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ADC Therapeutics Announces Updates on LOTIS-7 Clinical Trial Evaluating ZYNLONTA® in Combination with Glofitamab or Mosunetuzumab in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) today announced the completion of dose escalation in LOTIS-7, a Phase 1b open-label clinical trial evaluating ZYNLONTA® (loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl) in combination with bispecific antibodies glofitamab or mosunetuzumab in heavily pre-treated patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r B-NHL).

4/4/2024

Cibus Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS), a leading agricultural biotechnology company that uses proprietary gene editing technologies to develop plant traits (or specific genetic characteristics) in seeds, today announced that it has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024, ranking as the 2nd most innovative company in the agriculture category.

3/19/2024

Microsoft and 1910 Genetics partner to turbocharge R&D productivity for the pharmaceutical industry

Unprecedented collaboration will build the most powerful, fully integrated, AI-driven drug discovery and development platform to dramatically improve pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) productivity and bring novel therapeutics to patients faster and more cost-effectively than traditional approaches.

2/29/2024

Cibus and Loveland Products Collaborate to Develop and Sell Rice Traits in the US

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses Non-GMO plant traits to seed companies, today announced that it has entered into a US Development Agreement with Loveland Products Inc., a subsidiary of Nutrien Ltd. (TSX and NYSE: NTR). Cibus has agreed to collaborate with Loveland Products to provide traits into Loveland’s elite rice seed genetics.

2/26/2024

European Parliament Votes to Support Proposal for the Regulation of New Genomic Techniques

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies, welcomes the vote of the European Parliament on 7th February in favour of new legislation for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). Cibus applauds the EU Parliament supporting a science-based approach developed following many years of discussion and engagement with stakeholders and expert groups.

2/7/2024

VERIGRAFT: Major regulatory safety milestone reached in the TECVI-1 trial

VERIGRAFT starts 2024 off with a major progress in our TECVI-1 first-in-man trial: Half of the patients have been treated.

1/11/2024

Cibus Announces Major Breakthrough in Wheat Regeneration from Single Cells

Cibus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies, today announced that the Company has successfully regenerated plants from single cells in a wheat cultivar. This is a major breakthrough for Cibus as well as for the industry.

1/9/2024

Cibus Enters into a Latin America Collaboration Agreement with Interoc to deliver rice growers an innovative rice weed control system

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses gene edited plant traits to seed companies for royalties, today announced that it has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Interoc, a company with more than 25 years in Latin America, focused on the research and development of solutions for agriculture. Starting with Cibus’ rice herbicide tolerance traits, Cibus has agreed to partner with Interoc to provide traits for Interoc’s elite rice seed genetics.

1/4/2024

ADC Therapeutics Provides Business Updates

ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) today provided business updates. “During 2023, we took a number of decisive actions to help position the Company for success in 2024 and beyond. We prioritized our pipeline, strengthened our organization and implemented a disciplined capital allocation model to generate cost efficiencies,” said Ameet Mallik, Chief Executive Officer of ADC Therapeutics. “We believe we are starting to see signs of the commercial turnaround. We are also encouraged to see positive initial signals in the LOTIS-7 trial of ZYNLONTA in combination with bispecifics as well as early signs of antitumor activity in the Phase 1b trial of ADCT-601. We now expect our cash runway to extend into the fourth quarter of 2025 and believe we are on a path to unlock the substantial value in the Company.”

1/4/2024

ADC Therapeutics Announces Initial Results from Investigator-Initiated Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating ZYNLONTA® in Combination with Rituximab in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma (FL)

ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) today announced initial results from an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ZYNLONTA® (loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl) in combination with rituximab demonstrated a high response rate in patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) follicular lymphoma (FL). The data from the single-institution study conducted at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine were reported during an oral presentation yesterday at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition by the study’s lead investigator, Juan Pablo Alderuccio, MD, associate professor of medicine and hematologist at Sylvester.

