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Mateon gets FDA rare pediatric disease designation for melanoma drug candidate

Mateon Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ:MATN) CA4P received FDA pediatric disease designation for the treatment of stage 2b-to-4 melanoma due to genetic mutations that disproportionately affect pediatric patients. As a single...

May 6, 2020

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Akebia reports positive topline data from Phase 3 vadadustat studies

Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) reported positive topline data from two Phase 3 studies of vadadustat for the treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adult patients on dialysis. The first study...

May 6, 2020

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Aridis Pharma enrolls first COVID-19 patient in ongoing Phase 3 trial

Aridis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARDS) enrolled the first COVID-19 patient in its ongoing Phase 3 trial of AR-301 for ventilator-associated pneumonia. Initiated in the first quarter of 2019, the Phase 3 study will assess...

May 4, 2020

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Athersys opens first clinical site for Phase 2/3 COVID-19-induced ARDS trial

Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX) and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have opened the first clinical site for a Phase 2/3 study evaluating MultiStem cell therapy for COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress...

May 1, 2020

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Akari’s nomacopan meets primary and secondary endpoints in Phase 2 bullous pemphigoid trial

Akari Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ:AKTX) nomacopan met its primary safety and secondary efficacy endpoints in a Phase 2 trial of patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP). BP is a severe orphan inflammatory skin disease...

May 1, 2020

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Dova Pharma subsidiary gets approval for thrombocytopenia drug in China

Dova Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:DOVA) wholly-owned subsidiary, AkaRx, reported that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved DOPTELET for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with...

April 30, 2020

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Soligenix reports positive second cycle results from Phase 3 cutaneous T-cell lymphoma trial

Soligenix (NASDAQ:SNGX) reported positive second cycle results for its Phase 3 trial assessing SGX301 for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). The study enrolled 169 patients who were randomized to receive...

April 30, 2020

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Eiger doses first COVID-19 patients with peginterferon lambda

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:EIGR) dosed the first patients in its Phase 2 study of peginterferon lambda for the treatment of mild COVID-19. The study will enroll some 120 patients who will receive either a single...

April 30, 2020

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Capricor reports all six COVID-19 patients treated with CAP-1002 have survived

Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR) reported that all six critical COVID-19 patients who were treated with CAP-1002, an allogeneic cardiac cell therapy, have survived. The six COVID-19 patients, who were admitted to...

April 29, 2020

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ERYTECH eryaspase gets FDA fast track designation for second-line pancreatic cancer

ERYTECH Pharma’s (NASDAQ:ERYP) eryaspase received FDA fast track designation for the second-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Eryaspase is being evaluated in a Phase 3 trial, called TRYbeCA...

April 29, 2020

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