Yearly Archives: 2020
Congress Nears Deal on COVID-19 Stimulus Package
Leaders of both parties inched closer on Thursday to agreement on a COVID-19 stimulus package. The package would include more funding for PPP loans, allow a second loan draw for hard-hit small businesses and streamline forgiveness for loans of $150,000 or less. In addition, the measure is expected to include some level of direct payments […]
IONIQ Sciences Designated ‘Most Innovative Cancer Detection and Diagnostics Technology Firm’ by CV Magazine
12/10/2020 – IONIQ Sciences has been designated as 2020’s ‘Most Innovative Cancer Detection and Diagnostics Technology Firm’ by CV Magazine. Our goal to modernize cancer testing has taken us to exciting heights this year. We resolutely believe in our potential to introduce a ‘breakthrough’ Multi-Cancer Screen that will non-invasively detect the presence of malignancy in its earliest stages utilizing our Electrical Impedance Analytics […]
SDP Oncology Presents Data Evaluating Alvocidib in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Updates on Development Programs at ASH 2020
Lehi-based Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology (SDP Oncology) recently presented new data from the Phase 2 Zella 201 study evaluating the investigational agent alvocidib, a potent CDK9 inhibitor, in patients with MCL-1 dependent acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These results were presented at the 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, which was held virtually December 5-8, […]
Utah Readies to Receive 154,000 COVID-19 Vaccines
Governor Herbert yesterday announced that teachers would move up to the front of the line for the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition to teachers, the first phase of vaccinations in Utah will focus on healthcare workers, as well as residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Last week, BioUtah sent a letter to the Utah Department […]
Drug Industry Trade Groups File Lawsuits on Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Rule
The Trump administration recently announced an interim final rule to implement the Most Favored Nation drug pricing model, which would tie prices of certain Medicare Part B drugs to the lowest prices paid in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. In response, drug industry trade groups have filed two lawsuits against the administration on December […]
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Announces First Patient Dosed in the Dubermatinib Arm of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Beat AML Master Clinical Trial in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology, Inc., a developer of novel cancer therapeutics, today announced the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b/2 study evaluating the oral investigational agent, dubermatinib (TP-0903), an AXL kinase inhibitor, in combination with decitabine, in patients 60 years or older with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who have TP53 […]
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 of Cancer Study
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology, Inc., a developer of novel cancer therapeutics, today announced the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 2 expansion portion of the study evaluating DSP-7888, an investigational immunotherapeutic cancer vaccine that targets Wilms Tumor 1 (WT1), in combination with checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab, in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). The […]
BIO-Europe Spring 2021
The fifteenth annual BIO-Europe Spring® premier springtime partnering conference will be held March 22-25 in a fully digital format. It will include on-demand early access to the company pitches, program sessions, and sponsor and showcase company content up to five weeks prior to the live event for the best possible networking and meeting decisions once […]
BIO Asia International Conference
The BIO Asia International Conference in Tokyo brings together the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry to explore licensing collaborations and investor engagement in the current Asia-Pacific business and policy environments. Gain insights into the changes, challenges, and opportunities key opinion and policy leaders foresee for the Japanese biotech market and throughout the region. Companies with […]
2021 BIO CEO & Investor Digital Conference
For more than 20 years, the BIO CEO & Investor Conference has fueled biotech industry networking with premier investor and banking communities, focused on established and emerging publicly traded and select private biotech companies. The virtual 2021 event, taking place February 16-18, will showcase the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s (BIO) perspective on the new U.S. Congressional […]
BIO Partnering at JPM
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