- Single Phase 3 Trial on track to commence in Q2 2017

 

VICTORIA, British Columbia --  Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH / TSX: AUP) (“Aurinia” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the global immunology market, today announced that it has selected Worldwide Clinical Trials (“Worldwide”) as its Clinical Research Organization (CRO) for the AURORA Phase 3 study of volcosporin for the treatment of active lupus nephritis (LN).

-Patient Converts from Complete Paralysis to Partial Paralysis-

 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV) today announced that the patient enrolled in December in the INSPIRE study of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold has improved from a complete AIS A spinal cord injury to an incomplete AIS B spinal cord injury in the time between discharge and the one-month evaluation. This is the sixth out of the eleven patients (54.5% conversion rate) in follow-up to have had an AIS grade improvement. Two patients who have not yet converted are early in follow-up, with conversion possible before the six-month endpoint. The INSPIRE conversion rate is considerably higher than rates observed in a range of SCI natural history databases.

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 24, 2017 -- Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLRB), an oncology-focused clinical stage biotechnology company, today announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has granted patent number 9,550,002, which covers method of use for the company’s lead compound, CLR 131, as well as CLR 125, for the treatment of cancer. The granting of this patent follows the company’s previous announcement of patent allowances for the use of the company’s phospholipid drug conjugate (PDC) delivery platform in these tumor types. 

 

“This patent strengthens our radiotherapeutic intellectual property portfolio and further demonstrates Cellectar’s commitment to optimizing our PDC technology platform,” said Jim Caruso, president and CEO of Cellectar.  “While we are currently focused on developing CLR 131 for hematologic malignancies such as multiple myeloma, the claims granted provide additional development optionality for Cellectar or a potential partner.”   

GenVec's AdenoVerse™ to be Integrated into Intrexon's Proprietary Synthetic Biology Platform

 

GERMANTOWN, Md., and GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 24, 2017  -- Intrexon Corporation (NYSE: XON), a leader in the engineering and industrialization of biology to improve the quality of life and health of the planet, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC), a clinical-stage company and pioneer in the development of AdenoVerse™ gene delivery technology.