Adrenomed AG, the vascular integrity company, announced today that its Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Wolfgang Baiker as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 1, 2021.
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Immatics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company active in the discovery and development of T cell redirecting cancer immunotherapies, announced today that the Company will present Phase I results from their ACTolog® program IMA101 at the 35th Annual SITC Meeting, held virtually from November 9-14, 2020.
The funding round led by Ancora Finance Group and Wellington Partners will bolster Koa Health’s growth ambitions to make mental health treatment more accessible with its wide range of digital solutions.
Nordic digital therapeutics company Sidekick Health has completed a $20 million oversubscribed Series A financing round led by Wellington Partners and Asabys Partners, through its fund SAHII, with participation by existing investors Novator and Frumtak Ventures.
CARISMA Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for the Company's lead product candidate, CT-0508, an anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) targeted chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M). Under this IND, CARISMA intends to initiate its Phase 1, first-in-human, multi-center study in patients with recurrent or metastatic HER2 overexpressing solid tumors after failure of approved HER2 targeted agents.
Immatics (NASDAQ: IMTX) today announced the completion of its business combination with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ARYA), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Perceptive Advisors. Today, Immatics will commence trading its shares under the symbol “IMTX” and its warrants under the symbol “IMTXW” on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Proceeds from this transaction were approximately $253 million, which included funds held in Arya’s trust account and the common stock private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing contributed by a group of leading US healthcare institutional investors.
MChE / F4 Pharma and SIRS therapeutics announce promising results from treatment of six severely ill COVID-19 patients with FX06 under “named patient use”. By time of start of FX06 administration, all patients were treated in the ICU with mechanical ventilation, and five - in addition - received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Within a few days following the FX06 treatment, all patients showed an improvement of lung function parameters and a significant reduction of inflammation markers.
Confo Therapeutics today announced the appointment of Rob Scott as an Independent Director. Dr. Scott’s career spans 30 years of drug discovery and development leadership in the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, including his last position as Chief Medical Officer, Head of Development at AbbVie.
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for GTX Medical‘s implantable Go-2 system which was designed to promote the recovery of leg motor functions and neurological control in adults with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and paralysis. The Go-2 System provides Targeted Epidural Spinal Stimulation (TESS) therapy, promoting the recovery of leg motor functions and neurological control. The Company anticipates the first clinical trial for the complete Go-2 system in humans to take place in 2021.
Confo Therapeutics today announced the appointment of Paolo Vicini in the newly-created position of CDO effective June 1, 2020.With two decades of leadership and scientific experience in pharmaceutical research and development, Dr. Vicini will apply his experience in translational and clinical sciences to support the Company as it moves its GPCR modulating small molecules through preclinical studies and into the clinic.
