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Data from several clinical trials of ADCETRIS to be presented at ASCO annual meeting

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that data from several clinical trials of ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) will be presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held June 1-5, 2012 in Chicago, IL.

4 Jun 2012

Preliminary results from Celldex’s CDX-011 Phase 2b breast cancer study

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. today announced preliminary results from the Company's randomized Phase 2b EMERGE study of CDX-011 (glembatumumab vedotin) antibody drug conjugate in patients with glycoprotein NMB (GPNMB) expressing, advanced, heavily pretreated breast cancer. Preliminary results suggest that CDX-011 induces impressive response rates compared to current, available therapies in patients with advanced, refractory breast cancers with high GPNMB expression.

24 May 2012

Health Canada accepts Seattle Genetics’ ADCETRIS NDS for review

Seattle Genetics, Inc. announced today that the validation period is complete and Health Canada has accepted for review its New Drug Submission (NDS) for the use of ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) in relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

24 May 2012

Interim results from Seattle Genetics’ ADCETRIS phase II trial on CTCL

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that interim results from an investigator-sponsored phase II clinical trial of ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) in patients with relapsed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) were presented at the Society for Investigative Dermatology annual meeting being held May 9-12, 2012 in Raleigh, NC.

11 May 2012

Telit CC864-DUAL cellular module to connect next generation MCOT from CardioNet

Telit Wireless Solutions, a global leader in machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless technology, today announced its CC864-DUAL cellular module will connect the next generation Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) from CardioNet, Inc., a leading wireless medical technology company with a current focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias.

9 May 2012

Topline, interim results from Celldex Phase 2b EMERGE study of CDX-011 for advanced breast cancer

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that interim, topline results of the Phase 2b EMERGE study of CDX-011 in patients with advanced breast cancer will be presented in a webcast on May 23, 2012. Linda Vahdat, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Solid Tumor Service and Director of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Weill Cornell Medical College and the lead investigator of the EMERGE study, will join Celldex on the webcast to discuss data from the study.

2 May 2012

PolyTherics, Spirogen enter research collaboration to produce novel ADCs for treatment of cancer

PolyTherics Limited, a provider of solutions to enable the development of better biopharmaceuticals, and Spirogen Limited, a leading oncology-focused company developing DNA sequence-targeted agents, announce that they have formed a research collaboration to develop antibody drug conjugates that combine PolyTherics' proprietary site-specific conjugation chemistry with Spirogen's highly potent novel cytotoxic drugs to produce novel ADCs for the treatment of cancer.

2 Apr 2012

Pfizer to present data on ADCs at AACR 2012

Pfizer Oncology will present data from a variety of preclinical and clinical studies of Pfizer's early-stage compounds, including data from Pfizer's investigational antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) portfolio and research evaluating several molecules targeting novel pathways that play a crucial role in basic cellular functions, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 in Chicago, IL, from March 31-April 4.

27 Mar 2012

UC Cancer Institute to enroll up to 60 patients for AMG 595 phase-1 trial

The UC Cancer Institute is one of three centers internationally approved to test an experimental drug's safety and pharmacokinetics and also assess the clinical benefit against recurrent malignant glioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

16 Feb 2012

Diffusion-weighted MRI may effectively indicate response to ovarian cancer treatment

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have determined that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, which measures the movement of water molecules within the tumour, may be the best way to monitor how women with late-stage ovarian cancer are responding to treatment. The study is published in the journal Radiology today.

14 Feb 2012

New data from Pfizer's hematology portfolio to be presented at 53rd ASH annual meeting

Pfizer Oncology will present data on a number of investigational compounds from its hematology portfolio, including new data from bosutinib in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), inotuzumab in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), as well as the first presentation of clinical data for PF-04449913, which inhibits Smoothened (SMO), a key component of the Hedgehog pathway.

7 Nov 2011

Genentech announces results of trastuzumab emtansine Phase II study on HER2-positive mBC

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced the results of the Phase II study TDM4450g in people with previously untreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

26 Sep 2011

Exposure to goats could increase risk of pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma

Exposure to goats could increase the risk of a certain type of lung cancer, according to French researchers.

26 Sep 2011

Ambrx, Bristol-Myers Squibb collaborate for novel biologics to treat heart failure and diabetes

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Ambrx, Inc. today announced a collaboration under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will receive exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize biologics based on Ambrx's research surrounding the Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 protein, for potential use in treating type 2 diabetes, and the Relaxin hormone, for potential use in treating heart failure.

23 Sep 2011

OBT, Seattle Genetics form strategic collaboration to discover novel ADCs for cancer

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Oxford BioTherapeutics today announced that they have formed a strategic collaboration to jointly discover novel antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer.

14 Sep 2011

Seattle Genetics initiates ADCETRIS phase II trial in CD30-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that it has initiated a phase II clinical trial of ADCETRIS for patients with relapsed or refractory CD30-positive non-Hodgkin lymphomas, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, peripheral T-cell lymphoma and other less common lymphoma subtypes.

24 Aug 2011

NIA awards UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging ADC to continue Alzheimer's research

University of Kentucky officials announced this week that the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) is receiving more than $7 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease.

20 Aug 2011

FDA approves Seattle Genetics ADCETRIS drug to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval of ADCETRISTM for two indications: (1) the treatment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma after failure of autologous stem cell transplant or after failure of at least two prior multi-agent chemotherapy regimens in patients who are not ASCT candidates, and (2) the treatment of patients with systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma after failure of at least one prior multi-agent chemotherapy regimen.

20 Aug 2011

Seattle Genetics receives FDA approval for Adcetris to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Adcetris to treat Hodgkin lymphoma and a rare lymphoma known as systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

20 Aug 2011

Australian TGA approves GI Dynamics EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner for type 2 diabetes and obesity

GI Dynamics, Inc., a company focused on the development and commercialization of effective, non-surgical approaches for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved the EndoBarrier® Gastrointestinal Liner for inclusion on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).

25 Jul 2011

Antibody Drug Conjugate News and Research

Data from several clinical trials of ADCETRIS to be presented at ASCO annual meeting

Preliminary results from Celldex’s CDX-011 Phase 2b breast cancer study

Health Canada accepts Seattle Genetics’ ADCETRIS NDS for review

Interim results from Seattle Genetics’ ADCETRIS phase II trial on CTCL

Telit CC864-DUAL cellular module to connect next generation MCOT from CardioNet

Topline, interim results from Celldex Phase 2b EMERGE study of CDX-011 for advanced breast cancer

PolyTherics, Spirogen enter research collaboration to produce novel ADCs for treatment of cancer

Pfizer to present data on ADCs at AACR 2012

UC Cancer Institute to enroll up to 60 patients for AMG 595 phase-1 trial

Diffusion-weighted MRI may effectively indicate response to ovarian cancer treatment

New data from Pfizer's hematology portfolio to be presented at 53rd ASH annual meeting

Genentech announces results of trastuzumab emtansine Phase II study on HER2-positive mBC

Exposure to goats could increase risk of pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma

Ambrx, Bristol-Myers Squibb collaborate for novel biologics to treat heart failure and diabetes

OBT, Seattle Genetics form strategic collaboration to discover novel ADCs for cancer

Seattle Genetics initiates ADCETRIS phase II trial in CD30-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma

NIA awards UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging ADC to continue Alzheimer's research

FDA approves Seattle Genetics ADCETRIS drug to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

Seattle Genetics receives FDA approval for Adcetris to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL

Australian TGA approves GI Dynamics EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner for type 2 diabetes and obesity

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