Cardiotoxicity

Moleculin Announces Presentation of Positive Data Demonstrating High Anti-Cancer Activity of Annamycin and Non-Cardiotoxic Properties

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Mercredi, avril 10, 2024
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HOUSTON, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (Moleculin or the Company), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting hard-to-treat tumors and viruses, today announced positive preclinical data regarding the Company's next-generation anthracycline, Annamycin, was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, taking place April 5-10, 2024 in San Diego, CA.

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  • The poster titled, Non-cardiotoxic Properties of Annamycin, a Clinically Evaluated Anthracycline and Potent Topoisomerase 2β Poison , was presented in the "Late-Breaking Research: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics 2" session held on Monday, April 8th.
  • These data, documenting lack of cardiotoxicity of Annamycin and aligned with the data demonstrated to date in our ongoing clinical trials, bolster our confidence in Annamycin potential to offer patients a safe and effective treatment option.
  • Annamycin and doxorubicin cytotoxicity was assessed in a panel of cancer cell lines cardiomyocytes (murine and human).
  • For more information about the ongoing trials, please visit clinicaltrialsregister.eu : EudraCT 2020-005493-10 or clinicaltrials.gov : NCT05319587; and clinicaltrials.gov : NCT04887298, respectively.

HUTCHMED Highlights Data to be Presented at AACR Congress 2024

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Vendredi, avril 5, 2024
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HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, China and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“ HUTCHMED ”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that new and updated data from several studies of compounds discovered by HUTCHMED will be presented at the upcoming American Association of Cancer Research (“AACR”) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place on April 5-10, 2024 in San Diego, California.

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  • HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, China and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“ HUTCHMED ”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that new and updated data from several studies of compounds discovered by HUTCHMED will be presented at the upcoming American Association of Cancer Research (“AACR”) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place on April 5-10, 2024 in San Diego, California.
  • Initial preclinical data will be presented for HMPL-506, a novel, highly potent and differentiated menin-MLL inhibitor for the treatment of certain types of acute leukemia.
  • Compared with five other menin inhibitors in clinical development, HMPL-506 showed the stronger inhibitory potency in MLL-rearranged and NPM1 mutant leukemia cell line models.
  • Furthermore, HMPL-506 in combination with azacytidine, venetoclax or gilteritinib synergistically improved the anti-tumor effect against MLL-rearranged leukemias both in vitro and in vivo.

Aprea Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides a Business Update

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Mardi, mars 26, 2024
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE) (“Aprea”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023, and provided a business update.

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  • “Aprea had a very productive 2023 with significant progress across our diversified pipeline of synthetic lethality-based cancer therapeutics.
  • An update from Part 1 of the trial was featured in a poster presentation at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference in October 2023.
  • Select Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2023
    As of December 31, 2023, Aprea reported cash and cash equivalents of $21.6 million.
  • Research and Development (R&D) expenses were $2.0 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, compared to $0.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.

ATCC and Tissue Dynamics Announce a Strategic Collaboration to Bring a Transformative Heart Organoid Model to Market

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Mardi, février 27, 2024
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The collaboration will be done under the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD) framework, which awarded both companies a two-year grant.

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  • The collaboration will be done under the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD) framework, which awarded both companies a two-year grant.
  • The BIRD Foundation, established in 1977, bolsters transformative partnerships that stimulate, promote, and support industrial research and development in a wide range of technology sectors.
  • Tissue Dynamics partnered with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to develop the world’s first mature self-paced multi-chambered cardiac organoid model , using ATCC cells, that emulates critical aspects of human physiology.
  • Tissue Dynamics’ partnership with ATCC aims to advance this cardiac organoid model for industrial use.

Phenovista Appoints Pharmaceutical Industry Veteran and Toxicology Expert Eckhard von Keutz, PhD to its Scientific Advisory Board

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Jeudi, février 8, 2024
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Phenovista , a life sciences services company developing and implementing multiplexed, high content imaging-based phenotypic assays for target validation, lead optimization, and mechanism of action studies, today announced the appointment of Eckhard von Keutz to its Scientific Advisory Board.

