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Bonum Therapeutics

Bonum Therapeutics Appoints Samuel C. Blackman, MD, PhD, to its Board of Directors – 12/3/2024

Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc.

Bluejay Therapeutics Reports Best-in-Class Monoclonal Antibody BJT-778 Achieved 100% Virologic Response and Up To 78% Combined Virologic Response and ALT Normalization as Monotherapy in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis D (CHD) – 11/15/2024

Wugen, Inc.

Wugen to Initiate a Pivotal Trial for Its Investigational, Off-the-Shelf, Allogeneic, CD7-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy, WU-CART-007, in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma –  11/12/2024

Wugen, Inc.

Cherry T. Thomas, M.D., Joins Wugen as Chief Medical Officer, Bringing Cell Therapy Expertise Across Clinical Development, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs as the Company  Embarks on a Pivotal Trial for its Investigational, Allogeneic CD7-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy-  11/12/2024

Glycomine, Inc.

Glycomine Appoints Joshua Grass as Chairperson of Board of Directors- 10/10/2024

InterVene, Inc.

InterVene, Inc. Announces $13 Million Series A Financing to Advance Recana™ System Through US Market Clearance – 10/7/2024

OnKure Therapeutics, Inc.

OnKure  Announces Closing of Merger with Reneo Pharmaceuticals and Concurrent Private Placement of $65 Million – 10/4/2024

Engrail Therapeutics

Engrail Therapeutics Initiates ENX-104 Clinical Program for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder Characterized by Anhedonia – 9/18/2024

Glycomine, Inc.

Glycomine Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for BLM101 for the Treatment of PMM2-CDG- 9/18/2024

Avalyn Pharma

Avalyn Announces Initiation of its Global Phase 2b MIST Study of AP01 Inhaled Pirfenidone for Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis – 9/3/2024

Avalyn Pharma

Avalyn Announces Initiation of Phase 1b Clinical Study for AP02, its Noval Inhaled Nintedanib – 8/12/2024

Engrail Therapeutics

Engrail Therapeutics Appoints Paul Cayer as Chief Financial Officer and Saira Ramasastry to Board of Directors- 8/8/2024

Avalyn Pharma

Avalyn Appoints Erin Lavelle, Seasoned Biopharma Finance Executive, to its Board of Directors- 8/5/2024

Mirum Pharmaceuticals

Mirum’s LIVMARLI Now Approved for PFIC in Patients 12 Months and Older – 7/25/2024

SeQure Dx

Integrated DNA Technologies Announces New Licensing Agreement with SeQure Dx to Advance CRISPR-based Therapeutics – 7/15/2024

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ LIVMARLI Approved in the European Union for Patients with PFIC – 7/8/2024

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mirum’s Volixibat Achieves Positive Interim Analyses in VANTAGE PBC and VISTAS PSC Studies – 6/17/2024

WUGEN, Inc.

Phase 2 Findings Show Wugen’s Investigational Allogeneic CAR-T, WU-CART-007, Was Highly Effective and Surpassed Standard of Care in Treating Hard-to-Treat T-ALL/LBL; Data Presented Today at European Hematology Association (EHA) 2024 Hybrid Congress – 6/14/2024

Bluejay Therapeutics

Bluejay Therapeutics Presents Positive Preliminary BJT-778 Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Chronic Hepatitis D at EASL 2024 Congress – 6/5/2024

Bluejay Therapeutics

Bluejay Therapeutics Receives Positive Opinion on Orphan Designation from the European Medicines Agency for BJT-778 for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis D – 5/29/2024

Wugen, Inc.

Wugen Announces RMAT and PRIME Designations for WU-CART-007 to Accelerate Regulatory Reviews and Plans to Present Positive Phase 2 Study Findings at European Hematology Association (EHA) 2024 in June

– 5/20/2024

Bluejay Therapeutics

Infectious disease biotech Bluejay raises $182M for hepatitis trials

– 5/9/2024

Biolinq

Biolinq Raises $58 Million to Advance Wearable Biosensors Through Pivotal Trial for Metabolic Health Using Precision Microsensor Technology

– 4/4/2024

Bluejay Therapeutics

Bluejay Announces Receipt of PRIME Designation from European Medicines Agency (EMA) for BJT-778 for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis Delta Virus Infection- 3/25/2024

Engrail Therapeutics

Engrail Therapeutics Closes Oversubscribed $157M Series B Financing Round to Advance the Development of Transformational Therapies – 3/19/2024

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ LIVMARLI Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus in Patients with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis – 3/14/2024

Glycomine

Glycomine Announces Encouraging Efficacy Data from Ongoing Phase 2 Clinical Study in PMM2-CDG – 3/4/2024

SeQure Dx

Synthego and SeQure Dx Partner to Provide Comprehensive Off-Target Analysis Services for CRISPR-Based Therapeutics Developers – 1/23/2024

Spruce Biosciences

Spruce Biosciences Completes Enrollment in CAHmelia-204 Study for Adult Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia – 1/22/2024

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