NanoBioFAB Works with Defense Health Agency and WVU on Medical Nanosensors

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Frederick-based company NanoBioFAB (Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Fabrication), is working with the Defense Health Agency and West Virginia University to improve training for medical and nursing students nationwide. The company, co-founded by Xiaonao Liu and Ruoting Yang, creates small nanosensors that, when added to medical mannequins, can provide feedback to students.

Context Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Breast Cancer Trial

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Coming off a $28.75 million initial public offering last week, Context Therapeutics dosed its first patient in a mid-stage breast cancer study assessing the combination of the progesterone receptor ONA-XR in combination with an estrogen receptor antagonist.

Rockville’s NeoImmuneTech Announces First Clinical Trial Application Authorization Received in the EU for its Phase 2 Study of NT-I7 and Opdivo®

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NeoImmuneTech, Inc., a clinical-stage T cell-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first Clinical Trial Application (CTA) authorization in the European Union (EU). This authorization comes from Italy’s Agenzia Italiana Del Farmaco (AIFA) for the company’s ongoing Phase 2 study of NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa), a novel long-acting human interleukin-7 (IL-7), in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s (NYSE: BMY) Opdivo® (nivolumab), a PD-1 blocking antibody, versus nivolumab monotherapy.

Trevena’s AT1 receptor-selective agonist TRV027 Aimed at COVID-19 in Two Studies

Trevena AT1 TRV027
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Trevena Inc.’s novel AT1 receptor-selective agonist TRV027 will be included in an international, adaptive Phase II/III study as a potential treatment for COVID-19 patients. The study is being supported by multiple international governments and global research organizations.

Emergent BioSolutions Announces Positive Two-Year Persistence Data From Phase 2 Study Evaluating CHIKV VLP, the Company’s Chikungunya Virus, Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Candidate

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Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced two-year persistence data from its Phase 2 clinical study evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the company’s investigational chikungunya virus virus-like particle (CHIKV VLP) vaccine candidate in 415 healthy adults.