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The prime treatment results were presented end year. Hospital trials.

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

TRU-015 Phase 1/2a Re-treatment Data: Re-treatment Administered Every 24 Weeks for 2 Years Produces Well-Tolerated and Consistent Results Re-treatment information from the Phase 1/2a chew over (15001) were presented on Oct. 26, 2008, in a announcement hearing at the ACR 2008 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Patients treated with a only movement of TRU-015 at 5 mg/kg or higher in a beforehand conducted Phase 1/2a office (15001) were available for re-treatment.

Patients given an opening prescribe of 5 mg/kg received a distinct infusion of 5 mg/kg upon re-treatment and those given higher doses of TRU-015 received a free infusion of 15 mg/kg upon re-treatment. Patients were unwed for reproduction remedial programme at 24-week intervals. Thirty-eight patients entered the Phase 1/2a re-treatment study; some patients have received as many as seven courses of TRU-015 at the era of this assessment. At 24 weeks, ACR 20, 50 and 70 reaction rates for 18 patients that have received their third re-treatment with 5 mg/kg or 15 mg/kg TRU-015 were 50%, 17% and 11%, respectively.

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BioCryst Reports Results From the First. Hospital trials.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results of an exploratory Phase 2 try-out of intravenous (i.v.) peramivir, a neuraminidase inhibitor, in patients hospitalized for excruciating moment or potentially life-threatening influenza.

The Phase 2 distress compared the efficacy and refuge of five days of remedial programme with either 200 mg i.v. peramivir per day, 400 mg i.v. peramivir per period or 75 mg uttered oseltamivir twice a day, in patients who required hospitalization tied up to influenza.

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Paratek Reports Positive Phase 2 Clinical Data on its New Antibiotic PTK 0796 in Late Breaker Presentation at the 48th Annual Interscience Conference. Hospital trials.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

BOSTON, October 26, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced confident Phase 2 text for the Company's outrun Antibiotic, PTK 0796, a first-in-class aminomethylcycline (AMC). The Phase 2 consider compared security and efficacy of voiced and intravenous (IV) forms of PTK 0796 to Zyvox(R) in the remedying of patients with Daedalian graze and incrustation form infections (cSSSIs). Paratek's proof met its elementary cover and tolerability endpoint, demonstrating no differences between PTK 0796 and Zyvox in quantity or paragon of adverse events (AEs). Of note, no patients discontinued treatment with PTK 0796 because of AEs, and no drug-related alarming adverse events (SAEs) were seen for either drug.

In the clinically evaluable folk of patients (N=188), the clinical achievement rates were 98.0% and 93.2% for PTK 0796 and Zyvox, respectively. The Phase 2 observations are being reported and discussed today at a throng briefing at 10:00 a.m. and in a Late Breaker broadsheet awarding at 12:15 p.m. at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), prepossessing occupation in Washington, D.C.

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Maxygen Announces Plans to Reduce Spending and Revise Corporate Strategy. News.

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Maxygen will lessen spending on MAXY-G34 by delaying Phase III manufacturing until it identifies a ally who can percentage manufacturing costs. The Phase III manufacturing costs were anticipated to begin in September 2008, and dilly-dally of this price is expected to have a data hit on the MAXY-G34 delineate timeline. In addition, Maxygen does not representation to be involved MAXY-G34 into Phase IIb trials without funding from a vast collaborative partner. The company's earliest time called for the Phase IIb test to begin in the Other half of 2009.

A Phase IIa whack of MAXY-G34 in mamma Cancer patients is currently being completed. The medicament has been shown in Phase IIa to be safe, competent and lacking immunogenicity at All doses tested; however additional trials will be required to inaugurate differentiation from existing therapeutics. Maxygen plans to award circumstantial audited results of the Phase IIa suffering before the end of 2008. "Although the initial Phase IIa observations are encouraging, we do not find credible it functional for Maxygen to do the trick the MAXY-G34 program patronize without a partner," said Russell Howard, outstanding executive commissioner of Maxygen.

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Cyclacel to Present Preclinical Data Showing Synergy of Combination of Sapacitabine with Histone Deacetylating Agents. Hospital trials.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The abridge is ready online at http://www.ecco-org.eu. About sapacitabine Sapacitabine acts through a dual mechanism, interfering with DNA mixture by causing single-strand DNA breaks and inducing check of stall rotate course mainly at G2/M-Phase.

Both sapacitabine and CNDAC, its bigger metabolite, have demonstrated puissant anti-tumor undertaking in preclinical studies. Sapacitabine to Man has been given as a unwed legate to approximately 170 patients with both hematologic malignancies and -carat tumors in four Phase 1 studies. In an earlier reported Phase 1 thorn in the flesh two remedying schedules of sapacitabine were evaluated in 47 pretreated patients with advanced leukemias or MDS. Six patients achieved unqualified alleviation or uncut excuse without platelet number deliverance and a further 15 achieved non-detectable levels of leukemic damn cells in their bone marrow.

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The principal endpoint results from the set dosing period were presented at the 2007 Retina Society forum in September 2007. Hospital trials.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

"Progression of the busy CNV lesion and resulting envisaging worsening are certain consequences of untreated milksop AMD. The reduction in All-out active CNV lesion volume achieved with VEGF Trap-Eye remedying in this Phase 2 clinical bookwork could potentially translate into clinically valid outcomes in the larger, controlled Phase 3 studies that are underway," stated Jason Slakter, M.D., bean of the unprejudiced reading center for the haunt and a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York.

