The proceeds will be used to complete ongoing clinical trials

GCS-100 started clinical trials with IGG International Inc

Clinical trials in cancer are expected to start this year

The study, funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, is being conducted in collaboration with several groups, including the South African TB Vaccine Initiative

Spherix Inc., of Bethesda, Md., said it completed a 28-day rat toxicology study of potential dyslipidemia compound SPX-106 and found "an ample margin of safety" with the dosing planned for its first clinical trial

The goal is to initiate clinical trials with one or more molecules in the near future...The samples will be used in the development of companion diagnostic assays for folate receptor alpha, the target of Morphotek's lead candidate, farletuzumab, which is being tested in several clinical trials against different types of cancers, including non-small-cell lung adenocarcinoma and ovarian carcinoma

Affitech A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, said its Russian partner, IBC Generium, submitted a clinical trial application to the Russian Health Authority to begin a Phase Il trial with Affitech's lead monoclonal antibody candidate AT001/r84

Under the agreement, the NCI and Micromet will collaborate on a series of clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of blinatumomab in patients with B-cell derived hematologic malignancies

The response includes data and analyses from Arena's Phase III BLOOM-DM (Behavioral modification and Lorcaserin for Overweight and Obesity Management in Diabetes Mellitus) clinical trial, which evaluated lorcaserin for weight loss in patients with Type II diabetes. (See BioWorld Today, Jan. 31, 2011, and Dec. 23, 2010

Roche demonstrated efficacy in lowering blood glucose levels of diabetic patients in clinical trials using a previous generation of its GKA compounds

Roche demonstrated efficacy in lowering blood glucose levels of diabetic patients in clinical trials using a previous generation of its GKA compounds

The goal is then to license promising candidates to other pharmaceutical companies for advanced clinical development and commercialization...In other news, GSK and Human Genome Sciences Inc., of Rockville, Md., said they started dosing in BLISS-SC, a new Phase III trial of Benlysta (belimumab) administered subcutaneously once weekly to autoantibody-positive adults with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE

To-BBB recently initiated a clinical trial with 2B3-101 for primary and metastatic brain tumors

The firms entered a potential $213.6 million worldwide collaboration in January 2010 to discover and develop treatments for hearing loss and balance disorders and added a $13 million supply agreement in August 2010 to manufacture clinical trial material for up to two lead candidates. (See BioWorld Today, Jan. 20, 2010

Boehringer Ingelheim will produce ficlatuzumab for clinical trials at its biopharmaceutical site in Fremont, Calif., with AVEO retaining all rights to the compound's development and commercialization...In clinical trials, Eurartesim performed better, with a cure rate above 95 percent, and provided longer protection from new malaria infections than other approved ACTs

NanoViricides Inc., of West Haven, Conn., requested a pre-investigational new drug meeting with the FDA to review its plan for safety/toxicology studies and clinical trials of its anti-influenza candidate, FluCide

Boehringer Ingelheim will produce ficlatuzumab for clinical trials at its biopharmaceutical site in Fremont, Calif., with AVEO retaining all rights to the compound's development and commercialization

In clinical trials, Eurartesim performed better, with a cure rate above 95 percent, and provided longer protection from new malaria infections than other approved ACTs

Civitas, a spinoff from Alkermes Inc., of Waltham, Mass., said clinical trials of CVT-301 would begin this year. (See BioWorld Today, Jan. 10, 2011