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BioWorld

July 9, 2018

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Bench Press: BioWorld looks at translational medicine

Researchers at the Japanese National Cancer Center Research Institute have identified an "epigenetic reconditioning" approach that could force liver cancer cells to differentiate, rendering them less aggressive. Epigenetic changes are a frequent feature of liver tumors, which have few therapeutic options. Read More

Regulatory actions for July 6, 2018

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Clinical data for July 6, 2018

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Other news to note

Obseva SA, of Geneva, said trading of its shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange are scheduled to begin on July 13 under the ticker symbol OBSN. Read More

Financings

Imugene Ltd., of Carlton, Australia, disclosed the results of the fully underwritten 1-for-9.5 non-renounceable pro rata rights issue offer to raise about A$8.1 million (US$6 million), before the exercise of any new options. Read More

Astrazeneca scores two approvals in Japan with Lynparza and Imfinzi

HONG KONG – Astrazeneca plc has won two new approvals from Japan's PMDA for its Lynparza (olaparib) in breast cancer as well as chemotherapy maintenance drug Imfinzi (durvalumab), a further sign that the country is getting faster in approving these drugs, reflecting an urgency in accessing newer cancer treatments. Read More

Australia's Cynata reports world first for iPSC-derived stem cell therapy in GvHD

PERTH, Australia – Melbourne-based regenerative medicine company Cynata Therapeutics Ltd. is gearing up to take its Cymerus mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) product candidate CYP-001 into phase II trials after reporting solid results in two cohorts of patients in its phase I trial in steroid-resistant graft-vs.-host disease. Read More

MHRA reports decline in clinical trials in the U.K. as Brexit looms large

LONDON – There are signs that a Brexit effect is hitting the U.K.'s involvement in multinational clinical development, with a marked reduction in the number of companies planning to set up trial sites in the U.K., according to data compiled by the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency (MHRA). Read More

Skin-tight psoriasis market outfitted for change as ILs striving to Eclipse anti-TNF

The recent label expansions by the FDA and European regulators for UCB SA's pegylated anti-TNF therapy, Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy turned still more attention to the shifting market, where TNF blockers are still favored for new patients but where other mechanisms of action continue to gain ground. Read More

BAN-2401 findings lift Biogen, Eisai, Bioarctic, but amyloid hypothesis still hanging

Lynn Kramer, chief clinical officer and chief medical officer for the neurology business group at Eisai Co. Ltd., said the Tokyo-based company has seen "a very clear path all along" to validating top-line results from the final, 18-month analysis of the phase II study of BAN-2401 in early Alzheimer's disease (AD). Read More

Dynacure lands Dynacure lands €47M to back drug for rare muscle disease

Dynacure SAS, a French company developing an antisense drug for a rare genetic muscular disorder, has closed a €47 million (US$55 million) financing intended to help advance its lead program, Dyn-101, into the clinic. Read More

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