Symphogen Presents Results From The First Clinical Trial With Sym004 At ASCO
6/06/2011
Symphogen announced today preliminary primary endpoint data on 12 of 20 patients enrolled in the first Phase 1 clinical trial with their lead cancer compound, Sym004. Based on the data, the poster authors concluded that Sym004 is well tolerated, and shows preliminary signs of clinical effect...
Silence Therapeutics plc (AIM: SLN) ("Silence" or the "Company"), a leading global RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics company, announces positive updated data from its ongoing Phase I study of Atu027, one of the most clinically advanced RNAi therapeutics in the area of oncology, in patients with advanced solid tumors...
Data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting in Chicago show, for the first time, that Avastin (bevacizumab) improves overall survival (OS) in women with advanced ovarian cancer2,3 - the deadliest gynaecological cancer in the UK1 - offering hope of a treatment breakthrough for thousands of women diagnosed with the disease each year...
Survival Niche For Cancer Cells
6/06/2011
Cancer cells do not grow equally well everywhere in the body. Often, they first create the conditions in which they can grow. Many years ago researchers discovered that solid tumors attract blood vessels to ensure their supply of nutrients by secreting specific factors. Now the immunologist Dr...
Advanced Skin Cancer Hope With Vemurafenib And Ipilimumab
6/06/2011
Patients with advanced melanoma may live longer with Ipilimumab, and have a better likelihood of surviving longer on Vemurafenib than chemotherapy, scientists revealed in the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). In a phase three clinical trial, Vemurafenib was tested on 675 participants, all with advanced melanoma...
Sirtex, a leading developer and manufacturer of targeted, innovative liver cancer therapies, today announced the results of a five-year study evaluating the tolerability, efficacy and survival rates of Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT), also known as radioembolization, using SIR-Spheres® microspheres in patients with liver metastases from breast cancer that are re...
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced initial clinical findings on ponatinib in patients with advanced acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced results from a second Phase 3 randomized, double blind study demonstrating that YERVOY™ (ipilimumab) prolonged the lives of patients with metastatic melanoma. The data were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology...
Medifocus Inc. (OTC:MDFZF.PK) and (TSXV:MFS) is pleased to announce that the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) has granted IRB approval to the Comprehensive Breast Center of Coral Springs Florida, a division of 21st Century Oncology to conduct Medifocus' Pivotal Phase III Breast Cancer Treatment Study, under the supervision of Dr. Mary Beth Tomaselli, M.D...
ImmunoGen, Inc. Announces Presentation Of Favorable SAR3419 Interim Clinical Data At ASCO
6/06/2011
ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN), a biotechnology company that develops targeted antibody-based anticancer products using its antibody expertise and Targeted Antibody Payload (TAP) technology, today announced the presentation of favorable clinical data for SAR3419 in the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)...