Clarient, a provider of comprehensive anatomic pathology and molecular testing services, will acquire Applied Genomics in an all-stock merger worth up to $17.6 million.
Positive Phase II Data for Peregrine’s Lung Cancer Treatment
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals reported positive Phase II data in a clinical trial of bavituximab in patients with a deadly form of lung cancer.
Inovio Biomedical (AMEX: INO): A DNA Vaccine Delivery Innovator
Inovio Biomedical (AMEX: INO) is developing a robust pre-clinical and early clinical stage pipeline of innovative DNA-based vaccines and therapeutics that target cancer, influenza, and other infectious diseases (e.g. HIV) based on its SynCon DNA vaccine construct and electroporation DNA delivery technology platforms.
Cytori’s Cardiac Celution: Encouraging Interim Data
In the area of heart disease, Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX) is sponsoring two European clinical trials that evaluate the use of adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) to treat acute myocardial infarction and chronic myocardial ischemia.
Positive Peer Review for Aureon’s Prostate Px+
The peer reviewed results published today in the Journal of Urology found that Aureon Laboratories’ Prostate Px+ test is twice as effective as other tools currently available at identifying which patients classified as intermediate-risk have high-risk, life-threatening cancer.
Aureon Featured In TV Segment
Aureon Laboratories, a developer of predictive tests for cancer care, has been featured in a cable television segment produced by the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce.
TargetScan Touch Proven Effective in Duke Study
A study published in Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment shows that Envisioneering Medical’s TargetScan Touch system is more effective in detecting prostate cancer than traditional biopsy methods.
Studies Back Gen-Probe’s Prostate Cancer Test
Eight studies presented this week at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting suggest that Gen-Probe’s investigational test for the prostate cancer gene PCA3 may address some of the major challenges faced by urologists when diagnosing the disease.
