Inhibitor in Medical Technology

New Results From ARTEN Study of Nevirapine Plus Tenofovir and Emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) Versus Boosted Protease Inhibitor Regimen of Atazanavir/Ritonavir Plus TDF/FTC Revealed

CAPE TOWN, South Africa , July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- New data became available today at the 5(th) International AIDS Society Conference from ARTEN ( A tazanavir/ R itonavir on a background of T enofovir and E mtricitabine [Truvada(R)] versus N evirapine). ARTEN is an open-label, multi-c...

Chipscreen and HUYA Bioscience to Present Clinical Data on Novel HDAC Inhibitor at the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting

SHENZHEN, China and SAN DIEGO, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences, Ltd., and HUYA Bioscience International, LLC, today announced that final data from a Phase 1 trial conducted by Chipscreen of the investigational compound chidamide (CS055/HBI-8000) will be presented at the 2009...

Scientific Data Relating to Cinryze(TM) Presented at 6th Annual C1 Inhibitor Deficiency Workshop

BUDAPEST, Hungary and EXTON, Pa., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM ) today announced the presentation of five abstracts relating to Cinryze(TM) (C1 esterase inhibitor [human]) therapy at the 6th Annual C1 Inhibitor Deficiency Workshop. Cinryze was appr...

New Study Evaluating the ADHD Medication VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Demonstrated No Change in the Pharmacokinetic Profile of VYVANSE When Coadministered with Prilosec OTC(R) 40 mg (20 mg X 2), a Commonly Used Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)

PHILADELPHIA, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced results of a study showing that coadministration of the ADHD medication VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII with the proton pump inhibitor (PP...

TargeGen Announces Successful Completion of Patient Enrollment in Clinical Trial of JAK2 Inhibitor TG101348 in Myelofibrosis Patients and Scheduled Presentation of Preliminary Trial Data at EHA Conference in Berlin

SAN DIEGO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- TargeGen, Inc. today announced that the Company successfully completed enrollment of a multi-center clinical trial of TG101348, an oral, potent, and highly selective inhibitor of JAK2 in patients with myelofibrosis on May 7, 2009. (Logo: http://www.newscom....

FDA Accepts Arno Therapeutics' IND for AR-12 a PDK1 Inhibitor That Blocks the PI3K/Akt Pathway

PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arno Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") accepted the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") application for the us...

Roche and Pharmasset Initiate Phase IIb Clinical Trial of R7128, Most Advanced Nucleoside Polymerase Inhibitor in Development for Chronic Hepatitis C

Start of trial triggers $10 million milestone payment to Pharmasset PRINCETON, N.J., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS ) and Roche (Roche SWX: RO, ROG; Pink Sheets: RHHBY) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase IIb study of R7128, th...

Cylene to Present Advances in its Oral Inhibitor of CK2 at AACR Annual Meeting

SAN DIEGO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cylene Pharmaceuticals announced today that it will be presenting new data on recent advances of its small molecule anticancer agents during a symposium and several poster presentations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting, to be...

Pharmacyclics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Novel Oral Btk Inhibitor for Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC ) today announced that it has begun treating patients in a Phase 1 dose-escalation study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of PCI-32765, an orally available, selective inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine ...

Another LNA-based RNA Inhibitor Enters Clinical Trials

COPENHAGEN, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Santaris Pharma announced today that the fourth LNA-based drug has been brought into the clinic. In the USA several patients with cancer have now been treated with the Company's Survivin inhibitor, which is jointly developed by Santaris Pharma and Enzon Pha...

FDA Grants Priority Review of a Supplemental Biologics License Application for Cinryze(TM) C1 Inhibitor (Human) as Treatment for Acute Attacks of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

- PDUFA Date for Cinryze for Acute HAE Indication is June 3, 2009 - EXTON, Pa., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for Cinryze C1 Inhibitor (human) as a trea...

Cylene Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase I Trial With CX-4945 -Breakthrough First-in Class Inhibitor of CK2

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cylene Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has initiated a Phase I clinical trial of its oral CK2 protein kinase inhibitor, CX-4945, in patients with advanced solid tumors, Castleman's disease, or multiple myeloma. The primary endpoints of the oral dose escala...

Video: Femara(R) First Aromatase Inhibitor to Indicate Survival Benefit Versus Tamoxifen When Taken for Five Years After Breast Cancer Surgery

- Femara showed reduced risk of death by 13% (P=0.08), despite inclusion of patients crossing over from tamoxifen to Femara therapy - In a separate censored analysis excluding patients after they crossed over to Femara, reduction in risk of death was 19% - Long-term follow-up fro...

