BioSpace News Archive

Alkahest Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing transformative therapies to treat age-related diseases, presented data this weekend from its phase 2a study, AKST6019-201, in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases, announced it has appointed Eli Wallace, Ph.D., as its chief scientific officer in residence for oncology effective immediately.

Sesen Bio (Nasdaq: SESN), a late-stage clinical company developing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, today announced that on December 6, 2019, the Company initiated the submission of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for Vicinium for the treatment of BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) under Rolling Review to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

IONTAS Limited (IONTAS), , has been informed that International Biotechnology Center (IBC) Generium has received approval from the Russian Health Authorities to initiate clinical trials with its CD3/CD19 bispecific antibody for the treatment of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).

Magenta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MGTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel medicines to bring the curative power of immune reset to more patients, today announced that new results from its CD117-ADC patient preparation program were presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

Galectin Therapeutics Inc.(NASDAQ:GALT), the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins, today announced that a paper highlighting the results of its NASH-CX Phase 2 clinical trial in NASH cirrhosis have been published in the peer-reviewed journal Gastroenterology.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for hemophilia and other rare bleeding disorders, today announced two poster presentations on Marzeptacog alfa (activated) – MarzAA, the Company’s subcutaneously administered next-generation engineered coagulation Factor VIIa (FVIIa), at the 61st Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting held December 7-10, 2019 in Orlando, Florida.

BioVie Inc. (OTCQB: BIVID) (“BioVie” or “Company”), a clinical-stage company developing innovative drug therapies for liver disease, announced today that its first batch of BIV201 prefilled syringes containing a patent-pending formulation of terlipressin liquid concentrate has been manufactured and released following quality control testing

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO), a leader in the field of cellular metabolism to treat cancer and rare genetic diseases, today presented translational data describing deep and durable molecular responses to treatment of TIBSOVO® (ivosidenib) and azacitidine and mechanisms of resistance and relapse to single agent treatment with TIBSOVO® in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an IDH1 mutation.

Replimune Group Inc. (Nasdaq: REPL), a biotechnology company developing oncolytic immuno-gene therapies derived from its Immulytic™ platform, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of Jean M. Franchi as Chief Financial Officer