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  • Phenovista , a life sciences services company developing and implementing multiplexed, high content imaging-based phenotypic assays for target validation, lead optimization, and mechanism of action studies, today announced the appointment of Eckhard von Keutz to its Scientific Advisory Board.
  • Most recently, Dr. von Keutz served as the Senior Vice President and Head of Translational Science (Preclinical and Early Clinical Development) at Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
  • “We are excited to welcome Eckhard to our Scientific Advisory Board,” said James Evans, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Phenovista.
  • “Phenovista’s ability to support and de-risk mission-critical R&D decision-making is unmatched in the industry,” said Dr. von Keutz.

Moleculin Announces 2023 Year-End Annamycin Clinical Trials Preliminary Data and 2024 Expectations for Multiple Data Readouts and Transition to Pivotal Phase 2B/3

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Mercredi, janvier 24, 2024
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"Over the course of 2023, we delivered on our promise for a year of important data from our Annamycin clinical development programs.

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  • "Over the course of 2023, we delivered on our promise for a year of important data from our Annamycin clinical development programs.
  • We are well-positioned to continue building upon our encouraging growing body of preliminary clinical data and transition to pivotal Phase 2B/3 clinical trials by year-end 2024.
  • With our recent financing in December 2023, we have extended our runway into the fourth quarter of 2024, as well.
  • WP1122 successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial, which established a recommended safe dose for future potential Phase 1B or Phase 2 clinical trials.

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Herzuma, trastuzumab, Date of authorisation: 09/02/2018, Revision: 21, Status: Authorised

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Mardi, janvier 2, 2024
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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Herzuma, trastuzumab, Date of authorisation: 09/02/2018, Revision: 21, Status: Authorised

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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Herzuma, trastuzumab, Date of authorisation: 09/02/2018, Revision: 21, Status: Authorised

Enveric Biosciences Reports Year End Progress for Preclinical Development of Lead Prodrug Candidate EB-373

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Mercredi, décembre 27, 2023
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In addition, cardiac, respiratory, CNS safety pharmacology studies, an in vitro hERG current study, and genotoxicity studies have been completed and are undergoing analyses.

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  • In addition, cardiac, respiratory, CNS safety pharmacology studies, an in vitro hERG current study, and genotoxicity studies have been completed and are undergoing analyses.
  • Enveric expects to finalize all preclinical activities involving EB-373 in the first quarter of 2024 in preparation for a first-in-human clinical trial.
  • “Our research team has continued to diligently advance the preclinical program for our lead novel psilocin prodrug, EB-373, as we anticipate initiating first in human trials in 2024,” said Joseph Tucker, Ph.D., Director and CEO of Enveric.
  • Results from this study also demonstrated rapid conversion of EB-373 to the active metabolite psilocin, consistent with previously reported pharmacokinetic (PK) studies.

Aprea Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides a Business Update

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Jeudi, novembre 9, 2023
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE) (“Aprea”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and provided a business update.

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  • DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE) (“Aprea”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and provided a business update.
  • “We are very pleased by the progress of our diversified programs this past quarter.
  • “We are continuing with patients in the dose escalation portion of the study, and the dose expansion cohort is on track to be initiated in 2Q 2024.
  • The first poster included initial data from the Company’s first-in-human Phase 1/2a dose escalation trial of ATRN-119 in solid tumors.

CytoTronics' Breakthrough Semiconductor Platform Poised to Set New Standard in High-Throughput Phenotypic Screening for Drug Discovery

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Mardi, décembre 12, 2023
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The CytoTronics semiconductor platform captures an order of magnitude more information per biological sample than previous commercial techniques and will provide scientists with more front-end screening information.

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  • The CytoTronics semiconductor platform captures an order of magnitude more information per biological sample than previous commercial techniques and will provide scientists with more front-end screening information.
  • "Our platform represents a significant advancement in the world of high-throughput phenotypic screening,” stated Jeffrey Abbott, co-founder and CEO of CytoTronics.
  • "We believe that our platform has the potential to become an indispensable component of drug discovery and biomedical research,” stated Vince Wu, co-founder and CTO of CytoTronics.
  • Applications will include early-stage drug compound screening, downstream toxicity assays, immuno-oncology, and combining the techniques from the paper with electrophysiological measurements for cardiotoxicity and neuroscience applications.