12/12/2023

European Union Notifies Trading Partners on the Proposal for the Regulation of Plants Obtained from New Genomic Techniques

Cibus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies, acknowledges the European Union notification to World Trade Organization (WTO) members on the European Commission proposal for regulation of plants obtained from New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) on 31st October. The notification is intended to ensure any potential trade barriers are avoided and invites comments from WTO members by the year end.

12/1/2023

Royalty Pharma and Teva Collaborate to Further Accelerate Olanzapine LAI Program

Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) and Teva Pharmaceuticals International GmbH, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced today a collaboration to further accelerate the clinical research program for Teva’s olanzapine LAI (TEV-‘749) by entering into a funding agreement of up to $125 million to offset program costs. Olanzapine LAI (TEV-‘749) is a once-monthly subcutaneous long-acting injection of the atypical antipsychotic olanzapine that is currently in Phase 3 for the treatment of schizophrenia and has the potential to be the first long-acting olanzapine with a favorable safety profile.

11/14/2023

Royalty Pharma Announces Agreement to Purchase up to $1.5 Billion of PTC Therapeutics’ Royalty on Evrysdi

Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) announced today an agreement with PTC Therapeutics, Inc. to acquire additional royalties on Roche’s Evrysdi for $1.0 billion upfront. The agreement includes options for PTC to sell up to all of its retained royalties on Evrysdi for up to $500 million or for Royalty Pharma to acquire half of such retained royalties for up to $250 million at a later date.

10/19/2023

Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces Presentations at Psych Congress 2023 Including Positive Results from Study 403 in Mixed Features

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITCI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced several CAPLYTA data presentations at the 2023 Psych Congress held September 6 - 10, 2023 in Nashville.

9/11/2023

Royalty Pharma and Ferring Pharmaceuticals Enter Into US $500 Million Royalty Agreement For New Intravesical Gene Therapy Adstiladrin® (Nadofaragene Firadenovec-VNCG)

Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) and Ferring Pharmaceuticals today announced that Royalty Pharma has acquired a synthetic royalty on US net sales of Ferring’s Adstiladrin® (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg) for up to US $500 million comprised of an upfront payment of US $300 million and a US $200 million milestone payment. The milestone payment is contingent on certain manufacturing goals that are expected to be achieved in 2025 for the FDA-approved intravesical gene therapy that Ferring will make available next month through an early experience program for the treatment of adult patients with high-risk, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumors.

8/24/2023

Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces CAPLYTA Data Presentations at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITCI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced several CAPLYTA data presentations at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) Annual Meeting being held in Miami, May 30 - June 2, 2023.

5/31/2023

Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces Positive Topline Results from Study 403 Evaluating Lumateperone as Monotherapy in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder with Mixed Features and Bipolar Depression with Mixed Features

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITCI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced positive topline results from Study 403 evaluating lumateperone 42mg as monotherapy in the treatment of major depressive episodes in patients with major depressive disorder with mixed features and in patients with bipolar depression with mixed features.

3/28/2023

Royalty Pharma and PureTech Health Enter Into KarXT Royalty Agreement for Up to $500 Million

Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX), the largest buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties and a leading funder of innovation across the life sciences industry, and PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company dedicated to changing the treatment paradigm for devastating diseases, today announced that Royalty Pharma has acquired an interest in PureTech’s royalty in Karuna Therapeutics’ KarXT for up to $500 million with $100 million in cash up front and up to $400 million in additional payments contingent on the achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones.

3/23/2023

Calyxt and Cibus Announce Definitive Merger Agreement to Create Industry-Leading Precision Gene Editing and Trait Licensing Company

Calyxt, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLXT), a plant-based synthetic biology company, and Cibus, a leader in precision gene editing in agriculture, today announced that both companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Calyxt and Cibus will merge in an all-stock transaction. The merger will create a new industry-leading company that combines the two pioneers in agriculture-based gene editing and establishes one of the world's most sophisticated facilities for trait development and next-generation plant breeding.

1/17/2023

Oral ENT-01 Targets Enteric Neurons to Treat Constipation in Parkinson Disease

Annals of Internal Medicine. Published online on November 8, 2022, 10.7326/M22-1438.

11/8/2022