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The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, federal Minister of Health will take part in the commemoration of World AIDS Day.

A Drawing Media portrait by a 20-year old University of Georgia student, Warrior by Isabelle Sumichrast is announced by Kathy Ireland, Chair, CEO and Chief Designer of kathy ireland® Worldwide, from several dozen entries received through an invitation to submit original art depicting legendary actress, humanitarian, philanthropist and HIV/AIDS crusader Dame Elizabeth Taylor.

ImmunoGen, Inc., (Nasdaq: IMGN), a leader in the expanding field of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer, today announced that new data from the ongoing Phase 1 studies of IMGN632 and IMGN779, next-generation CD123- and CD33-targeting ADCs

MEI Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEIP), a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on advancing new therapies for cancer, today announced preclinical data presented at the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting

X4 Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel CXCR4 allosteric antagonist drugs to improve immune cell trafficking to treat rare diseases and cancer, today announced the presentation of additional Phase 2 clinical data demonstrating a positive safety profile and clinical activity of X4P-001 in patients with WHIM syndrome, a rare primary immunodeficiency disease.

Stoke Therapeutics and research collaborators from the University of Michigan today present data demonstrating the efficacy of Stoke’s proprietary antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology in treating Dravet Syndrome in mouse models.

bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE) announced new long-term data from the completed Phase 1/2 Northstar (HGB-204) study of investigational LentiGlobin™ gene therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) and from the ongoing Phase 1/2 HGB-206 study of LentiGlobin in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) today at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

Today during the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, researchers will present the results of four large trials that evaluate promising new treatment options for patients with several types of malignant and non-cancerous blood disorders.

Novartis today announced longer-term analyses of both ELIANA and JULIET, the pivotal clinical trials of Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) in children and young adult patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and adult patients with r/r diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), respectively.

Petra Pharma Corporation, a drug development company focused on novel therapies that modulate phosphoinositide (PI) signaling pathways, today presented preclinical data in an oral presentation at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2018 Annual Meeting.