Is Hearing Loss a Necessary Price for Children to Pay for Life-Saving Chemotherapies
We spoke to Nawal Ouzren, CEO of Sensorion, which will participate in the FDA meeting and is developing a treatment for sudden hearing loss that may be able to help pediatric cancer patients experiencing cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.
Cancer Treatment Developer Rain Therapeutics Closes $18.4 Million Series A
Rain Therapeutics Inc., a Fremont, Calif.-based developer of small molecule therapeutics for patients with cancer, has secured $18.4 million in Series A funding. Biotechnology Value Fund led the round, with participation from investors including Perceptive Advisors and Auckland UniServices Ltd.’s Inventors Fund.
Rain Therapeutics nets $18M to push lung cancer asset into phase 2
Rain Therapeutics raised $18.4 million in series A funding, which will advance its lead program, a hypoxia-activated prodrug, in a population of patients with non-small cell lung cancer for whom there are no treatments.
The Case for a Daily Self-Injection to Treat Hemophilia
We spoke to Nassim Usman, CEO of Catalyst, about the company’s approach to hemophilia, how its drugs work, and why he believes his company’s pipeline may provide better alternatives for hemophilia patients.
Samumed CMO Hopes To Reach Drug Approvals Via The Wnt Pathway
The clinical-stage biotech has diverse pipeline generated by its Wnt signalling pathway technology platform, and aims to get its first drug to market in 2020.
“This is the First Time CAR-T Has Ever Worked on Acute Myeloid Leukemia“
Celyad has reported clinical results showing the first time a patient has fully recovered from acute myeloid leukemia thanks to a CAR-T therapy, and without the need for chemotherapy preconditioning.
Bloomberg Markets: ICO Compliance, Drug Development
Amit Munshi President/CEO Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc Discussing drug development in ulcerative colitis space.