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Mirati Therapeutics presents preliminary results of MGCD265 tyrosine kinase inhibitor at ASCO 2015

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. today presented data that demonstrated preliminary evidence of clinical activity from its investigational targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor candidate, MGCD265, as part of the developmental therapeutics category at the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held in Chicago from May 29-June 2, 2015.

1 Jun 2015

Phase III HELIOS trial results show ibrutinib combination therapy improves outcomes in CLL/SLL patients

Today, Pharmacyclics LLC announced the results of the Phase III HELIOS trial (CLL3001), which found that patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who received ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA) in combination with bendamustine and rituximab (BR) experienced an 80% reduction in the risk of progression or death compared to patients receiving placebo in combination with BR.

1 Jun 2015

OncoGenex's Phase 3 SYNERGY trial shows survival benefits of custirsen therapy in CRPC patients with poor prognosis

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that results from a retrospective analysis of the Phase 3 SYNERGY trial showed a benefit with custirsen therapy in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who had a poor prognosis.

1 Jun 2015

Additional preclinical data on DelMar’s VAL-083 to treat temozolomide-resistant GBM presented at AACR

DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing proven cancer therapies in new orphan drug indications, presented additional preclinical data at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Advances in Brain Cancer Research Conference on the potential for its lead product candidate VAL-083 (dianhydrogalactitol) to treat patients with temozolomide-resistant glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

1 Jun 2015

Amgen and Merck expand collaboration for Talimogene laherparepvec-KEYTRUDA combination study

Amgen and Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, today announced an expanded collaboration to evaluate the efficacy and safety of talimogene laherparepvec, Amgen's investigational oncolytic immunotherapy, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, in a Phase 1, open-label trial of patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).

1 Jun 2015

Pharmacyclics initiates ibrutinib-MEDI4736 combination multi-center study for R/R DLBCL or FL

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced the initiation of PCYC-1136-CA, a multi-center study that will investigate the use of ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®) in combination with MEDI4736, an investigational anti-PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor being developed by AstraZeneca.

1 Jun 2015

Updated data from PROCLAIM national patient registry presented at 51st ASCO

Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. announced today the presentation of updated data from the PROCLAIM national patient registry in which first-line Proleukin® (aldesleukin for injection) therapy improved survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), compared to patients previously treated with targeted therapies.

1 Jun 2015

Category 1 findings support robust abuse-deterrent features of Egalet-002 for management of severe pain

Egalet Corporation, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative pain treatments, today announced positive top-line results from Category 1 abuse-deterrent studies for Egalet-002, an abuse-deterrent, extended-release, oral oxycodone-based product in development for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock opioid treatment and for which alternative treatments are inadequate.

1 Jun 2015

Eisai Phase 3 trial of eribulin meets primary endpoint in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Eisai Inc. announced today the results of its Phase 3 trial (Study 309), which showed that eribulin met the study's primary endpoint evaluating overall survival in patients who had advanced leiomyosarcoma (LMS) or adipocytic sarcoma (ADI), two types of advanced soft tissue sarcoma.

30 May 2015

Palbociclib drug shows promise in women with HR+ metastatic breast cancer

Despite advances in managing and curing some forms of breast cancer, women whose disease becomes metastatic have fewer effective options. A new phase 3 study in some of the most difficult-to-treat patients, women with endocrine-resistant disease, showed that the newly approved drug, palbociclib, more than doubled the time to cancer recurrence for women with hormone-receptor (HR+) positive metastatic breast cancer.

30 May 2015

New combination chemotherapy may become clinical standard for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer

For more than a decade, oncologists using cytotoxic chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have relied on the sequential use of single agent taxanes such as docetaxel and cabazitaxel. For example, docetaxel is commonly used as the "first-line" therapy, while cabazitaxel is used as the "second-line" therapy.

30 May 2015

Preliminary data from ASP2215 Phase 1/2 trial in AML patients presented at ASCO annual meeting

Astellas Pharma Inc. today announced that preliminary data from a Phase 1/2 trial on the safety, tolerability and efficacy of ASP2215, a selective inhibitor of FLT3/AXL, in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were presented during an oral abstract session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago.

