Articles tagged with: Tasquinimod
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Lund, Sweden (Press Release) – Active Biotech (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: ACTI) today announces that the first patient has been dosed in the phase 1b/2a clinical study of tasquinimod for treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The study, which is planned to recruit up to 54 patients, will establish a maximum tolerated dose of tasquinimod as single agent and then investigate tasquinimod in combination with a standard multiple myeloma oral regimen of ixazomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (IRd). For both single agent tasquinimod and the combination of tasquinimod and IRd, exploratory expansion cohorts will be …
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Lund, Sweden (Press Release) – Active Biotech (Nasdaq Stockholm: ACTI) today provides a status update in the projects following the new direction communicated in early February. This abbreviated update is provided as a midterm replacement of the Capital Markets Day previously announced for May 19, which we now instead are planning to host during Q4 this year subject to the status of Covid-19. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, most activities in our projects have proceeded according to plan and, so far, no project timelines have been significantly affected.
The Phase 1b/2 study with naptumomab …
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Lund, Sweden (Press Release) – Active Biotech (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: ACTI) announces that the Board of Directors, has approved a new direction for the company. This decision follows a detailed opportunity analysis of the company’s wholly owned clinical lead assets, laquinimod and tasquinimod. Based on assessment of the many scientific publications and extensive pre-clinical and clinical data accumulated, an analysis of the commercial attractiveness of different clinical indication opportunities to Active Biotech, as well as an external advisory challenge, new focused target indications and corporate priorities have been defined.
Tasquinimod will be advanced in …
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Lund, Sweden (Press Release) – Active Biotech AB (Nasdaq Stockholm:ACTI) announces today that Active Biotech has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational novel agent tasquinimod, for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
The FDA Orphan Drug Designation program provides orphan status to drugs and biologics which are defined as those intended for the safe and effective treatment, diagnoses or prevention of rare diseases or disorders that effect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. This designation provides for a seven year marketing exclusivity …
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Good morning, myeloma world. Welcome to a new feature here at The Myeloma Beacon: Myeloma Morning.
Starting today, you can come to The Beacon every morning of the week, and a new edition of Myeloma Morning will be waiting for you. Each edition will include summaries of the latest myeloma-related research and myeloma-related news from the business world. We'll also make sure to keep you posted on any interesting conversations going on in the Beacon's myeloma discussion forum.
Our coverage of research developments will focus – as it always …
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Lund, Sweden (Press Release) – Active Biotech (Nasdaq Stockholm: ACTI) today announces that a patent application for the treatment of multiple myeloma with the company's compound tasquinimod, together with an international search report, will be public within short on WIPO's (World Intellectual Property Organization) web site www.wipo.int. With this application (WO 2016/042112), treatment of multiple myeloma with tasquinimod is potentially protected until 2035. With the aim to expand the patent protection for tasquinimod, a preclinical program was performed and very good results were achieved in models for multiple myeloma. The existing medical …