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Cyclana Bio granted Health Research Authority approval and recruits first patients for clinical observational study in endometriosis

UK NHS grants HRA/REC approval for PEMP study with Peterborough and Cambridge hospitals Clinical observational study investigating underlying biology of endometriosis aims to uncover causal mechanisms and new druggable targets...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 19, 2026

Mestag Therapeutics Announces the First Patient Dosed with MST-0312 in the Phase I STARLYS Trial

STARLYS trial to evaluate the potential of MST-0312, a targeted lymphotoxin-beta (LTBR) agonist bispecific antibody, as a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of solid tumors Study to evaluate tertiary...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 19, 2026

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Microbiotica Announces Positive Results from its Phase 1b Trial (MELODY-1) of MB097, a Precision Microbiome Co-Therapy in Advanced Melanoma

MB097 used in combination with MSD’s anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) 18 May 2026 -- Cambridge, UK -- Microbiotica, a clinical-stage biopharma company developing a pipeline of oral precision microbiome medicines...

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

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Neurizon Receives Ethics Approval for Phase 1 NUZ-001 Oral Liquid Formulation Study

Bellberry Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approves Neurizon’s Phase 1 formulation study supporting development of the NUZ-001 oral liquid formulation and continued advancement of NUZ-001 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 13, 2026

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Enterprise Therapeutics achieves primary efficacy outcome in Phase 2 clinical trial for cystic fibrosis with novel inhaled ENaC blocker ETD001

First investigational inhaled ENaC blocker to deliver clinically relevant and statistically significant change in lung function compared to placebo Inhaled therapeutic designed to treat the 10% of people with cystic...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 12, 2026

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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