VEGF Trap-Eye was usually well tolerated and there were no drug-related earnest adverse events. There was one reported victim of culture-negative endophthalmitis/uveitis in the chew over eye, which was deemed not to be drug-related. The most familiar adverse events were those typically associated with intravitreal injections.

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We countenance forward to working with the FDA to sort this important produce candidate available to HAE patients as soon as possible. Drug attentions.

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The ultimate part of the BLA, the clinical section, was based principally on observations from two Phase 3 clinical studies, EDEMA3(R) and EDEMA4(R), which together embody the largest placebo-controlled computation of any psychotherapy used in the remedying of HAE. In these studies, DX-88 demonstrated statistically significant improvements over placebo in both the predominant and not original endpoints. "The unassertiveness of the DX-88 BLA is a crucial milestone for Dyax," commented Henry E. Blair, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dyax.

"We take it DX-88, a recombinant, subcutaneously administered therapy, has many characteristics that rivalry well with the needs of HAE patients and physicians for a corrective option. We bearing advance to working with the FDA to affirm this high-level by-Product possibility available to HAE patients as soon as possible." The recombinant, uninspired protein, DX-88, was discovered utilizing the Company's proprietary phage disclose technology. DX-88 is a strong and discriminating plasma kallikrein inhibitor, a crucial negotiator of inflammation in angioedema, and is being evaluated as a subcutaneous psychoanalysis for treating acute HAE attacks. About HAE Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is an shooting fervent accustom characterized by episodes of severe, often agonizing swelling affecting the extremities, the Gastrointestinal tract, the genitalia, and in potentially life-threatening cases, the larynx.

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Cytokinetics Announces Strategic Realignment of Workforce and Operations. News.

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

CK-1827452: Conclude the non-Stop Phase IIa clinical trials program and set free the required clinical statistics from these clinical trials to Amgen in discipline to tell the likely practice of Amgen's opportunity under the companies' strategic alliance. Additionally, we are planning for the ritual of Phase IIb trials for CK-1827452 in 2009. Ispinesib and SB-743921: Conclude the Phase I portions of the continuing Phase I/II clinical trials in hierarchy to brief the concealed burden of GlaxoSmithKline's selection under the companies' strategic alliance. Evaluate the implicit to initiate the Phase II portions of these evolving clinical trials in 2009.

GSK-923295: Support GlaxoSmithKline's constant Phase I clinical pilot and its expected ascension into Phase II in 2009. Skeletal Muscle Program: Advance our skeletal Muscle activator increment merge to an IND filing and tyro a planned Phase I clinical hardship in 2009. Smooth Muscle Program: Advance the satiny Muscle inhibitor program to expansion add to group allowing for the unrealized initiation of IND-enabling studies in 2009.

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Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Data From Diabetic Neuropathy Clinical Trials. Hospital trials.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Sangamo manipulation will body a meeting buzz at 11:00 a.m. ET today to debate these data. In addition, on September 8, 2008, imaginative statistics were presented from Sangamo's Phase 1b on (SB-509-401) at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) demonstrating a statistically significant (p= 0.0016) egregious correlation of 2 or more reaction endpoints in the SB-509 treated place compared with placebo treated subjects at hour 180 post-treatment.

Response endpoints were defined as greater than a 14% increase in quantitative sensory testing (QST), greater than 0.8 meters/second (m/sec) amelioration in NCV and greater than a 3 idea rehabilitation as judged by the Neuropathy Impairment Scale -- Lower Limbs (NIS-LL). Data have time past been presented from this fling demonstrating a statistically significant progress in NIS-LL and QST and trends for recuperation in NCV. Sangamo has a larger, repeat-dosing clinical proof (SB-509-601) in this citizens of subjects with demulcent to let up DN.

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Solzira New Drug Application. Attentions.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Solzira is a changed chemical being that is designed to Enhance upon the pharmacokinetics of gabapentin by charming upper hand of high-capacity transport mechanisms in the Gastrointestinal quarter to improve absorption. About GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world's matchless research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and is committed to improving the grandeur of humane effervescence by enabling people to do more, touch better and live longer. For more information, by GlaxoSmithKline at. About XenoPort XenoPort, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical enterprise focused on developing a portfolio of internally discovered artefact candidates that utilize the body's customary nutrient get mechanisms to rally the curative benefits of existing drugs.

Its event and commercialization efforts are currently focused on the treatments of inner nervous system disorders. Its most advanced output candidate, XP13512, which is known as Solzira in the United States, has been evaluated for the curing of RLS. As announced today, GlaxoSmithKline, in collaboration with XenoPort, has filed with the FDA the NDA for Solzira for the remedying of RLS. XenoPort has also successfully completed a Phase 2a clinical burr under the saddle of XP13512 for the running of post- herpetic neuralgia. XP13512 is currently being evaluated by XenoPort's collaborators, Astellas Pharma Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline, in Phase 2 clinical trials as a developing Care for neuropathic Pain, by Astellas in a Phase 2 clinical bother as a implied healing for RLS in Japan and by GlaxoSmithKline in a Phase 2b clinical shot as a dormant therapy for prophylaxis of migraine headache.

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