Dana-Farber Cancer Institute designers have reported in a new study that its computer platform makes the patient matching process easier, as well as faster.
GSK announced this morning in a London Stock Exchange filing that Laurie Glimcher, president and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has advised the company of her intention to retire from its board of directors on Oct. 13.
In a Nature study, a team led by Dana-Farber developed a cancer vaccine that targeted both T cells and natural killer (NK) cells in a two-pronged attack to prevent tumor cells from evading an immune attack.
CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varsity Pharmaceuticals (Varsity), a biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule therapies that target treatment resistant cancers, today announced that it has secured exclusive rights from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a world-leading cancer treatment and research institute, to develop and commercialize Novobiocin, a potential first-in-class DNA polymerase theta inhibitor for the treatment of Homologous Recombination (HR) deficient cancers.
BAKX Therapeutics emerged from stealth in a big way back in July, striking an $852 million deal with Ipsen for its lead cancer candidate, a small molecule designed to activate the body’s natural process for programmed cell death. And Ipsen’s putting a bit more cash in the company’s coffers to see that program into the clinic.
EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eureka Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel T-cell therapies to treat solid tumors, today announced the initiation of ARYA-2, a Phase I/II open-label, dose escalation clinical trial of ET140203 ARTEMIS® T-cell therapy in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory hepatoblastoma (HB), hepatocellular neoplasm not otherwise specified (HCN-NOS), or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The Phase I portion of the ARYA-2 study is now open for enrollment at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
Lew Cantley, the famed cancer researcher best known for his discovery of the PI3K pathway and his groundbreaking work on cancer metabolism, is headed to Dana-Farber.
David Livingston, the Dana-Farber/Harvard Med scientist who helped shine a light on some of the key molecular drivers of breast and ovarian cancer, died unexpectedly last Sunday.
But on Thursday, Kojin Therapeutics officially tapped Luba Greenwood as its first CEO, completing an all-female C-suite. All of the biotech’s senior scientists are women too, as is the scientific co-founder. It’s a moment that Greenwood always believed would come.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kojin Therapeutics Inc., a company developing new targeted therapeutics based on cell state and ferroptosis biology, today announced the appointment of Luba Greenwood as Chief Executive Officer. Greenwood, who has served on Kojin’s board of directors since June 2021, joins Kojin’s co-founder Vasanthi Viswanathan and Chief Scientific Officer Kay Ahn in leading the company’s vision and growing its women-led executive team.