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Immunosuppressive drug sirolimus improves kidney health of patients with ADPKD: Study

The immunosuppressive drug sirolimus considerably improves the kidney health of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology.

14 May 2010

Phase IIb trail results of epratuzumab in lupus patients to be presented at EULAR 2010

Immunomedics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that clinical trial results on epratuzumab, the anti-CD22 humanized monoclonal antibody licensed to UCB SA, Brussels, for autoimmune disease indications, from the Phase IIb study in patients with lupus, will be presented in four posters sessions and one published abstract.

14 May 2010

Sinovac Biotech's sales for first-quarter 2010 decrease 32% to $4.4M

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading China-based vaccine manufacturer, announced today its unaudited financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2010.

14 May 2010

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals awarded $3M federal grant to develop heart attack drug

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to support and accelerate the clinical development of its novel product candidate RGN-352, an injectable formulation of the novel therapeutic peptide Thymosin beta 4, or Tβ4, for patients who have suffered an acute myocardial infarction, or AMI, commonly known as a heart attack.

14 May 2010

Study results of Cameron Health's S-ICD- System published online in NEJM

Cameron Health, Inc. today announced the publication of study results online in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighting the development and potential benefits of the company's S-ICD- System, the first minimally invasive, subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator, for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest.

14 May 2010

Nephros reports 57% increase in revenues for first-quarter 2010

Nephros, Inc. announced today financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

14 May 2010

Chimerix commences first-in-human study of CMX157 for HIV

Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, announced the commencement of a first-in-human study of CMX157, a novel lipid conjugate of the nucleotide tenofovir with in vitro activity against both tenofovir-sensitive and tenofovir-resistant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). CMX157 has the potential to increase efficacy and decrease toxicity as compared to tenofovir, and may enable the creation of new 'one pill, once-a-day', fixed-dose combination regimens for the treatment of HIV infection.

14 May 2010

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals announces Phase IIb clinical trial of Zoraxel for ED

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that it will initiate a Phase IIb clinical trial for ZoraxelTM in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED).

13 May 2010

ARYx Therapeutics decreases first-quarter net loss to $6.4 million

ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. today reported results of operations and provided an update on its business activities for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

13 May 2010

Genta first-quarter net loss increases to $166.6 million

Genta Incorporated today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

13 May 2010

Rapid responders in novel behavior treatment for IBS maintain improvement at 3-month follow-up

Nearly one-third of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who underwent a novel behavior treatment developed by a University at Buffalo behavioral scientist achieved significant relief within four weeks of beginning treatment.

13 May 2010

AlphaRx continues to develop Indaflex for the Chinese market

AlphaRx, Inc., has been advised by Cypress Biosciences, its development partner for Indaflex, that Cypress is not funding development of Indaflex. Notwithstanding to the termination of all Indaflex activity in the U.S.A., AlphaRx continues to develop Indaflex for the Chinese market.

13 May 2010

Amarin reports cash balance of $44 million for first-quarter 2010

Amarin Corporation plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a focus on cardiovascular disease, today reported selected financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010 and provided a progress update of the Company's ANCHOR and MARINE trials, the two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of its lead product candidate AMR101 for treating elevated triglyceride levels.

13 May 2010

Resverlogix' Phase 2 ASSERT trial dosing complete ahead of schedule

Resverlogix is pleased to announce that the Phase 2 ASSERT clinical trial for its lead drug, RVX-208, a small molecule therapy for the treatment of atherosclerosis has now completed dosing. "The completion of dosing for our Phase 2 ASSERT trial, five months ahead of schedule and without any alterations to the dose levels of the three drug receiving cohorts, is another major step forward in the development of this important cardiovascular drug.

13 May 2010

GTC Biotherapeutics reports lower total net loss of $7.7M for first-quarter 2010

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. today reported its financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended April 4, 2010. The total net loss for the first quarter was $7.7 million, or $0.26 per share, compared to $10.4 million, or $0.99 per share, for the first quarter of 2009.

12 May 2010

BELLUS Health records a net loss of $4,193,000 for first-quarter 2010

BELLUS Health Inc. reported today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

12 May 2010

Capstone Therapeutics to continue to planned 12-month endpoints in AZX100 Phase 2a clinical trials

Capstone Therapeutics announced today it has completed a limited analysis of a subset of data from the second of its two ongoing AZX100 Phase 2a clinical trials in keloid scarring. The clinical trial will continue to its planned 12-month endpoints.

12 May 2010

FDA approves Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-108 IND for bladder cancer

Aeterna Zentaris Inc., a late-stage drug development company specialized in oncology and endocrine therapy, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its doxorubicin targeted conjugate compound, AEZS-108, in luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) receptor positive urothelial (bladder) cancer.

12 May 2010

Patient enrollment completed in Phase 2 clinical trial of orBec for prevention of acute GVHD

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that patient enrollment has been completed in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial of orBec for the prevention of acute Graft-versus-Host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with myeloablative conditioning regimens.

12 May 2010

Updated data from Vical's Phase 2 trial of high-dose Allovectin-7 in metastatic melanoma patients

Vical Incorporated announced the publication in the June issue of Melanoma Research of updated data from the company's Phase 2 trial of high-dose (2 mg) Allovectin-7® in patients with metastatic melanoma. A separate article in the May issue of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy reviewed results from the Phase 2 trial and previous clinical studies of Allovectin-7®.

12 May 2010

Clinical Trial News and Research

Immunosuppressive drug sirolimus improves kidney health of patients with ADPKD: Study

Phase IIb trail results of epratuzumab in lupus patients to be presented at EULAR 2010

Sinovac Biotech's sales for first-quarter 2010 decrease 32% to $4.4M

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals awarded $3M federal grant to develop heart attack drug

Study results of Cameron Health's S-ICD- System published online in NEJM

Nephros reports 57% increase in revenues for first-quarter 2010

Chimerix commences first-in-human study of CMX157 for HIV

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals announces Phase IIb clinical trial of Zoraxel for ED

ARYx Therapeutics decreases first-quarter net loss to $6.4 million

Genta first-quarter net loss increases to $166.6 million

Rapid responders in novel behavior treatment for IBS maintain improvement at 3-month follow-up

AlphaRx continues to develop Indaflex for the Chinese market

Amarin reports cash balance of $44 million for first-quarter 2010

Resverlogix' Phase 2 ASSERT trial dosing complete ahead of schedule

GTC Biotherapeutics reports lower total net loss of $7.7M for first-quarter 2010

BELLUS Health records a net loss of $4,193,000 for first-quarter 2010

Capstone Therapeutics to continue to planned 12-month endpoints in AZX100 Phase 2a clinical trials

FDA approves Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-108 IND for bladder cancer

Patient enrollment completed in Phase 2 clinical trial of orBec for prevention of acute GVHD

Updated data from Vical's Phase 2 trial of high-dose Allovectin-7 in metastatic melanoma patients

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