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Epitopea Announces Approval of OVACT Clinical Trial Application for CryptiVax-1001 in Advanced High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer  

Appoints Leading Oncologist Professor Susana Banerjee of The Royal Marsden as Chief Investigator  23 April 2026 -- Cambridge, UK and Montreal, Canada -- Epitopea, a transatlantic biotech developing off-the-shelf, durable, RNA-based cancer immunotherapies, today announced that it has received approval from the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 23, 2026

Epitopea
info@epitopea.com
Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, CB1 2LA

Awen Oncology secures significant new funds to advance pioneering cancer therapeutics

23 April 2026 -- Anglesey, UK -- Awen Oncology, a pioneering Wales-based therapeutics company developing next-generation cancer treatments, has secured funds from a number of sources, worth seven figures, which...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 23, 2026

Awen Oncology

IMAAVY (nipocalimab)▼shows over two years of sustained disease control in a broad population with generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG)

Through 120 weeks of follow-up, nipocalimab delivered sustained clinical improvements and reductions in total IgG in antibody-positive adult patients including anti-AChR+ and anti-MuSK+ Patients achieving sustained minimal symptom expression (MSE)...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 22, 2026

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
mediaenquiries@its.jnj.com
Janssen-Cilag Limited 50-100 Holmers Farm Way High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP12 4EG

PureTech Reports Positive Topline Data from Phase 1b Trial of LYT-200 in Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) High-Risk (HR) Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and R/R Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Phase 1b dataset with LYT-200 demonstrates complete responses and favorable tolerability across both R/R HR-MDS and R/R AML PureTech’s Founded Entity, Gallop Oncology, to advance LYT-200 first in R/R HR-MDS,...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 22, 2026

PureTech Health
info@puretechhealth.com
PureTech Health 6 Tide Street Boston, MA 02210

Samsung Bioepis Presents Nonclinical Data for its First Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugate Candidate SBE303 at AACR 2026  

Nonclinical findings from pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and toxicology studies support the advancement of SBE303 into clinical development with a favorable therapeutic index (TI), with its first-in-human Phase I clinical trial began...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 20, 2026

Samsung Bioepis
76, Songdogyoyuk-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon

Integrated DNA Technologies Expands Coralville Manufacturing Footprint to Support Growing Global Demand for MRD Solutions

Expanded footprint delivers speed, scale and customization minimal residual disease (MRD) innovators need without compromising quality Increased production capacity leverages IDT’s highly specialized, high-throughput manufacturing platform. 20 April 2026 --...

Category: BioManufacturing, Manufacturing and Packing, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 20, 2026

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)
custcare@idtdna.com

Kahimmune Therapeutics signs agreement for scientific collaboration with Gustave Roussy

Agreement will enable selection of Kahimmune’s first companion neoantigen therapy candidate against colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer, with financial support from Bpifrance   Kahimmune exploits dark genome to develop next-generation...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 18, 2026

Kahimmune Therapeutics
contact@kahimmune.com
2 Avenue Du Blanchissage, 84000 Avignon, France

Asgard Therapeutics to present preclinical data on lead asset AT-108, a personalized, off-the-shelf gene therapy, at AACR Annual Meeting 2026 

Asgard’s immunotherapy, AT-108, induces systemic, dose-dependent efficacy with broad tumor activity in preclinical studies and key biomarkers identified AT-108 combines the advantages of an off-the-shelf gene therapy whilst offering a...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 17, 2026

Asgard Therapeutics
info@asgardthx.com
Medicon Village, 223 81 Lund, Sweden

Freya Biosciences announces positive Phase 1 first-in-human data with FB301 for IVF-related embryo implantation failure

FB301 was safe and well tolerated in healthy female subjects, with all primary and secondary endpoints met Clinically meaningful microbiome modulation observed, including significant improvement up to 6-month follow-up Results...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 16, 2026

Freya Biosciences
info@freyabiosciences.com
Fruebjergvej 3, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

STORM Therapeutics Secures $56 Million Series C Financing and Doses First Patient in Phase 2 Sarcoma Trial of STC‑15

The proceeds will support the advancement of STC-15 in a Phase 2 study in select sarcoma indications First‑in‑class METTL3 inhibitor reprograms malignant progenitor cells by modulating mRNA methylation 16 April...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 16, 2026

Storm Therapeutics
info@stormtherapeutics.com
Babraham Hall House, Babraham, Cambridge CB22 3AT

Oncodesign Services extends collaboration with GIP ARRONAX to strengthen astatine-211 supply for targeted alpha radiotherapy

13 April 2026 -- Dijon, France -- Oncodesign Services has extended its collaboration with GIP ARRONAX to secure access to astatine-211 (At-211) as well as other radionuclides used in targeted...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 13, 2026

Oncodesign Services
contact@oncodesign-services.com
20 Rue Jean Mazen 21 000 Dijon France

Kainova Therapeutics Expands Phase I/II Trial of DT-7012, a Treg-depleting Anti-CCR8 Antibody, with First Patient Dosed in Europe

First patient dosed in France, expanding the DOMISOL study beyond Australia DT 7012 is being evaluated as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in a global clinical development program. 9...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 9, 2026

Kainova Therapeutics
contact@kainovatx.com
7171 Frederick Banting Montreal, QC H4S 1Z9 Canada

ESCMID Global 2026: Shionogi presents new real-world data highlighting clinical effectiveness of Fetroja/Fetcroja (cefiderocol) in MBL-producing Enterobacterales infections

Real world evidence study carried out in Spain demonstrates 68% clinical cure rate at day 14, and 83% overall survival at day 28, for patients infected with highly resistant metallo-beta...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 7, 2026

SHIONOGI
contact@shionogi.eu
33 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6UF, UK

Symeres and Ambagon Therapeutics collaborate on molecular glue research in colorectal cancer

31 March 2026 -- Nijmegen, Netherlands -- Symeres, a leading CRDMO for drug discovery and development has partnered with Ambagon Therapeutics, a pre-clinical biotechnology company, to explore a new class...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 31, 2026

Levicept Announces The Lancet Publication of LEVI-04 Phase II Clinical Trial Results, Showing Significant Reduction in Pain and Symptoms of Osteoarthritis

Significant improvements in pain, function and patient global outcomes demonstrated LEVI-04 well tolerated and exhibits a favourable safety profile. 30 March 2026 -- Sandwich, UK -- Levicept Ltd, a biotechnology...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 30, 2026

Levicept
info@levicept.com
Innovation House Discovery Park Ramsgate Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9ND