TargeGen Affiliates Scheduled for Oral Presentation of Interim Clinical Trial Data at 2008 ASH Meeting in San Francisco for TG101348, a Potent, Selective, Oral JAK2 Inhibitor in Myeloproliferative Disease Patients

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TargeGen has announced that an oral presentation of preliminary results from a multi-center, US-based clinical trial of TG101348 in myeloproliferative disease patients has been scheduled at the 2008 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting. Details o...

S*BIO Advances JAK2 Inhibitor SB1518 into Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial in Australia for the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Myelofibrosis

SINGAPORE, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- S*BIO Pte Ltd today announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of SB1518, a potent and orally-active JAK2 inhibitor, in leading medical centers in Australia for patients with chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis (CIMF). The trial is designed to e...

Pharmacyclics Announces Completion of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Factor VIIa Inhibitor PCI-27483

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC ) today announced that the company has completed a Phase 1 clinical trial with PCI-27483, the company's novel, first-in-class small-molecule Factor VIIa inhibitor. The trial was conducted in sixteen (16) healt...

Schering-Plough Provides Update on Boceprevir Clinical Development and Introduces Potent Next-Generation Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor for Treating Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Company reaffirms its innovation leadership and long-term commitment to hepatitis research KENILWORTH, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) today provided a clinical update on boceprevir, its lead investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhi...

Chipscreen Biosciences and HUYA Bioscience Int'l Announce Promising Preclincial and Phase I Solid Tumor/Lymphoma Data for Chidamide/HBI-8000, New HDAC Inhibitor for Cancer

First Compound Sourced from China Shows Strong Results Presented at Cambridge Healthtech Institute Fall Conference BOSTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CHI -- Chipscreen Biosciences (Chipscreen) and HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) today described the preclinical profile and outco...

Cytopia Scientific Presentations on JAK2 Inhibitor Program

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytopia Limited (ASX: CYT) will present data on its JAK2 inhibitor program at two important scientific meetings this month. Dr Emmanuelle Fantino, Head of Biology at Cytopia, will present a lecture entitled Targeted JAK2 Inhibitors for Myeloproli...

S*BIO Initiates U.S. Phase I Clinical Trials of Oral JAK2 Inhibitor SB1518 for the Treatment of Hematological Malignancies

SINGAPORE, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- S*BIO Pte Ltd today announced the initiation of multi-center Phase I clinical trials of SB1518, a potent and orally-active JAK2 inhibitor, in patients with leukemia and certain types of lymphoma. These first Phase I trials for SB1518 comprise of ascending do...

Daiichi Sankyo Announces Clinical Study Data for Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor DU-176b

MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Data presented today at the Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology showed that the investigational oral Factor Xa inhibitor DU-176b reduced the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with dalteparin among patients un...

Telik's Proteasome Inhibitor Program Meets a Preclinical Development Milestone

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telik, Inc. (Nasdaq: TELK ) announced today that its novel small molecule proteasome inhibitor program met a preclinical development milestone by demonstrating anticancer activity in preclinical models of human leukemia. The proteasome is a...

Pharmacyclics Novel Btk Inhibitor Shows Efficacy in Preclinical Models of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lymphoma

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC ) today announced results from a preclinical study evaluating PCI-32765, an orally available, selective inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, or Btk, in collagen induced arthritis, an established animal mod...

Exelixis Reports Positive Clinical Pharmacodynamics Data for PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor XL765 at ASCO

Robust Pathway Inhibition in Tumor and Surrogate Tissues at Well-Tolerated Doses CHICAGO, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL ) reported interim data from a phase 1 dose-escalation trial of XL765, a novel small molecule inhibitor of pho...

Human Genome Sciences Initiates First Clinical Trial of Lead IAP Inhibitor HGS1029 in Advanced Solid Tumors

- Primary study objectives include evaluation of safety and tolerability, as well as selection of a recommended dose for Phase 2 trials - ROCKVILLE, Md., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI ) today announced that it has initiated dosing in a Phase 1 cl...

Ardea Announces Progress with HIV Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Program

- Lead Candidate, RDEA806, Demonstrated No Reproductive Toxicity in Preclinical Study - - RDEA427 Selected as Clinical Candidate, Demonstrated a 40 Hour Half-Life with Potential for Once Daily Oral Dosing - SAN DIEGO, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ar...

