WESTON, Fla., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, announced today that the Company's CEO, Stephen Marcus, M.D., will be an expert speaker at 5th Annual Glioblastoma Drug Development Summit, which will be held March 26-28 at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport.
WESTON, Fla. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, and Michigan Medicine, a part of the University of Michigan and one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, announced today the initiation of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, Phase 3 pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Cantex's azeliragon in decreasing the incidence of acute kidney injury and other life-threatening complications in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The initiation of this Phase 3 pivotal clinical trial follows the completion of the Phase 2 portion of the clinical trial.
WESTON, Fla. and PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, and Allegheny Health Network (AHN), an academic healthcare system serving the diverse greater western Pennsylvania community that provides pioneering medical research and education programs focused on transforming healthcare, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 study to assess the safety and efficacy of azeliragon in patients refractory to first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer.
WESTON, Fla. and NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, and Lenox Hill Hospital's Department of Neurological Surgery announced the initiation of a Phase 2 study to assess the safety and effectiveness of azeliragon in combination with radiation therapy as a treatment for newly diagnosed unmethylated glioblastoma.
WESTON, Fla., Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions, announced today the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of Cantex's azeliragon combined with stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with brain metastases. Cantex's azeliragon, currently also in Phase 2 development for the treatment of other major cancers, complications of cancer treatment and the treatment of other life-threatening illnesses, inhibits the receptor for advanced glycation end products (known as RAGE), is orally administered and is taken once daily.
WESTON, Fla., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, today announced the publication in the peer-reviewed journal, npj Breast Cancer, a Nature Portfolio journal published in partnership with Breast Cancer Research Foundation, with results from in vitro and in vivo models for triple-negative breast cancer showing suppression of metastasis and tumor progression by RAGE inhibition. Cantex's azeliragon, currently in phase 2/3 development for the treatment of major cancers, complications of cancer treatment, and the treatment of other life-threatening illnesses, is a RAGE inhibitor that is orally administered and taken once daily.
WESTON, Fla., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, today announced that it will present at the MedInvest Oncology Investor Conference being held June 21-22, 2023, in Boston, MA.
WESTON, Fla., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions for which new treatments are urgently needed, today announced that it has obtained an exclusive worldwide license from Georgetown University for intellectual property related to the potential use of azeliragon to treat, prevent or alleviate cancer-treatment related cognitive decline. This exclusive worldwide license expands Cantex's existing robust azeliragon composition of matter patent, its overall intellectual property portfolio and additional regulatory exclusivities.
WESTON, Fla. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative therapies for cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions, and Michigan Medicine, a part of the University of Michigan and one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, announced today the initiation of a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, phase 2/3 clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of azeliragon in decreasing the incidence of acute kidney injury and other life-threatening complications in patients hospitalized for COVID-19.