Bio ForeXtra

BioLineRx | October 30, 2020

BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ: BLRX) (TASE: BLRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today announced positive results from a planned interim analysis of the ongoing GENESIS Phase 3 trial of motixafortide for stem cell mobilization (SCM) in multiple myeloma patients. At a meeting of the study's independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC), a planned interim analysis of the study's primary endpoint was conducted independently by the DMC. Based on the statistically sig...

BioSpace | March 12, 2020

Denovo Biopharma LLC LLC, a pioneer in applying precision medicine to develop innovative therapies, today announced it has successfully discovered a novel genetic biomarker associated with DB104 response to treat depression using its proprietary biomarker discovery platform. DB104 was licensed from Albany Molecular Research, Inc. following its return from Bristol-Myers Squibb, who had conducted two phase 2b clinical trials in treatment-resistant depression with this first-in-class triple reuptak...

BioSpace | March 02, 2020

Two years after Cambridge, Mass.-based Akrevia Therapeutics launched, the company has rebranded itself as Xilio Therapeutics and secured $100.5 million in a Series B financing round that will be used to advance its lead therapeutic candidates into clinical studies. The financing will be used to progress Xilio’s first two therapeutic candidates, XTX201 (tumor-selective IL-2) and XTX101 (tumor-selective aCTLA4 mAb) through Investigational New Drug (IND) enabling studies and into Phase I clin...

LuminUltra | September 14, 2020

Canada-based biotechnology front-runner LuminUltra announced today that it has submitted its GeneCount® COVID-19 RT-qPCR Assay Kit (COVID-19 Assay) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and to Health Canada for an Interim Order (IO). With authorization to use this key testing component, LuminUltra, a leader in field-based molecular diagnostic testing for over 20 years, will provide a complete clinical COVID-19 testing solution that can be custom...