Mirna Therapeutics Inc. announced last week that it has initiated a Phase I trial of MRX34, its microRNA (miRNA) mimic. Andreas Bader, director of research at Mirna, told BioWorld Insight the company believes it's the first miRNA mimic to enter the clinic. Read More
Gilead Science Inc.'s oral targeted cancer drug, idelalisib (GS-1101), made a splash last week when the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) unveiled thousands of abstracts scheduled for presentation at next week's annual meeting in Chicago. In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Jennifer R. Brown, director of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, provided Phase I findings suggesting idelalisib, as a single agent, has the potential to stave off the need for additional treatments for relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Read More
