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Incyte presents data on INCB28050 Phase IIa trial for rheumatoid arthritis at ACR/ARHP Meeting

Incyte Corporation announced the presentation of final six-month clinical data from the dose ranging, placebo-controlled Phase IIa trial of its orally available janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor INCB28050 in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

11 Nov 2010

4SC 2010 first nine months revenue decreases from EUR1.4 million to EUR0.8 million

4SC, a drug discovery and development company focused on autoimmune and cancer indications, today announced its financial results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the first nine months of 2010, which ended on 30 September 2010.

11 Nov 2010

Cyclacel announces publication of sapacitabine in British Journal of Cancer

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases, announced today publication of data demonstrating that its sapacitabine oral nucleoside analog works synergistically with histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors to induce significant reductions in tumor cell growth in both in vitro and in vivo preclinical models.

11 Nov 2010

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals presents ALN-VSP Phase I data for liver cancer at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today presented additional interim data from its ongoing Phase I trial with ALN-VSP, a systemically delivered RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of advanced solid tumors with liver involvement. The data were presented at the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium being held in New York City.

11 Nov 2010

Cortex applauds Servier for intent to move High Impact AMPAKINE compound into Phase I clinical studies

Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it had been notified by Les Laboratoires Servier ("Servier"), France's largest privately held pharmaceutical company, of their intent to move forward into Phase I clinical studies with the jointly-discovered High Impact AMPAKINE® compound S47445 (CX1632).

11 Nov 2010

Combination of antiviral drugs outperforms single-drug therapy in children with hepatitis C

Children with hepatitis C fare decidedly better with a supercharged combination of two antiviral drugs than with the usual and standard single-drug regimen, according to research led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children Center.

11 Nov 2010

Hygeia completes HYG-102 preclinical studies for vulvar and vaginal atrophy, and age-related skin fragility

Hygeia Therapeutics, Inc. announced today the successful completion of a series of preclinical studies for HYG-102, their lead product for the treatment of vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA) and age-related skin fragility. HYG-102 is the lead biodegradable estrogenic candidate in a portfolio of 23 similar compounds licensed from the laboratory of Dr. Richard Hochberg of Yale University.

11 Nov 2010

Aeterna Zentaris to present AEZS-108 Phase 2 results for endometrial cancer at EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. today announced that it will present a poster on Phase 2 results for AEZS-108 in advanced endometrial cancer at the 22nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics to be held at the Berlin Estrel Hotel and Convention Centre in Berlin, Germany November 16 through 19, 2010.

11 Nov 2010

Resolve Therapeutics enters license with University of Washington for autoimmune disease treatment

Resolve Therapeutics, LLC today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license with the University of Washington for certain biologic compounds and technology developed to treat autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

11 Nov 2010

Nplate reduces treatment failure and splenectomies in adults with chronic immune thrombocytopenia

Amgen Inc. today announced the publication of results from the first open-label study to compare Nplate® (romiplostim) treatment to standard of care therapies (SOC) in non-splenectomized adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The study results, which were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), show that both the incidence of treatment failure and need for splenectomy were reduced among the Nplate-treated patients.

11 Nov 2010

Watson’s Uracyst pilot study for interstitial cystitis fails to demonstrate efficacy endpoints

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. pilot study evaluating Uracyst (sodium chondroitin sulfate solution 2.0%) for the treatment of interstitial cystitis did not meet predefined efficacy endpoints.

11 Nov 2010

Vertex to enroll additional treatment arm in telaprevir/VX-222 Phase 2 clinical trial for HCV

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced plans to enroll an additional treatment arm as part of its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating 12-week regimens of Vertex's lead investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor, telaprevir, in combination with its lead investigational HCV polymerase inhibitor, VX-222.

10 Nov 2010

Amarin reports $31.4 million cash balance for third quarter 2010

Amarin Corporation plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on cardiovascular disease, today reported its financial and operational results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2010.

