May 22, 2012

Cyclin-dependent Cancer Confab Preview

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For more than a century, the American Association of Cancer Research [AACR] has held its annual meeting and this weekend will kick off the 101st event in Washington, DC, which is being held April 17-21, 2010.  Many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies will be presenting new data and approximately 6,300 abstracts will be discussed in oral [...]

Graft Versus Host Disease: Failures and Future Opportunities

In September 2009, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (OSIR) reported preliminary results from two Phase III trials evaluating its Prochymal product candidate for the treatment of acute Graft-versus-Host disease [GVHD].  Unfortunately, neither trial reached its primary endpoint, sending shares from $14 to a 52-week low of $5.35 by November 2009.  The results were the latest in a [...]