Kazuko Matsuda, MD, PhD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of MediciNova, Inc., commented, “Cancer metastasis is often the major driver of cancer-related deaths rather than the primary cancer. Recently we were granted a patent *1 to cover preventing metastasis of uveal melanoma. We are delighted to see our growing intellectual property patent portfolio and value of MN-166 (ibudilast) increase with the addition of patents covering the prevention of metastasis of various solid tumors.”
“Lantern Pharma Inc., an artificial intelligence company developing targeted and transformative cancer therapies using its proprietary AI platform, RADR®, today announced that it has received clearance of its Investigational New Drug Application (IND) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial for LP-184 in
“Following a review process conducted with the assistance of its legal and financial advisors, the Kronos Bio Board of Directors has determined that the acquisition by Concentra is in the best interests of all Kronos Bio shareholders and has approved the Merger Agreement and related transactions.”
“This decision is based on the recommendation of the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) following their review of data from a pre-specified interim analysis, which concluded that the Truqap combination was unlikely to meet the dual primary endpoints of radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) versus the comparator
“We are excited to see this strong survival benefit for head and neck cancer patients with such cold tumors. Combining these two complementary immunotherapies has led to a 7-fold increase in response rates and a more than doubling of median overall survival as compared to historical results from anti-PD-1 monotherapy.
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