10 Nov 2010

Positive results from XOMA 052 study in patients with uveitis of Behcet's disease

XOMA Ltd., a leader in the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies, announced additional positive results from an open-label pilot study of XOMA 052 in patients with uveitis of Behcet's disease who were suffering from vision-threatening exacerbations despite maximal doses of immunosuppressive medicines.

10 Nov 2010

Zalicus third quarter total revenue decreases to $1.2 million

"We made solid product development progress this quarter," commented Mark H.N. Corrigan, MD, President and CEO of Zalicus. "We finalized our development plans for Synavive, and also related to Synavive, we were awarded a Therapeutic Discovery Project grant to help fund Synavive development going forward.

10 Nov 2010

Abbott presents results of 2 pivotal HUMIRA studies at American College of Rheumatology meeting

Today, Abbott presents results from a pooled analysis of two pivotal HUMIRA® (adalimumab) studies, which look at patients with early and long-standing moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), at the American College of Rheumatology meeting in Atlanta.

10 Nov 2010

Data from AVEO's tivozanib-FOLFOX6 combination Phase 1b trial presented at 22nd EORTC-NCI-AACR

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced that new clinical data from a Phase 1b trial evaluating the company's lead product candidate, tivozanib, a highly potent and selective inhibitor of VEGF receptors 1, 2, and 3, in combination with FOLFOX6, a standard chemotherapy regimen, will be presented during the 22nd Annual Symposium of EORTC-NCI-AACR being held November 16-19, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.

10 Nov 2010

TRU-016 abstracts to be presented at ASH meeting

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. today announced the acceptance of four abstracts for presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology to be held from December 4 to 7 in Orlando, Florida. The presentations include an oral presentation on the results of a Phase I dose escalation, monotherapy study of TRU-016 for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

10 Nov 2010

Myrexis presents key preclinical findings of MPI-0485520 at ACR/ARHP meeting

Myrexis, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel treatments for cancer, today presented key preclinical findings of the Company's novel oral anti-interferon, MPI-0485520, at the 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, in Atlanta, Georgia.

10 Nov 2010

Epratuzumab reduces SLE disease activity in phase IIB EMBLEM study

UCB and U.S. based partner Immunomedics Inc. announced that results from the phase IIB study, EMBLEM, showed that certain doses of epratuzumab were associated with a meaningful and statistically significant reduction in disease activity in adult patients with moderate to severe active SLE.

10 Nov 2010

Drug Trial News

Incyte presents data on INCB28050 Phase IIa trial for rheumatoid arthritis at ACR/ARHP Meeting

4SC 2010 first nine months revenue decreases from EUR1.4 million to EUR0.8 million

Cyclacel announces publication of sapacitabine in British Journal of Cancer

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals presents ALN-VSP Phase I data for liver cancer at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium

Cortex applauds Servier for intent to move High Impact AMPAKINE compound into Phase I clinical studies

Combination of antiviral drugs outperforms single-drug therapy in children with hepatitis C

Hygeia completes HYG-102 preclinical studies for vulvar and vaginal atrophy, and age-related skin fragility

Aeterna Zentaris to present AEZS-108 Phase 2 results for endometrial cancer at EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

Resolve Therapeutics enters license with University of Washington for autoimmune disease treatment

Nplate reduces treatment failure and splenectomies in adults with chronic immune thrombocytopenia

Watson’s Uracyst pilot study for interstitial cystitis fails to demonstrate efficacy endpoints

Vertex to enroll additional treatment arm in telaprevir/VX-222 Phase 2 clinical trial for HCV

Amarin reports $31.4 million cash balance for third quarter 2010

Positive results from XOMA 052 study in patients with uveitis of Behcet's disease

Zalicus third quarter total revenue decreases to $1.2 million

Abbott presents results of 2 pivotal HUMIRA studies at American College of Rheumatology meeting

Data from AVEO's tivozanib-FOLFOX6 combination Phase 1b trial presented at 22nd EORTC-NCI-AACR

TRU-016 abstracts to be presented at ASH meeting

Myrexis presents key preclinical findings of MPI-0485520 at ACR/ARHP meeting

Epratuzumab reduces SLE disease activity in phase IIB EMBLEM study

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