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Two out of three cancer patients are treated with radiation, but the therapy often fails to wipe out the tumor or slow its growth. Southern Research is working to develop a new class of drugs that will help the radiation deliver a more powerful punch to the disease. Dr. Bo Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Fellow […]
Q BioMed Inc, a NYC-based biomedical acceleration and development company has begun process validation for the manufacturing of a non-narcotic analgesic treatment for pain associated with metastatic bone cancer. The drug, a generic Strontium Chloride 89 injection, provides long-lasting relief for patients suffering from debilitating bone pain due to metastatic cancer, typically caused by advanced-stage […]
Many types of cancer become drug resistant, making them difficult to treat. Researchers with University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a strategy to selectively sensitize certain cancer cells to radiation therapy that may improve tumor control and reduce treatment-related side effects. In a paper published October 4 […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for Iomab-B, a radioimmunotherapeutic that conditions relapsed and refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) patients for a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT), commonly referred to as a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT). Iomab-B will soon begin a 150 patient, pivotal Phase 3 multicenter trial in […]
A team of Saint Louis University scientists led by Fran Sverdrup, Ph.D., developing a treatment for his daughter’s muscular dystrophy, has new funding for their research, thanks in part to a California-based biopharmaceutical company named Ultragenyx, which is focused on the development of novel products for rare and ultra-rare diseases. SLU’s Center for World Health […]