According to the company, the net proceeds will be used to finance clinical trials (approximately $10 million), research and development (about $8 million) and capital expenditures (about $2 million
Ongoing, randomized, comparative U.S. Phase II/III clinical trials of TLC ABLC for systemic candidiasis in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy are being performed in 80 patients at 34 sites and should be completed in mid-1993, according to TLC
The Canadian Health Protection Branch has also given approval to Hem to start its controlled Phase II/III clinical trials of the drug Ampligen in Canada
InSite Vision of Alameda, Calif., is also working on a formulation of IL-1ra in its proprietary delivery vehicle, DuraSite 1, for further Phase II/III clinical trials
TLC C-53, the company's liposomal PGE 1 product and its fourth drug in Phase I clinical trials, is believed to be able to inactivate neutrophils, platelets and endothelial cells -- cells that circulate in the blood -- to prevent them from sticking together, an event that causes a series of cellular and biochemical reactions that may lead to inflammation of tissue and organs
Calif., company (ASE:VRA), which began trading on the American Stock Exchange on Monday, will use the proceeds in part to fund Phase III clinical trials of its anti- viral compound Virazole (ribavirin) for treating hepatitis C. Viratek's stock closed down $1 a share on Wednesday to $8. (c) 1997 American Health Consultants
The company plans to file an investigational new drug (IND) application for OraLease in the first quarter of 1993 and expects to enter clinical trials using the product in the second quarter
on Tuesday reported Phase II clinical trial results of Hirulog, its anti-coagulant for treating unstable angina, at the 65th Annual American Heart Association Meeting in New Orleans
announced that it is now producing commercial-scale batches of Amphocil for use in its Phase III clinical trials...The timing of commercial-scale production is crucial for initiating a planned pivotal Phase III clinical trial, for conducting product stability studies and for expediting the timely filing of FDA submissions," according to the Menlo Park, Calif., company (NASDAQ:LTIZ
It will easily cover all the (product) requirements for clinical trials and early-stage commercialization," Nicole Vitullo, Cephalon's director of corporate communications, told BioWorld
The treatment IND process is designed to make significant potential therapies for serious conditions available to patients before clinical trials are completed," said Stephen Simes, president of Gynex
MSI-78, Magainin's lead compound, is in Phase I human clinical trials, and Horwitz expects it to move into Phase II trials in the "not too distant future." "By developing a topical product, we hope it will enable us to get to the market faster," Horwitz said
The U.S. Senate recently appropriated $20 million to the Army to conduct clinical trials in seropositive individuals of MicroGeneSys' AIDS vaccine, composed of the HIV envelope protein gp160...University of Washington virologist Lawrence Corey compared vaccines under development, some of which appeared as ready as MicroGeneSys' for clinical trials
The first clinical trials will be on ocular herpes keratitis, to be followed by other ocular applications such as treatments for Varicella zoster infections, Cooperman told BioWorld. -- Jennifer Van Brunt Senior Editor (c) 1997 American Health Consultants
announced that it has begun advanced clinical trials in Europe on six of its monoclonal antibody-based diagnostics and one therapeutic product