Schering-Plough To Initiate Phase III Studies With HCV Protease Inhibitor Boceprevir in Previously Untreated Hepatitis C Patients and Those Who Failed Prior Treatment

KENILWORTH, N.J., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ), a leader in hepatitis research, today announced that it is initiating two large Phase III studies of boceprevir, its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, in patients chronically infect...

ChemoCentryx Initiates Clinical Trial of CCR1 Inhibitor CCX354

Drug Represents Potential New Approach for the Treatment of Inflammatory Disease Milestone Triggers $10 Million Payment from Partner GlaxoSmithKline MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemoCentryx, Inc., today announced the initiation of a Phase I cli...

Anadys Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on ANA598, a Non-Nucleoside Inhibitor of the HCV Polymerase, at the 21st International Conference on Antiviral Research

SAN DIEGO, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS ) presented a late-breaker oral presentation today at the 21st International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR) in Montreal, Quebec, providing updated preclinical data on ANA598, a non-nucleoside inh...

Pharmacyclics' Novel Factor VIIa Inhibitor Demonstrates Potential Inhibition of Tumor Growth in Multiple Types of Cancer

SAN DIEGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC ) today presented preclinical results demonstrating the anti-tumor activity of PCI-27483, the company's small-molecule Factor VIIa inhibitor. The data were presented during the Annual Meeting...

Pharmacyclics Announces Preclinical Results Supporting Development of Its Novel Btk Inhibitor in Immune Mediated Diseases

SAN DIEGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC ) today presented results from its preclinical program evaluating PCI-32765, an orally available, selective inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, or Btk, in B-cell receptor (BCR) modulated d...

Semafore's PI3 Kinase Inhibitor SF1126 is a Vascular Targeted Conjugate in Phase I Clinical Trials in Solid Tumors and Multiple Myeloma

SAN DIEGO, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Semafore Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today on the occasion of a poster presentation at the 2008 AACR Annual Meeting that its integrin-targeted PI3 kinase inhibitor, SF1126, was shown to cause significant tumor regression in combination with rapamycin in a...

EntreMed to Highlight ENMD-2076 Kinase Inhibitor at 2008 AACR Annual Meeting

Oral Presentation During the "New Drugs on the Horizon 2" Special Session ROCKVILLE, Md., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EntreMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD ), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, today announced it...

CSL Behring Submits BLA Requesting Approval of C1-Esterase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema

Pivotal phase II/III study demonstrates C1-INH is effective treatment for acute HAE attacks KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL Behring has submitted a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting approval ...

NexGenix Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on a Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor of Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) at the GTCbio Cancer Drugs Research & Development Conference

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- NexGenix Pharmaceuticals, presented data on its Hsp90 inhibitor program today at the GTCBio 5th Annual Cancer Drugs Research & Development Conference taking place in Phoenix, Arizona. The company presented data on NXD30001, one of several novel, radicicol-base...

DHHS Guidelines Support Use of Trofile(TM) Assay Prior to CCR5 Inhibitor Use

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGRM ) today announced that guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommend that a co-receptor tropism test, such as Monogram's Trofile(TM) assay, should be perf...

TargeGen Announces Initiation of Clinical Trial of JAK2 Inhibitor TG101348 in Myeloproliferative Disease Patients

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- TargeGen, Inc. today announced that the Company has started a multi-center Phase I/II clinical trial of TG101348, an oral, potent, and highly selective inhibitor of JAK2 in patients with myeloproliferative diseases. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pr...

JAK2 Inhibitor Shows Potent Activity in Cells From MPD Patients

Mayo clinic in key role in treatment discovery MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian and New York based company Cytopia Limited (ASX: CYT) announced today that its lead JAK2 inhibitor compound CYT387 has demonstrated potent activity in cells isolated from patien...

Exelixis Presents Encouraging Phase 1 Data For XL019, A Novel Selective Inhibitor of JAK2

ATLANTA, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL), today reported phase 1 data from an ongoing phase 1 trial of XL019 in patients with myelofibrosis, a myeloproliferative disorder (MPD). XL019 is an investigational small molecule that selectively inhibits the tyrosine ki...

TargeGen Announces Planned Initiation of Clinical Trial of JAK2 Inhibitor TG101348 in Myeloproliferative Disease Patients, and Presentations at ASH

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- TargeGen, Inc. today announced that the Company's recently submitted IND for TG101348 is now active and the Company plans to initiate a multi-center clinical trial of TG101348, an internally discovered, oral, potent, and highly selective JAK2 inhibitor in Janu...