Quigley Anti-Viral Compound QR448(a) Successfully Prevents Transmission of Infectious Bronchitis in Chickens
... broiler chickens were housed in 8' X 8'
colony houses. Twenty birds from each
colony were identified and infected with a full ... infected birds were reintroduced to their
colony after which time ...
Micromet's Blinatumomab Achieves Primary Endpoint in Phase 2 Study with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients
... a collaboration with Nycomed for the development and commercialization of MT203, a human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid ...
Micromet Presents Update on Blinatumomab's Response Rate and Duration in a Phase 1 Study in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients
... a collaboration with Nycomed for the development and commercialization of MT203, a human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid ...
Bayer Announces Leukine(R) Data Presentations at 45th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
...
Immunological effects and clinical outcomes in patients with high-risk melanoma given adjuvant therapy with granulocyte-macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF, sargramostim)
Lead investigator: Lynn Spitler, Northern California Melanoma Center, Saint Mary's Medical ...
Micromet Presents Update on BiTE Antibody Pipeline and Reviews Key AACR Presentations at R&D Day
... MT203 being developed in collaboration with Nycomed. MT203 is a traditional human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Micromet Presents Preclinical Data Showing Activity of Erbitux and Vectibix Based BiTE Antibodies against KRAS- and BRAF-mutated Human Colorectal Cancer Cells
... MT203 being developed in collaboration with Nycomed. MT203 is a traditional human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Micromet Receives Milestone Payment for Filing of the First Clinical Trial Application for MT203
... 1 clinical trial for the treatment of patients with cancer. MT203 is a traditional human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Micromet Has Started a New Phase 2 Trial with Adecatumumab in Colorectal Cancer Patients
... MT203 being developed in collaboration with Nycomed. MT203 is a traditional human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Micromet Key Events for 2009
... which is being
developed in collaboration with Nycomed. MT203 is a traditional human antibody
neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor
(GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of inflammatory
and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Micromet Expands Committed Equity Financing Facility to $75 Million
... which is being developed in collaboration with Nycomed. MT203 is a traditional human antibody neutralizing the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has potential applications in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Micromet to Present Clinical Update for BiTE Antibody MT103/MEDI-538 at the International Conference on Malignant Lymphomas
... a collaboration with Nycomed for the development
and commercialization of MT203, a human antibody neutralizing the activity
of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which has
potential applications in the treatment of various inflammatory and
autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid ...
IDM Pharma Announces Updated Data From Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) Compassionate Access Program
... a week for 24 weeks. In addition, some patients in
the program were also treated with other agents including aerosol
recombinant granulocyte monocyte
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) an
immune stimulating agent (n=20), ifosfamide (n=4), and/or gemcitabine
(n=2).
Results to date are as follows: -- ...
Micromet Enrolls First Patient in a Phase 1 Clinical Trial with MT110, the First BiTE Antibody for Treatment of Solid Tumors
... a collaboration with Nycomed for the
development and commercialization of MT203, a human antibody neutralizing
the activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF),
which has potential applications in the treatment of various inflammatory
and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid ...
Neutropenia: Biosimilar Product from India Moves One Step Closer to European Market
... cell) in the blood is too low - is a serious side
effect of cancer chemotherapy and can prevent the treatment from being
successful. Granulocyte
colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a human
protein that can reverse neutropenia by initiating the production of
neutrophils. Recombinant forms of the ...
Micromet Announces the Publication of BiTE Antibody Review in Drugs of the Future
... with Nycomed for the development and
commercialization of MT203, Micromet's human antibody neutralizing the
activity of granulocyte/macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF),
which has potential applications in the treatment of various inflammatory
and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid ...
JAK2 Inhibitor Shows Potent Activity in Cells From MPD Patients
... Mayo clinic said: "In ex vivo studies, we have seen
encouraging preliminary results with Cytopia's compounds including the
inhibition of erythroid
colony growth from PV patients harboring the JAK2
V617F mutation."
Cytopia's Research Director Dr Chris Burns stated: "This data is
important validation ...
Interim Analysis Supports Continuation of Cell Genesys' VITAL-1 Phase 3 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer
... non patient-specific investigational
therapeutics comprised of whole tumor cells that have been modified to
secrete GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage
colony stimulating factor), an
immune stimulatory hormone, and then irradiated for safety. GVAX is
designed to be administered through intradermal ...
Maxygen Announces Positive Progress in Phase IIa Clinical Trial of Novel PEG-GCSF
... on the pharmacokinetic
properties of MAXY-G34 and the mobilization of CD34+ stem cells.
