PERTH, Australia – Patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML) who have received three or more lines of therapy are often too sick to get much-needed bone marrow transplants and often run out of options.
Cryoablation technology firm Icecure Medical Ltd. raised $6 million (₪20.7 million) in an oversubscribed equity offering. The Caesarea, Israel-based company (TASE:ICCM) plans to use the funds for continued expansion of operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Manufacturing deficiencies triggered an FDA complete response letter for Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Pedmark, a medicine intended to prevent ototoxicity associated with cisplatin use in children with certain solid tumors.
LONDON – After 17 years of patient toil, Lytix Biopharma AS has landed the first commercial endorsement of its oncolytic peptide platform, agreeing to a potential $113.5 million deal in which Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. will develop the lead product, LTX-315, as a transdermal treatment for skin cancer.