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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Applauds Bipartisan Agreement to Stop Surprise Medical Bills

Patients are now one step closer to breathing a sigh of relief. For too long, they’ve faced the anxiety of knowing that any visit to a healthcare prov…

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FDA APPROVAL: TREATMENT ADVANCE FOR PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced approval of selinexor (Xpovio®) for adults with multiple myeloma who have had at least one…

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Collaboration Driving Progress: LLS Forms Alliances with Leading Cancer Institutions and Foundations to Co-Fund nearly $17 million in New Research Grants

As the world confronts a viral pandemic not seen in the past 100 years, the reverberations are being felt across every sector, from healthcare to the …

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BioTheryX Presented Trial in Progress at ASH: A Phase I Trial of BTX-A51 in Patients with AML or High-Risk MDS

Chappaqua, N.Y., December 7, 2020 - BioTheryX, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company creating new classes of compounds based on multi-kinase in…

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Sutro Biopharma Presents Data for STRO-001 for the Treatment of NHL and AML at ASH

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 7, 2020 – Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing compa…

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Kymera Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data on IRAKIMiD and STAT3 Programs at ASH

WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 07, 2020 - Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYMR), a biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deli…

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Affimed Announces Updated AFM13 Clinical Data Presentation at ASH

Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2020 – Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company committed to giving patients back their …

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Kiadis announces new data at the 2020 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 6, 2020 – Kiadis Pharma N.V. (“Kiadis” or the “Company”) (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: KDS), a clinical-stage…

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Magrolimab Demonstrates Clinical Responses in Ongoing Phase 1b Trial of Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients

December 06, 2020 - FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced updated results from the magrolimab Phase 1b trial. Mag…

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Constellation Pharmaceuticals Provides Update of MANIFEST Study for CPI-0610 at ASH Meeting

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 06, 2020 - Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNST) today announced that two oral presentations and three posters rel…

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Kura Oncology Presents First Clinical Data for Menin Inhibitor KO-539 at ASH

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 05, 2020 - Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision medi…

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New Four-Year Data Show Long-Term Survival in Patients With Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated With Yescarta® in ZUMA-1 Trial

December 05, 2020 - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced four-year follow-up data from the pivotal ZUMA-1 tri…

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