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Northwest Biotherapeutics initiates phase I/II trial

Friday, June 14, 2013 01:38 PM

Northwest Biotherapeutics, a developer of non-toxic DCVax personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, has announced  its 60-patient, phase I/II clinical trial of DCVax-Direct for all inoperable solid tumor cancers has been initiated at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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LLS, Valor Biotherapeutics partner to advance novel therapy

Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:18 PM

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a global voluntary health agency,  is committing approximately $6 million to Valor Biotherapeutics, a joint venture of biotechnology companies ImmunGene and Caliber, to co-fund the completion of preclinical development, manufacturing and a phase I clinical trial for a novel fusion protein that may change the poor outcomes faced by many patients with indolent lymphomas who do not respond to standard therapy with rituximab.

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ThromboGenics, Eleven to develop novel therapeutic for ophthalmic disease

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:30 PM

Eleven Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company creating novel and differentiated protein-based biotherapeutics for the treatment of ocular diseases, has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with ThromboGenics, an integrated biopharmaceutical company, to research and develop a protein therapeutic based on a novel biologic target implicated in ophthalmic disease.

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Genetically engineered virus extends lives of terminally-ill liver cancer patients

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 03:01 PM

A genetically-engineered virus has prolonged the lives of terminally ill liver cancer patients in a small clinical trial, according to the findings published in Nature Medicine. The results will need confirming in larger studies, but Cancer Research U.K. welcomed the advance as "an exciting step forward."

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Northwest Bio collaborates with U.K. cancer institutions for DCVaxR-Direct trial

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:51 AM

Northwest Biotherapeutics, a Bethesda, Md.-based biotechnology company developing DCVax personalized immune therapies for cancer, has initiated a collaboration with U.K.-based cancer institutions Sarah Cannon Research U.K. and Leaders in Oncology Care (LOC) on a phase I/II trial with DCVax-Direct for metastatic colon cancer. 

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Menarini, Oxford BioTherapeutics to collaborate on portfolio of antibody-based cancer drugs

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:52 AM

Menarini Group, an international pharmaceutical company based in Italy, and Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT), an international biotechnology company based in the U.K., have formed a major innovative and strategic alliance to develop a portfolio of antibody-based drugs in the field of cancer.

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Amgen, KPCB partner to create new spin-out biotech

Friday, October 26, 2012 02:43 PM

Amgen, a biotech based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a venture capital firm, have created Atara Biotherapeutics, a new drug development company with a focus on innovative therapies for patients with chronic diseases in therapeutic areas including nephrology and oncology.

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NW Bio appoints vet Rosskamp as CEO of German subsidiary

Friday, September 21, 2012 01:24 PM

Northwest Biotherapeutics, a biotech developing DCVaxR personalized immune therapies for cancer, has appointed former pharmaceutical industry executive Dr. Gunter Rosskamp as the CEO of the company's German subsidiary, Northwest Biotherapeutics, Gmbh.

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U.S. gov awards CSL Biotherapies contract for influenza pandemic preparedness

Friday, September 14, 2012 12:07 PM

CSL Biotherapies, a King of Prussia, Penn.-based subsidiary of CSL Limited, a manufacturers of influenza vaccines, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to supply pre-pandemic and pandemic vaccine antigens and related services to the U.S. national stockpile.

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Oxygen Biotherapeutics relocating R&D function to North Carolina

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:04 AM

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, a Morrisville, N.C.-based developer of medical and cosmetic products that efficiently deliver oxygen to tissues in the body, is searching for laboratory space in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina.

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