BioSpace News Archive

Surface Oncology today announced that the company will present new preclinical data on the role of IL-27 in therapy resistance at the 10th Annual Cytokines Meeting of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS) being held September 20 – 23 at Big Island, Hawaii.

Probius, a deep tech company bridging the data gap between biology and AI, today announced the expansion of their leadership team.

AVROBIO Announces Neuronopathic Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (nMPS-II) or Hunter Syndrome Clinical Trial Application (CTA) Accepted by U.K. Regulatory Agency to Initiate Pediatric Phase 1/2 Gene Therapy Trial.

Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEPA) today announced that its research collaborators from London’s Institute of Hepatology will present new findings on the Company’s cyclophilin inhibitor, rencofilstat, in an awarded oral presentation at the 2022 joint meeting of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) and European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA).

eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFTR), a leader in the development of selective translation regulator inhibitors (“STRIs”) for the treatment of cancer, today announced it has dosed the first patient in the second cohort of its Phase 1b clinical trial of zotatifin in non-hospitalized adults with confirmed COVID-19 infection.

CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for liver and other chronic diseases with high unmet need, today announced that management will host a virtual analyst day on seladelpar, the company’s lead asset in development for patients with the autoimmune liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 10:30 am Eastern Time.

TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCON), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for the development of envafolimab (KN035) for patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) and myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) who have progressed on one or two prior lines of chemotherapy.

Cardio Diagnostics, Inc., a pioneering precision cardiovascular medicine company, announced they will sponsor and participate in the American Heart Association’s 2022 Metro Chicago Heart Walk.

Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces promising new data furthering a number of published studies supporting the use of its REGENETEN Bioinductive Implant in rotator cuff repair.

The US Patent Office has issued Patent 11,439,590 to Scott Karolchyk (NDS) and Jeffrey Liegner MD (ECNW) for the legacy formulation of ophthalmic formulations containing corticosteroids combined with various antibiotics, using safe and superior-performing excipients that are comfortable in the eye.