Interim Efficacy and Safety Data from Ongoing Phase 2 Study in Follicular Lymphoma and DLBCL Selected for Plenary Presentation at the International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma

 

Management to Host Conference Call on June 14 at 10:30 a.m. ET

 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25, 2017 - Epizyme, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPZM), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company creating novel epigenetic therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to tazemetostat, the Company’s first-in-class EZH2 inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, either wild type EZH2 or with EZH2 activating mutations. Fast Track designation is intended to provide expedited processes for the development and FDA review of drugs that may reduce development time and costs associated with bringing a drug to market.

Statistically-Significant Improvements in Measures of Cardiac and Upper Limb Function in Patients Treated with CAP-1002

Capricor to Seek Breakthrough Therapy or Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation

Conference Call and Webcast to be Held Today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time

 

LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2017 -- Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAPR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class biological therapies for cardiac and other medical conditions, today announced positive top-line results from a safety and exploratory efficacy analysis of six-month data from the randomized 12-month Phase I/II HOPE Clinical Trial of CAP-1002 (allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells), an investigational candidate for the treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder for which treatment options are limited.

- Composition of Matter Patent with Expiration Date in 2034 -

 

LAVAL, QC, April 24, 2017  - BELLUS Health (TSX:BLU) (BELLUS Health or the Company), a biopharmaceutical development company advancing novel therapeutics for conditions with high unmet medical need, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S Patent. No. 9,598,409, which grants claims covering the composition of matter of BELLUS' lead drug candidate, BLU-5937, and related imidazopyridine compounds, in addition to pharmaceutical compositions comprising BLU-5937 and uses thereof. The patent has an expiration date of 2034, excluding any potential patent term extension. Patent applications with similarly broad claims are currently pending in Europe, Japan, China and other industrialized nations.

Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results Selected for Oral Presentation

 

LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2017 -- CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, today announced that an abstract describing results from its global Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating aldoxorubicin versus investigators' choice in patients with relapsed and refractory soft tissue sarcomas (STS) has been selected for an oral presentation at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place June 2-6, 2017 in Chicago.