About MAXY-G34
MAXY-G34 is a novel pegylated granulocyte
colony stimulating factor
(PEG-GCSF) designed to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Preclinical
and Phase I studies show MAXY-G34 to have novel and ...
Exelixis Presents Encouraging Phase 1 Data For XL019, A Novel Selective Inhibitor of JAK2
... including: - Reduction in spleen size of 33 to 100% in five of six patients evaluated - Reduction in erythropoietin-independent
colony formation of up to 39% and up to 100% in two patients evaluated -- Relief of constitutional symptoms, including pruritus, fatigue, back ...
PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin Alfa) Data to be Presented at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
... 1990 to 2006 in transfusion-dependent MDS patients (n=578) treated with Epoetin alfa plus or minus granulocyte and granulocyte-macrophage
colony stimulating factors (G/GM-CSF) assessed the efficacy of Epoetin alfa in achieving transfusion independence in transfusion-dependent MDS ...
MedImmune Initiates First Clinical Trial of Monoclonal Antibody Targeting GM-CSFR in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
... in the first Phase 1 clinical
trial of CAM- 3001, a fully human monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting the
alpha subunit of the granulocyte-macrophage
colony stimulating factor
receptor (GM-CSFR). The study is designed to evaluate the safety and
tolerability of single doses of CAM-3001 in patients with ...
Oritavancin Demonstrates Potent and Rapid In Vitro Activity Against MRSA, VRE and Other Strains of Resistant Bacteria
... Infections (E-1616, 12:15 p.m. CDT)
-- Comparative Intracellular Activity of 10 Anti-Staphylococcal Antibiotics (AABs) Against a Stable Small
colony Variant (SCV) of S. aureus in a Model of Human THP-1 Macrophages (A-1437, 1:15 p.m. CDT) About Oritavancin Oritavancin is a novel ...
Researchers Identify Virus Possibly Responsible for Declining Honeybee Population Using 454 Sequencing Technology from Roche
... IAPV is a significant marker for CCD." "Unbiased 454 Sequencing technology enabled us to rapidly assemble a
comprehensive inventory of microflora in
colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and
non-CCD populations, and provided the sequence information needed to
identify candidate pathogens," stated Dr. Lipkin. ...
Ceragenix Announces Ceragenins Virtually Prevent Catheter Biofilm
Formation in 21 Day Study
... At day 21, the catheters were challenged with
an inoculum of one million
colony forming units of
methicillin-resistant staph aurius (MRSA). The untreated control
catheter had 30,000 bacterial
colony forming units (CFUs) adhered
to the catheter surface while the Ceragenin ...
Cell Genesys Reports GVAX Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer Induces
a Broad, Patient-Specific Antibody Response
... immunotherapy for prostate cancer is comprised of two
prostate cancer cell lines that have been modified to secrete
GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage
colony stimulating factor), an
immune stimulatory hormone, and irradiated for safety. GVAX cancer
immunotherapy for prostate cancer is being developed as a ...
VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Presentation for Its Akt
Inhibitor VQD-002, at American Association for Cancer Research
Annual Meeting
... PCas and can induce cell death of
PCas that express functional p53. In this study, we found that
roscovitine can inhibit cell growth, reduce
colony formation and
induce apoptosis in PC3 and PC3-M cells that are p53 negative, when
co-cultured with either LY294002 (LY) or Triciribine (also known ...
Gilead Announces Presentation of Positive Phase III Data on
Aztreonam Lysine for Inhalation in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
... symptoms using the CFQ-R questionnaire.
Aztreonam lysine for inhalation was also associated with
significantly greater reductions in P. aeruginosa
colony forming
units (a measure of the amount of bacteria present in the lungs) at
28 days compared with placebo. Pseudomonas sensitivity as measured
by ...
Telomerase Presentations at the AACR 2007 Annual Meeting
... on telomerase activity in myeloma
stem cells. The Johns Hopkins team demonstrated that Geron's
telomerase inhibitor, GRN163L, blocked growth and
colony formation
in both the stem and differentiated subpopulations of myeloma
cells. In these studies, no other compounds have been shown to be
as active ...
News from the Battlefield of Metastatic Cancer: Epeius
Biotechnologies Draws the Sword of Targeted Gene Delivery (Rexin-G)
from the Stone of Chemistry and Physics
... immunization strategy uses Rexin-G in combination with
Reximmune-C(TM) a tumor-targeted expression vector bearing a
granulocyte macrophage
colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene. The
intent of this two-step approach is to bring a complement of cells
involved in humoral and cell-mediated ...