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The Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are a diverse group of hematologic cancers which encompass any lymphoma other than Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Enrollment commences in Allos' FOLOTYN Phase 3 trial for peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase 3 randomized clinical trial (PDX-017) evaluating FOLOTYN in patients with previously undiagnosed peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

18 Aug 2011

Emergent commences TRU-016 Phase 1b/2 combination trial in relapsed indolent NHL

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. today announced the initiation of a Phase 1b/2 study (16011) of TRU-016 in combination with rituximab and bendamustine for patients with relapsed indolent non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphomas, including follicular lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.

17 Aug 2011

NCI, Pharmacyclics sign CRADA to develop PCI-32765 for blood cancers

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced the signing of a five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to collaborate on the development of PCI-32765, a first-in-class, small molecule inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) for the treatment of hematologic malignancies.

10 Aug 2011

Micromet second quarter total revenues increase to $7.1 million

Micromet, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of next-generation antibodies for the treatment of cancer, today announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011.

4 Aug 2011

ImmunoGen revenues increase to $19.3 million for fiscal year 2011

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops targeted anticancer products using its antibody expertise and Targeted Antibody Payload (TAP) technology, today reported financial results for the three-month period and fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

4 Aug 2011

Yaupon seeks FDA marketing approval of mechlorethamine gel for mycosis fungoides

Yaupon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its propriety gel formulation of mechlorethamine hydrochloride (mechlorethamine).

28 Jul 2011

Taller women more prone to cancer: Study

New research has shown that taller women could be more prone to suffering from cancer. The British study published online in the medical journal The Lancet on Thursday said cancer risk rose about 16% for every 4-inch rise in height. Increasing height heightened the chances of cancers of breast, ovary, womb, bowel, leukemia and malignant melanoma (skin cancer) the study found.

21 Jul 2011

Possible new drug targets for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a novel interaction between two proteins involved in regulating cell growth that could provide possible new drug targets for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

20 Jul 2011

DNA vaccine developer Coridon in U.S. collaboration

DNA vaccine development company Coridon Pty Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with The Ohio State University to progress its Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) project.

19 Jul 2011

Onconova, SymBio enter commercialization collaboration for rigosertib in Japan and Korea

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., and SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited announced today that they will collaborate to develop and commercialize rigosertib in Japan and Korea. Onconova is conducting late-stage clinical trials with rigosertib (ON 01910.Na) in the U.S., Europe and India for the treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and solid tumors.

8 Jul 2011

Nimbus Discovery closes $24 million Series A financing

Nimbus Discovery LLC, a biopharmaceutical company using state-of-the-art computational technology to discover novel medicines against exciting but previously inaccessible disease targets, today announced the close of a $24M Series A financing.

28 Jun 2011

Millennium reports ongoing MLN8237 Phase II study results on non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company today announced the presentation of results from an ongoing Phase II study of MLN8237, an investigational Aurora A kinase inhibitor, in patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

24 Jun 2011

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Accentia's Revimmune to treat two autoimmune diseases

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Revimmune, the Company's proprietary system-of-care based on high-dose administration of Cytoxan, for the treatment of two autoimmune disease indications, systemic sclerosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

24 Jun 2011

Spectrum announces various clinical studies on ZEVALIN at ICML 2011

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that various studies on ZEVALIN for Injection were presented at the 11th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (ICML), held June 15-18, 2011, in Lugano, Switzerland.

20 Jun 2011

Celgene announces data from REVLIMID plus rituximab Phase II study on malignant lymphomas

Celgene International Sàrl announced that clinical data from a Phase II study, conducted by investigators from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, evaluating the combination regimen of REVLIMID plus rituximab (R2) in untreated, advanced stage, indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, were presented at the 11th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland.

18 Jun 2011

Celgene, GELA to conduct REVLIMID/rituximab combination study on newly diagnosed FL

Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte (GELA) and Celgene International Sarl today announced a collaboration to conduct an international randomized study to evaluate the therapeutic potential of the REVLIMID/rituximab combination regimen (R2) in patients with newly diagnosed follicular lymphoma.

17 Jun 2011

Allos Therapeutics reports results from FOLOTYN pivotal trial against peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today reported results from a retrospective analysis of data from the Company's pivotal PROPEL trial which suggested that treatment with single-agent FOLOTYN may result in increased response rates and progression-free survival relative to the immediate prior line of therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

17 Jun 2011

CTI announces positive results from Phase I-II pixantrone combination study against INHL

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced the publication of results posted in the online journal of Cancer of a Phase I-II study that evaluated the safety and efficacy of pixantrone when used in combination with fludarabine, dexamethasone and rituximab replacing mitoxantrone in the standard FND-R regimen with FPD-R among 28 patients with relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

17 Jun 2011

CTI completes pixantrone NDA resubmission meeting with FDA's Division of Oncology Drug Products

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Division of Oncology Drug Products.

14 Jun 2011

Millennium, Seattle Genetics' new brentuximab vedotin trial data presented at ASCO 2011

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, today reported updated data from a pivotal trial of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma and a phase II trial in relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

7 Jun 2011

Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma News and Research

Further Reading

Enrollment commences in Allos' FOLOTYN Phase 3 trial for peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Emergent commences TRU-016 Phase 1b/2 combination trial in relapsed indolent NHL

NCI, Pharmacyclics sign CRADA to develop PCI-32765 for blood cancers

Micromet second quarter total revenues increase to $7.1 million

ImmunoGen revenues increase to $19.3 million for fiscal year 2011

Yaupon seeks FDA marketing approval of mechlorethamine gel for mycosis fungoides

Taller women more prone to cancer: Study

Possible new drug targets for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

DNA vaccine developer Coridon in U.S. collaboration

Onconova, SymBio enter commercialization collaboration for rigosertib in Japan and Korea

Nimbus Discovery closes $24 million Series A financing

Millennium reports ongoing MLN8237 Phase II study results on non-Hodgkin lymphoma

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Accentia's Revimmune to treat two autoimmune diseases

Spectrum announces various clinical studies on ZEVALIN at ICML 2011

Celgene announces data from REVLIMID plus rituximab Phase II study on malignant lymphomas

Celgene, GELA to conduct REVLIMID/rituximab combination study on newly diagnosed FL

Allos Therapeutics reports results from FOLOTYN pivotal trial against peripheral T-cell lymphoma

CTI announces positive results from Phase I-II pixantrone combination study against INHL

CTI completes pixantrone NDA resubmission meeting with FDA's Division of Oncology Drug Products

Millennium, Seattle Genetics' new brentuximab vedotin trial data presented at ASCO 2011

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