30 May 2015

Targeted agent pacritinib significantly reduces burden of advanced myelofibrosis in patients

Use of the targeted agent pacritinib significantly reduced the symptoms and burden of advanced myelofibrosis in patients, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who co-led PERSIST-1, the worldwide phase III clinical trial that tested the therapy. Specifically, pacritinib substantially reduced severe enlargement of the spleen, a typical feature of advanced myelofibrosis, in more than 20 percent of patients and alleviated debilitating side effects in more than 46 percent.

30 May 2015

Ibrutinib and chemotherapy reduce risk of death in patients with CLL or SLL

Because of the significant benefit found in combining the targeted drug ibrutinib with standard chemotherapy for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), an interim analysis has closed the international HELIOS phase III clinical trial.

30 May 2015

Positive results from pacritinib Phase 3 trial for treatment of myelofibrosis presented at ASCO 2015

CTI BioPharma Corp. and Baxter International's Bioscience business today announced data from PERSIST-1 – a randomized Phase 3 registration-directed trial examining pacritinib for the treatment of myelofibrosis – in a late-breaking oral session at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29-June 2, 2015 in Chicago, Ill.

30 May 2015

Daratumumab achieves 29.2% overall response rate in heavily pre-treated patients with multiple myeloma

Data from the international, multi-center, open-label, two-part, single-arm Phase 2 MMY2002 (SIRIUS) trial show treatment with single-agent daratumumab – an investigational, human anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody – achieved an overall response rate (ORR) of 29.2 percent (95% CI, 20.8-38.9), as assessed by an independent review committee, in heavily pre-treated patients with multiple myeloma.

30 May 2015

RPCI-led research team to share clinical results of entolimod drug at ASCO 2015

A collaborative team of researchers led by Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD, FACP, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) will share results from the first clinical study of the anticancer effects of the novel agent entolimod at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 51st Annual Meeting in Chicago.

30 May 2015

Penn researchers to present clinical data at 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn's Perelman School of Medicine will present results from several clinical trials and other key studies during the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting from May 29 through June 2.

30 May 2015

FVCG portfolio companies selected to present research at Bio International 2015

Actinobac Biomed, NovoPedics, Inc. and MentiNova, Inc., three biotech start-up companies originally funded with investments from Foundation Venture Capital Group (FVCG), have been selected to present their research at Bio International 2015 as part of the Start-Up Stadium and Company Presentation forums offered at the Conference, announced FVCG President James M. Golubieski.

30 May 2015

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) effective in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer

Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was effective in one out of four patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, according to results presented at the 2015 meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology.

30 May 2015

Drug Trial News

Mirati Therapeutics presents preliminary results of MGCD265 tyrosine kinase inhibitor at ASCO 2015

Phase III HELIOS trial results show ibrutinib combination therapy improves outcomes in CLL/SLL patients

OncoGenex's Phase 3 SYNERGY trial shows survival benefits of custirsen therapy in CRPC patients with poor prognosis

Additional preclinical data on DelMar’s VAL-083 to treat temozolomide-resistant GBM presented at AACR

Amgen and Merck expand collaboration for Talimogene laherparepvec-KEYTRUDA combination study

Pharmacyclics initiates ibrutinib-MEDI4736 combination multi-center study for R/R DLBCL or FL

Updated data from PROCLAIM national patient registry presented at 51st ASCO

Category 1 findings support robust abuse-deterrent features of Egalet-002 for management of severe pain

Eisai Phase 3 trial of eribulin meets primary endpoint in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Palbociclib drug shows promise in women with HR+ metastatic breast cancer

New combination chemotherapy may become clinical standard for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer

Preliminary data from ASP2215 Phase 1/2 trial in AML patients presented at ASCO annual meeting

Targeted agent pacritinib significantly reduces burden of advanced myelofibrosis in patients

Ibrutinib and chemotherapy reduce risk of death in patients with CLL or SLL

Positive results from pacritinib Phase 3 trial for treatment of myelofibrosis presented at ASCO 2015

Daratumumab achieves 29.2% overall response rate in heavily pre-treated patients with multiple myeloma

RPCI-led research team to share clinical results of entolimod drug at ASCO 2015

Penn researchers to present clinical data at 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

FVCG portfolio companies selected to present research at Bio International 2015

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) effective in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer

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