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PRINCETON, N.J., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) today announced that Dr. Geoffrey M. Nichol, Senior Vice President of Product Development at Medarex presented highlights from key programs in Medarex's oncology portfolio at the Needham & Company Cancer Therapeutics: Today & Tomorrow Conference in New York. The archived edition of the presentation webcast is available in the Investor Relations section of the Medarex website at www.medarex.com....
PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) announced today its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. Medarex's net loss for the year ended December 31, 2008, was $38.5 million, or ($0.30) per share, as compared to a net loss of $27.1 million, or ($0.21) per share, for 2007. Medarex's net loss for 2008 includes a gain of $151.8 million, or $1.18 per share, from Medarex's sale of 2.5 million shares of Genmab A/S ("Genmab")...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- BN ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. announced today that the first detailed data on PROSTVAC(TM) since the vaccine was licensed from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now available. The data, that once again confirms the excellent safety and efficacy results previously reported, will be presented at the 2009 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (GU) on February 26-28, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Abstracts from three different...
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) announced today the allowance of an investigational new drug (IND) application filed with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for MDX-1203, the Company's first Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) candidate generated from its proprietary technology. MDX-1203 is comprised of a potent cytotoxic prodrug chemically linked with a fully human anti-CD70 antibody. CD70 is expressed in renal cell carcinoma (RCC),...
Ipilimumab Will Earn Decision Resources' Clinical Gold Standard for Stage IV Malignant Melanoma in 2012, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that a drug for treating stage IV malignant melanoma that can increase median overall survival when compared with standard of care dacarbazine (Bedford Laboratories' DTIC-Dome,...
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) today provided an overview of the company's strong science-base and strategy for maximizing the value of its product portfolio. Also provided were recent highlights of Medarex's record of achievements in 2008, as well as its expected outlook for product pipeline milestones in 2009, underscoring Medarex's dedication to creating multiple opportunities for long-term value through the development of commercially...
Medarex, a biopharmaceutical company, and The Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories of the University of Massachusetts Medical School have announced that a Phase II trial of an anti-C difficile antibody combination treatment in patients with C difficile associated diarrhea successfully met its primary objective. The top-line results from the recently completed multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II trial indicated a statistically significant reduction in...
PRINCETON, N.J. and JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. and The Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced that a Phase 2 trial of an anti-C. difficile antibody combination treatment in patients with C. difficile Associated Diarrhea (CDAD) successfully met its primary objective. The top-line results from the recently completed multi- center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled...
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, has announced positive incremental data from its ongoing Phase II clinical trial of picoplatin in combination with docetaxel and prednisone as first-line therapy for metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The expanded and updated results continued to show that picoplatin can be safely administered with full-dose docetaxel and prednisone, the standard treatment for hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC), with...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Medarex have announced updated survival data from three Phase II studies of ipilimumab in patients with advanced metastatic melanoma who had previously been treated. Study results show that approximately half of patients who received ipilimumab (10mg/kg) remained alive beyond one year. The results are based on follow-up of the patient population from studies 008, 022 and 007 treated with 10mg/kg of ipilimumab (induction and maintenance) and show a consistent...
