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VANCOUVER, British Columbia and MENLO PARK, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: DMPI) ("DelMar Pharma") is pleased to provide the following update from President & CEO, Mr. Jeffrey Bacha: During the past quarter, we continued to advance our lead product candidate VAL-083 in an ongoing brain cancer clinical trial. Our current trial is a dose-escalating study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of VAL-083 as a potential treatment for...
Up To 30 European Sites To Join 46 Active Sites In The US BETHESDA, Md., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: NWBO) (NW Bio), a biotechnology company developing DCVax(®)-L personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, today announced that its Phase III clinical trial with DCVax(®)-L for brain cancer has been initiated at King's College Hospital in the UK. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110329/SF73084LOGO) This is one of the first...
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TaiGen Biotechnology Company, Limited ("TaiGen") today announced that they have submitted New Drug Application (NDA) for the oral formulation of nemonoxacin with the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) and China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). Approval is expected in the first half of 2014. Nemonoxacin is the first pharmaceutical product to fall under the Cross-Strait Cooperation Agreement on Medicine and Public Health Affairs...
CLEVELAND, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center's (UHCMC) Seidman Cancer Center will present findings from two studies evaluating new technologies designed to address common barriers to patient enrollment in clinical trials. Results from a large-scale, randomized trial demonstrated that the use of tailored, web-based videos delivering educational information to patients before an oncologist visit can significantly improve knowledge and...
Edgemont enhances its position as the leading M&A advisor to clinical research site companies NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Edgemont Capital Partners ("Edgemont"), a specialty investment bank focused on the merger and acquisition advisory needs of healthcare companies, has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Vince and Associates Clinical Research ("Vince and Associates") in its sale to Altasciences Group. Vince and Associates manages complex early development clinical...
SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MSTX) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Brian M. Culley, Chief Executive Officer, said: "We have opened more than a dozen clinical sites in EPIC, our pivotal phase 3 study in sickle cell disease, and are on track to meet our goal of opening approximately 40 U.S. sites by year-end. We also plan to support U.S. enrollment by opening roughly 30 sites outside the U.S.,...
Northern Westchester Hospital orthopedics clinical trial focuses on patients' pain management after surgery. Mt. Kisco, New York (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 The Clinical Trials Program at Northern Westchester Hospital is pleased to announce an extended enrollment period for a total knee replacement pain management clinical trial. Also known as “The PACIRA Trial,” this study seeks to evaluate the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of a single injection femoral nerve block with liposome...
ERT Continues to Invest in Japanese Resources to Better Serve Trial Sponsors and Investigators Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 ERT, a leading global provider of high-quality patient safety and efficacy endpoint data collection solutions for use in clinical drug development, today announced the addition of local resources to its fully-owned subsidiary, ERT Asia Group, Ltd. The Japan-based project management and business development team will further enhance the quality of...
MERION STATION, Pa., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Marc S. Henzel announces that a class action lawsuit against Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Aveo" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: AVEO) and certain of its officers was filed in United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Aveo between January 3, 2012 and May 1, 2013, both dates inclusive (the "Class...
BOSTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 19-21 in Boston, clinical trial sponsors, CROs, sites and leaders from around the world will gather at the inaugural CenterWatch Forum on Optimizing Clinical Research Performance conference to discuss collaboration and innovation within a changing clinical trial research landscape. Among the clinical trial leaders in attendance will be AG Mednet CEO Abraham Gutman who will moderate a special program about successful site leadership and...
