Enrollment for Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Commence by End of 2021 BioTheryX, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on targeted protein degradation to create life-saving medicines, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the company to …
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LQT Therapeutics Announces the Appointment of Dr. Robert Booth to its Board of Directors
Company Strategically Strengthens its Fight Against Long QT Syndrome with Novel Kinase Drug Development Expertise Today, LQT Therapeutics, Inc. (LQTT) announced the addition of Dr. Robert Booth to its Board of Directors. Dr. Booth brings more than 30 years of biopharmaceutical …
Antios Therapeutics Raises $75 Million in a Series B-1 Funding to Advance Clinical Programs for HBV
Antios Therapeutics, Inc. (“Antios”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies to treat and cure chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), today announced the successful closing of a $75 million Series B-1 financing. The financing round was co-led by GordonMD Global …
BioTheryX Announces Appointment of Philippe Drouet as Chief Executive Officer
BioTheryX, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on targeted protein degradation to create life-saving medicines, today announced the appointment of Philippe Drouet as President and Chief Executive Officer of BioTheryX. “Philippe is an extremely talented biopharma executive with more than two decades of …
GenEp Raises $1.45 Million Seed Financing
GenEp, Inc., a biotechnology company developing therapies that address unmet needs in patients with epilepsy, announced today the closing of a $1.45 million seed financing. The financing was co-led by the UVA Licensing & Ventures Group Seed Fund, Angelini Lumira …
Iterion Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Study Tegavivint in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Iterion Therapeutics, Inc., a venture-backed, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel cancer therapeutics, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial to investigate tegavivint as a potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This investigator-initiated trial is being led …
HistoSonics Receives FDA “Breakthrough Device Designation” for Novel Sonic Beam Therapy
HistoSonics, the developer and manufacturer of a non-invasive platform and novel sonic beam therapy called histotripsy, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation for its new therapy platform. Histotripsy of …
OpSens Successfully Treats First Patients in Human Clinical Study for TAVR Procedure
QUEBEC, Quebec, October 13, 2021 – OpSens Inc. (TSX:OPS), a cardiology medical device company providing innovative product solutions based on its patented optical technology, is pleased to announce the commencement of the human clinical study utilizing the SavvyWire, and successful …
Lumira Ventures invests in LQT Therapeutics US$19M Series A financing to advance lead compound through Phase 1
LQT Therapeutics, Inc. (LQTT) a pharmaceutical company pioneering the development of precision therapies for genetic heart diseases, today announced the successful completion of a US$19 million Series A financing. LQTT is advancing a series of in-licensed compounds discovered and developed by Sanofi …
BioTheryX Announces Appointments of Three New Members to its Board of Directors
BioTheryX, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on creating life-saving medicines through targeted protein degradation, today announced the appointments of Nancy Miller-Rich, John A. Hohneker, M.D., and Diantha Duvall to its Board of Directors. “The wealth of biotech leadership and industry knowledge that Nancy, John, …
Fusion Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Clearance Of IND For FPI-1966, An Investigational Radiopharmaceutical For The Treatment Of Head And Neck And Bladder Cancers Expressing FGFR3
HAMILTON, ON and BOSTON, July 28, 2021 — Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: FUSN), a clinical-stage oncology company focused on developing next-generation radiopharmaceuticals as precision medicines, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) applications …
Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Announces First Subject Randomized in SUMMIT™, a Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of STS101 for the Acute Treatment of Migraine
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Satsuma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: STSA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing STS101 (dihydroergotamine (DHE) nasal powder), a novel investigational therapeutic product candidate for the acute treatment of migraine, today announced randomization of …
XyloCor Therapeutics Commences Phase 2 Component of Phase 1/2 EXACT Clinical Study of XC001 Gene Therapy for Refractory Angina
Independent Data Monitoring Committee authorized proceeding to Phase 2 at highest dose level tested following review of clinical safety data from the Phase 1 dose escalation Phase 2 clinical data readouts on safety and efficacy of XC001 anticipated in 2022 …
American Medical Association (AMA) issued the first ever, unique CPT code for histotripsy of the liver
HistoSonics, the developer and manufacturer of a non-invasive platform and novel sonic beam therapy called histotripsy, today announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for histotripsy of the liver. Histotripsy of …
Antios Therapeutics and Arbutus Biopharma Announce Clinical Collaboration Agreement to Evaluate AB-729 in Combination with ATI-2173 in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Antios Therapeutics, Inc. and Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq: ABUS) today announced that the companies have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement to evaluate a triple combination of Arbutus’ proprietary GalNAc delivered RNAi therapeutic, AB-729, Antios’ proprietary active site polymerase inhibitor …