BioSpace News Archive

Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC), today announced that it will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021 to report its first quarter 2021 financial results and provide a corporate update.

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EIGR), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and ultra-rare diseases, announced today the appointment of Kim Sablich to its Board of Directors.

DiaCarta Inc., a precision molecular diagnostics company and leading developer of novel oncology tests using liquid biopsy today announced the publication of a study entitled “A Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Variant Detection by Molecular-Clamping Based RT-qPCR” in MedRxiV (https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.01.21254484)

Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, announced it has received the 2021 Public Sector SI Partner of the Year Award for exceptional performance and commitment to the public sector as part of Splunk’s Partner+ Program.

Lumen Bioscience, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing biologic drugs for highly prevalent diseases, today announced the appointment of Marcos Milla, Ph.D., to the company’s board of directors and the expansion of its leadership team

Virpax® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Virpax” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:VRPX), today announced that the Company has engaged Torreya Capital, LLC (Torreya) to serve as the exclusive financial advisor for the Company’s partnering and licensing efforts in strategic global markets.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) and Obsidian Therapeutics announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic research collaboration and licensing agreement focused on the discovery of novel therapies that regulate gene editing for the treatment of serious diseases.

Synthekine Inc., an engineered cytokine therapeutics company, today announced a new agreement with Stanford University to license cytokine partial agonist programs for IL-10, IL-12 and IL-22. These programs augment a growing pipeline of selective cytokine partial agonists at Synthekine that is maturing toward clinical development.

Candel Therapeutics, Inc., a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncolytic viral immunotherapies, today announced it has completed enrollment for its Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade glioma to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CAN-2409 in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo® (nivolumab) and standard of care radiation therapy, as well as temozolomide for patients with methylated MGMT promoters

Quantum-Si Incorporated, a pioneer in next-generation semiconductor chip-based proteomics, announced today the appointment of Claudia Napal Drayton as Chief Financial Officer.