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ADC Therapeutics Announces Positive Initial Data from LOTIS-7 Clinical Trial Evaluating ZYNLONTA® in Combination with Bispecific Antibody in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT), a commercial-stage global leader and pioneer in the field of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), today announced positive initial data from the LOTIS-7 Phase 1b open-label clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of ZYNLONTA® in combination with the bispecific antibody glofitamab (COLUMVI™) in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (r/r DLBCL).

12/11/2024

Cibus and Biographica Announce Collaboration Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Advance Disease Resistance in Canola and Oilseed Rape

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies for royalties, and Biographica, a UK-based leader in AI and graph machine learning for gene discovery, are pleased to announce a collaborative pilot project focused on advancing disease resistance in oilseed rape and Canola.

11/19/2024

Royalty Pharma And Syndax Pharmaceuticals Enter Into $350 Million Royalty Funding Agreement For Niktimvo

Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) and Syndax Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SNDX) today announced that Royalty Pharma has entered into a $350 million synthetic royalty funding agreement with Syndax based on U.S. net sales of Niktimvo (axatilimab-csfr).

11/4/2024

FibroGen Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational New Drug Application for FG-3165, a Galectin-9 Targeting Monoclonal Antibody, for the Treatment of Patients with Solid Tumors

FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) of FG-3165, a galectin-9 (Gal9) targeted monoclonal antibody under development for treatment of solid tumors characterized by high Gal9 levels of expression.

6/3/2024

Cibus’ White Mold (Sclerotinia) Resistance Trait Program Confirms Important Milestone for Next Generation Gene Edits in Canola

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS) (“Cibus” or the “Company), a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies for royalties, today announced it has successfully made the next generation edits in Canola associated with a new third mode of action for White Mold (Sclerotinia) resistance. These new edited plants will now undergo disease resistance testing in a controlled environment. If successful, Cibus expects this third mode of action trait, along with Cibus’ other two modes of action traits, to provide durable resistance for White Mold in Canola. Today’s announcement represents a major development in the Company’s progress toward providing durable White Mold resistance.

5/30/2024

Royalty Pharma and Agios Pharmaceuticals Enter Into Vorasidenib Royalty Agreement for $905 Million

Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) today announced that it has acquired an interest in Agios Pharmaceuticals’ royalty on Servier’s vorasidenib for $905 million in upfront cash contingent on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of vorasidenib.

5/28/2024

Canada Added to a Growing List of Countries Regulating Cibus’ Gene Editing Technologies Similar to Conventional Breeding

Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS) (the "Company"), a leading agricultural biotechnology company that uses proprietary gene editing technologies to develop plant traits (or specific genetic characteristics) in seeds, applauds the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Animal Feed Division’s publication of its updated feed guidelines clarifying requirements for new plant varieties developed using applications of gene editing. The guidelines confirm that CFIA intends to follow a product, rather than process-based, approach to regulation and adds Canada to a growing list of countries that have endorsed policies that will regulate Cibus' Rapid Trait Development System™ (RTDS®) gene editing technologies similar to conventional breeding.

5/15/2024

ADC Therapeutics Announces Initial Data from Investigator-Initiated Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ZYNLONTA® in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Marginal Zone Lymphoma

ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) today announced that initial data from an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ZYNLONTA® (loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl) demonstrated a high response rate in patients with relapsed/refractory (r/r) marginal zone lymphoma (MZL).

5/6/2024

VERIGRAFT selected as EIC ambassador at the BIO 2024 in San Diego, June 3-6

VERIGRAFT was selected as an EIC ambassador and co-organiser and will be one of only 15 companies that the European Innovation Council (EIC) will show off to the world at the European Pavilion at the BIO International Convention 2024 in San Diego June 3-6.

4/26/2024

Growmark Partners with Intelinair on Agronomy App

Growmark has partnered with Intelinair, an ag data analytics company, on a new digital agronomy application to equip its farmer customers with data-driven insights to improve agronomic outcomes throughout the growing season.

4/22/2024

Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces Positive Phase 3 Topline Results from Study 501 Evaluating Lumateperone as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

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 501 evaluating lumateperone 42 mg as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Topline results from our second Phase 3 study, Study 502, are anticipated late in the second quarter of this year.

4/16/2024

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