nerve regeneration in central nervous system injuries. The research, published last week in Science Advances, is part of a workstream exploring the signaling pathways that respond to DNA damage, which is seen […]

September 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has completed a $132 million series B financing round. It was led by RA Capital Management with participation from Bain Capital Life Sciences, BB Biotech AG and existing investors Longitude Capital, Medicxi and RxCapital. The financing will further support clinical advancement of lead candidate HU6, a first-in-class controlled metabolic accelerator (CMA) designed […]

September 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Emyria starts program with neuroscience drug discovery CRO

Emyria Limited, a clinical stage biotech, is set to work with PsychoGenics, a specialist neuroscience preclinical drug discovery and contract research organization (CRO). Emyria and partner, the University of Western Australia, will start by screening five novel MDMA analogs from their proprietary library using PsychoGenic’s drug discovery platform, SmartCube. SmartCube extracts and analyzes behavioral and […]

September 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

New phase 1 biomarker results reported by Glyscend Therapeutics for diabetes drug

A U.S.-based biotech yesterday (September 21) reported additional biomarker results for a treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) from a phase 1 study. Glyscend Therapeutics, has been looking at orally administered drug GLY-200, which is a gut-restricted therapeutic. The company also received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an Investigational New […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund

The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) in the U.S. has announced the launch of Pathway to Cures (P2C), a new venture philanthropy investment fund focused on creating transformational impact across all inheritable blood disorders. Investing alongside and partnering with traditional private capital funds and other industry organizations, P2C hopes to spur the development of inheritable blood […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Swiss scientists reduce resistance of dormant melanoma cells

Small-molecule targeted therapies revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma, provided that the tumors carry the mutations to respond to these treatments. However, despite an initial response that can be seen in a majority of patients, most of them will undergo relapse even after sometimes spectacular initial responses. These relapses are due to “dormant” persistent cells, […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Promising MND drug slows disease progression

Scientists in the U.K. believe a new genetically-targeted therapy to treat motor neurone disease (MND) could be a turning point for patient care. Results from a phase 3 clinical trial showed significant physical benefits for patients after 12 months. Researchers from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) found that patients with a faulty SOD1 […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Everest Medicines gets go-ahead for renal disease drug study

Grant awarded to help bring to market an innovative treatment for bone cancer

Knockback for drug to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Beyond Biotech podcast 15: Cullinan Oncology, Pleco Therapeutics, TikoMed

Study data for glioblastoma treatment confirms safety and tolerability profile

Research identifies new treatment target for CNS injury and neurological disease

Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders

Emyria starts program with neuroscience drug discovery CRO

New phase 1 biomarker results reported by Glyscend Therapeutics for diabetes drug

National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund

Swiss scientists reduce resistance of dormant melanoma cells

Promising MND drug slows disease progression

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