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DUBLIN, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the first patient has been enrolled and dosed in a clinical trial of Erwinaze(®) (asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi) administered intravenously (IV) as an alternative method of administration to treat patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase therapy. "Intravenous administration of Erwinaze may provide meaningful benefit to...
A new study has found Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) patients given a new type of 'smart drug' in addition to chemotherapy treatment are 22 per cent less likely to relapse and around 13 per cent less likely to die from their disease. The results are from a major phase III Cancer Research UK-funded trial led by Cardiff University. Of the 1,115 patients who took part in the trial, 68 per cent relapsed on the new treatment within three years, compared with 76 per cent of those who had the...
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oncology therapeutics that target both cancer stem cells (CSCs) and tumor bulk, announced today that a heavily pre-treated patient with a drug-refractory and recurrent blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) achieved a complete response (CR) following treatment with Stemline's SL-401. BPDCN is a rare and aggressive hematologic cancer which is...
TOKYO and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503, Astellas) and Ambit Biosciences Corporation (Ambit) today announced that five oral presentations and three poster presentations highlighting the findings from multiple clinical and translational research studies with the investigational agent, quizartinib (AC220), will be presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 54(th)Annual Meeting, December 8 - 11, 2012, at the Georgia World Congress...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambit Biosciences Inc. today announced that the company has closed the first $25 million tranche of a new $50 million preferred stock financing to support continued advancement of its lead drug candidate, quizartinib. Existing investor OrbiMed Advisors led the financing with participation from other existing Ambit investors including Aisling Capital, Apposite Healthcare, Roche Ventures, GrowthWorks, MedImmune Ventures, Forward Ventures, GIMV,...
New insight into the aggressive behavior of certain adult B-acute lymphoblastic leukemias has provided researchers with a potential new prognostic biomarker and a promising new therapeutic target. The research, conducted by Ari Melnick, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College and a hematologist-oncologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center,...
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. today announced that its operating subsidiary, Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for tretinoin capsules, 10 mg. Tretinoin capsules is the generic version of Vesanoid(®) capsules and is used in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Par expects to begin shipping the product before...
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (API), a private biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative targeted radio-immunotherapeutics, announced that the poster summarizing the results for Phase I study of Actimab-A, its antibody directed alpha emitter drug candidate, has won a first place poster presentation award at the 8th Annual Hematologic Malignancies 2012 Conference held in Houston, TX, from October 10-14. The award was presented to...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trovagene, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROV), a developer of transrenal molecular diagnostics, announced it has granted Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, a non-exclusive license to incorporate nucleophosmin protein (NPM1) into research and clinical testing services related to acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Trovagene holds an exclusive worldwide license to US patent 8,222,370 and the...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study identifies the best test for determining treatment response in young leukemia patients, which could help guide therapy toward higher cure rate MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Early treatment response is a powerful predictor of long-term outcome for young patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The information can help physicians decide whether a more intensive approach is needed. Research led by St. Jude...
