News and Press Releases

Encouraging New Data Presented on Kite’s YESCARTA (Axicabtagene Ciloleucel) for Relapsed/Refractory Central Nervous System Lymphoma  

At median follow-up of 24.2 months, no apparent additional risks of adverse events related to axicabtagene ciloleucel were seen Findings also suggest efficacy trend with median progression-free survival and durability...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 3, 2024

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Merus Presents Interim Data on MCLA-145 Monotherapy and in Combination with Pembrolizumab at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

2 June 2024 -- Utrecht, The Netherlands and Massachusetts, US -- Merus NV, a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length multispecific antibodies (Biclonics and Triclonics), today announced updated interim clinical...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: June 2, 2024

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Exonate appoints Dr Rafiq Hasan as Non-Executive Director

Appointment brings extensive experience in global pharma leadership and progressing ophthalmology drugs to market and further strengthens Board 28 May 2024 -- Cambridgeshire, UK -- Exonate, a biotechnology company developing...

Category: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 28, 2024

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Eisai Showcases Oncology Portfolio and Pipeline at ASCO 2024

23 May 2024 -- Tokyo, Japan -- Eisai Co announced today the presentation of research across multiple types of cancer from its oncology portfolio and pipeline during the 2024 American...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 23, 2024

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Global oncology trial investigator sites increase by half in five years, finds new Phesi analysis

China flagged as significant contributor to growth, but poor investigator selection is causing trial failures 23 May 2024 -- Massachusetts, US -- Phesi, a leading clinical development analytics company, has...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: May 22, 2024

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Sartorius to Advance Drug Discovery and Manufacturing with AI in Collaboration with NVIDIA

Exploring advanced technologies to help bring novel therapies to patients faster Sartorius to leverage NVIDIA solutions used in live-cell imaging platforms in drug discovery, predictive design of manufacturing processes and...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 16, 2024

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Gilead and Kite Oncology to Highlight Broad and Diverse Oncology Portfolio at ASCO 2024

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Development Program Data to be Presented, Including the phase 3 EVOKE-01 Study Updated Results from phase 2 EDGE-Gastric Study of Fc-Silent Anti-TIGIT Domvanalimab Plus Anti-PD-1...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 7, 2024

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How the Birmingham Drug Discovery Hub created an investment-ready ‘drug library’

18 April 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- A novel approach to drug discovery is enabling University of Birmingham, UK, researchers to overcome the ‘valley of death’, where projects fail due...

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: April 18, 2024

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Kite to Present Comparison of Outcomes of Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) from the Pivotal ZUMA-2 Trial Versus the EBMT Registry of alloSCT Patients in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) at 50th EBMT 2024

Additional analysis demonstrates cost-effectiveness of axicabtagene ciloleucel versus standard of care as second-line therapy In patients With large B-cell lymphoma In Italy 9 April 2024 -- Stockley Park, UK --...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: April 12, 2024

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NuCana Presents Data at the AACR 2024 Annual Meeting Highlighting the Ability of NUC-7738 to Profoundly Alter Tumour Biology in a Paired Biopsy Clinical Study

NUC-7738 reprogrammes cancer cell lipid metabolism to make tumours less aggressive and promote cancer cell death NUC-7738 alters ribosome biogenesis and the regulation of genes critical for cancer growth and...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 10, 2024

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X‑Chem Adds Chief Technology Officer to Bolster Its Digital Drug Discovery Strategy 

2 April 2024 -- Massachusetts, US -- X-Chem, the leading provider of innovative solutions in early-stage drug discovery, today announced the addition of Dr Erin Davis as chief technology officer....

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: April 2, 2024

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Nonacus launches test for comprehensive genomic profiling, integrated with bioinformatics and analysis software

2 April 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- Genetic testing company, Nonacus, has launched GALEAS Tumor, a next generation sequencing (NGS) test that provides comprehensive genomic profiling of tumours, allowing clinicians...

Category: Biotechnology
Posted: April 2, 2024

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Eisbach and Cancer Focus Fund Announce $4.5m Investment to Support First-in-Human Phase 1/2 Trial of EIS-12656 for Refractory Advanced Solid Tumours

Eisbach is enabling the potential of synthetic lethality by developing novel compounds to exploit molecular vulnerabilities uniquely present in many hard-to-treat cancers 21 March 2024 -- Martinsried, Germany and Texas, US...

Category: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 21, 2024

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Semarion introduces SemaCyte Multiplexing Platform to enhance cell assay data quality and speed during drug discovery

Expansion to SemaCyte Microcarrier platform enables optical barcoding and pooling of adherent cells to augment drug discovery high-content imaging and other screening processes Access available through Semarion’s Early Adopter Programme....

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: March 20, 2024

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HepaRegeniX publishes data for its first-in-class MKK4 inhibitor HRX-215 for the treatment of acute and chronic liver diseases in Cell

Clinical and pre-clinical data generated from collaborations between the Tuebingen University Hospital, Germany, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA and HepaRegeniX HRX-215 proved to be safe and well...

Category: Biotechnology
Posted: March 15, 2024