NeuroSearch A/S's task of securing backing for an additional Phase III trial of its Huntington's disease drug, Huntexil (pridopidine), has gotten a bit more difficult, following the release of data from a multiple-ascending-dose trial indicating that the compound causes QT interval prolongation in healthy volunteers.
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S is betting the farm on its late-stage organ transplant rejection drug LCP-Tacro and exiting from all other development activities in an effort to stretch out its rapidly dwindling cash resources.
Shares in Diamyd Medical AB edged up more than 6 percent Tuesday on news that the company completed recruitment in a 32-patient, Phase II trial of its gene therapy treatment for chronic cancer pain, NP2 Enkephalin.
Shares in Active Biotech AB climbed more than 12 percent Monday on news that the company earned a €10 million (US$12.7 million) milestone payment from its partner, Ipsen SA, after reaching the halfway point in recruitment into a 1,200-patient, Phase III registration trial of tasquinimod in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
Shares in Active Biotech AB climbed more than 12 percent Monday on news that the company earned a €10 million milestone payment from its partner, Ipsen SA, after reaching the halfway point in recruitment onto a 1,200-patient, Phase III registration trial of tasquinimod in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
Shares in Mologen AG jumped 17 percent to a 52-week high Monday on news that the company's DNA-based cancer immunotherapy, MGN1703, hit the primary endpoint, a prolongation of progression-free survival (PFS), in a Phase II trial in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).
PARIS – Despite managing to put together a star-studded lineup for a roundtable on innate immunity, which included two current Nobel prizewinners, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) and Innate Pharma SA found their best-laid plans were upstaged Tuesday by the French presidential inauguration at the Elysée Palace.
PARIS – Despite managing to put together a star-studded lineup for a roundtable on innate immunity, which included two current Nobel prizewinners, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) and Innate Pharma SA found their best-laid plans were upstaged Tuesday by the French presidential inauguration at the Elysée Palace.
Shares in Mologen AG jumped 17 percent to a 52-week high Monday on news that the company's DNA-based cancer immunotherapy, MGN1703, hit the primary endpoint, a prolongation of progression-free survival (PFS), in a Phase II trial in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).
The steady maturation of several preclinical development programs has prompted Oxford BioTherapeutics Ltd. to establish a clinical development unit, which it is locating in Basel, Switzerland.
