said its first product has entered clinical trials to treat and suppress infections related to upper- abdominal surgery and cancer chemotherapy...Funds will be used for Betafactin clinical trials, developing orally active formulations of PGG for treatment of chronic infections, development of new carbohydrate molecules that treat inflammatory diseases by targeting the b-glucan receptor, and construction of a second pilot plant for production of future Cholestran products. -- Kris Herbst BioWorld
said Tuesday that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire for $6.25 million National Clinical Research Centers Inc., a clinical trials management company
The Oxford company will also begin this year clinical trials of BB-94, a small molecule drug that inhibits matrix metalloproteinase enzymes responsible for the spread of cancer...Cephalon Inc. (NASDAQ:CEPH) of West Chester, Pa., will file in June to begin clinical trials of its Myotrophin recombinant insulin-like growth factor-1 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The company has begun clinical trials of an injectable product for treating solid tumors and surface skin lesions that contains a protein matrix, formulated with chemotherapeutic drugs and a tissue modifier that is a vasoconstrictor, said Craig McMullen, president and chief executive officer
The East Hanover, N.J., company will have an exclusive worldwide license to drugs discovered under the agreement and will be responsible for preclinical development, clinical trials, regulatory filings, manufacturing and marketing
The company is conducting clinical trials of two therapies, for colorectal cancer and lymphoma, that deliver radioactive antibodies through the bloodstream to the cancers...She could not predict when Immunomedics would begin clinical trials of a cytokine- antibody combination
The patent covers Nova's NPC 15199, which is in clinical trials for contact dermatitis, and NPC 15669, for which the company filed in December to begin trials as a sepsis treatment
Last week the Alameda, Calif., company (NASDAQ:GLYC) announced it had won an orphan drug designation for Galardin and expects to file in mid-1992 to start clinical trials
on Wednesday said it has received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin clinical trials of its Prosorba column for treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
The company will also begin clinical trials in midyear of tumor necrosis factor in septic shock and cachexia...To support an approval, the company also will begin a large clinical trial this year or next using conventional end points
The 24 smaller companies she tracks each have about $40 million to $45 million in cash, and they will need more money as they head into clinical trials...Several biotech companies are now showing that they can move products through clinical trials for well under $100 million, he said
And Burlington noted that the FDA already has taken some steps to accelerate approvals by using "a more forgiving approach" to the use of some surrogate markers in clinical trials
In November, the Food and Drug Administration approved expansion of ATS' clinical trials of Dermagraft, a living dermal replacement for use in burn treatment, to 24 burn centers
At the meeting, according to Katz, the directors also accepted another consultant's recommendation that the company proceed with clinical trials of Lidakol and consider submitting an additional investigational new drug application for the topical application of Lidakol to burns
Only a formal clinical trial comparing a low dose with a high dose in patients who have undergone splenectomy will prove that the burden and disruption of three treatments per week are truly worthwhile," the NIH group and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital concluded
The Mississauga, Ontario, developer of products for tissue repair and inflammation said the money would be used primarily for preclinical product development, clinical trials and construction of a pilot production facility
said its Asian licensee, SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc., has formed a joint venture company to launch a Phase III clinical trial of Thymosin alpha 1 to treat chronic hepatitis B
said its first product has entered clinical trials to treat and suppress infections related to upper- abdominal surgery and cancer chemotherapy...Funds will be used for Betafactin clinical trials, developing orally active formulations of PGG for treatment of chronic infections, development of new carbohydrate molecules that treat inflammatory diseases by targeting the b-glucan receptor, and construction of a second pilot plant for production of future Cholestran products. -- Kris Herbst BioWorld