OncoSec Medical (NSDQ:ONCS) is embroiled in a lawsuit and proxy war over a $30 million money-raise as it seeks to continue development of its cancer treatment technology. The company — headquartered in San Diego and Pennington, N.J. — sent a letter to shareholders today in which it countered what it described as false and misleading statements […]
Halozyme-Genentech breast cancer pivotal meets endpoint
Halozyme Therapeutics today announced positive endpoint results from its phase III intravenous chemotherapy trial. Genentech’s FeDeriCa study used Halozyme’s Enhanze drug-delivery technology for subcutaneous administration of a fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab (Perjeta) and trastuzumab (Herceptin), in combination with intravenous chemotherapy. The results showed non-inferior levels of Perjeta in the blood compared to standard IV infusion […]
Delcath Systems raises another $9.5m
Delcath Systems (OTC:DCTH) has closed on a $9.5 million private placement round, bringing the total amount raised since July to $29.5 million. The Queensbury, N.Y.-based company priced the round at $1,000 per unit, with each unit consisting of a preferred convertible share worth 16,667 common shares, at a 6¢ strike price, and a five-year warrant […]
Novocure’s Optune wins innovative medical device designation from China
NovoCure (NSDQ:NVCR) said today that it was granted Innovative Medical Device Designation in China for its Optune tumor treating system. The Optune system uses electric fields that are tuned in to specific frequencies to disrupt cancer cell division, according to the company. The technology inhibits tumor growth and causes cancer cells to die. Zai Lab has […]
Delcath Systems closes $20m private placement
Delcath Systems (OTC:DCTH) last week said that it closed a $20 million private placement round for the liver cancer treatment it developed. The Queensbury, N.Y.-based company priced the round at $1,000 per unit, with each unit consisting of a preferred convertible share worth 16,667 common shares, at a 6¢ strike price, and a five-year warrant another […]
Taris Bio, Bristol-Myers Squibb launch bladder cancer trial
Taris Biomedical has announced the dosing of the first patient in a study of its TAR-200 system plus a programmed immune checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). The TAR-200 system continuously delivers the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine in the bladder for multiple weeks. The combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) will be […]
Taris Biomedical touts results of bladder cancer treatment study
Taris Biomedical today announced positive results from the second arm of a study of its TAR-200 system for the treatment of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). The most recent study arm involved 10 patients treated with TAR-200 and yielded positive safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy data, according to Lexington, Mass.-based Taris. Combined data from […]
Windtree, Eleison tout feasibility study results
Windtree Therapeutics (OTCQB:WINT) and Eleison Pharmaceuticals have announced positive results of a feasibility study using Windtree’s aerosol delivery system (ADS) to deliver Eleison’s inhaled lipid cisplatin (ILC) for lung cancer. In the study, the ADS technology produced in 20 minutes approximately the same volume of aerosolized ILC that required approximately two hours to produce in […]
FDA approves Novocure’s NovoTTF-100LTM plus chemo for mesothelioma
NovoCure (NSDQ:NVCR) announced that it has received FDA approval for its NovoTTF-100L system with chemotherapy for treating a type of mesothelioma. NovoTTF-100L is a non-invasive, antimitotic cancer treatment designed to deliver electric fields at special frequencies to disrupt solid tumor cancer cell division. Approved under a humanitarian device exemption, NovoTTF-100L and pemetrexed plus platinum-based chemotherapyis indicated […]
Novocure launches pivotal ovarian cancer trial
Novocure (NSDQ:NVCR) said today that it kicked off a Phase 3 pivotal trial testing its Tumor Treating Fields therapy combined with paclitaxel in people with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The 540-patient trial has a primary endpoint of overall survival, with secondary endpoints that include progression-free survival, objective response rate, severity and frequency of adverse events and […]
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