Clinics, urgent care centers, busy hospitals, and patients can count on Hemoscreen, a miniaturized point-of-care hematology analyzer made by Pixcell Medical Technologies Ltd., to provide accurate complete blood count (CBC) results, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. The study found the small unit better differentiates between cells and adapts to inference than conventional laboratory blood analysis.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting, Dec. 5-8, including: Company List: Gamida, Glycomimetics, Janssen, Jasper, Kadmon, Keros, Kiadis, Kleo, Maat, Macrogenics, Medigene, Mesoblast, Mustang, Novartis, Oncopeptides, Oncternal, Oryzon, Pfizer, Pharmaessentia, Protagonist, Sangamo, Roche, Rocket, Schrodinger, Seagen, Sierra Oncology, Sumitomo, Sutro, Synthekine, Teneobio, TG, Treadwell, Uniqure, Xencor.
Questions of durability came up regarding Curis Inc.’s latest data with CA-4948, but that didn’t stop shares from soaring to $6.55 by day’s end, an increase of $5.11, or 355%. The ride came after Lexington, Mass.-based Curis rolled out positive preliminary data from the firm’s ongoing open-label, single-arm phase I dose-escalation study with the compound.
New data on a variety of blood disorder therapies announced at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting moved company shares on Dec. 7. Shares of Fate Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE) hit a record high, rising 37.8% to $83.77 by day's end on news of clinical activity for one candidate in refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
There will be plenty of data from clinical trials testing treatments for various lymphomas at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting this weekend. While CAR T cells have changed the landscape in the relapsed and refractory space for large B-cell lymphoma patients with two FDA approved medications, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, Novartis AG) and Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel, Gilead Sciences), "the uptake has been good but not dominant. There's still plenty of space. There's still plenty of need," Jason Westin, leader of the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma research team at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, said on a call with clients from Raymond James.