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12 April 2018

Atea Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Proof of Concept Clinical Data With AT-527 for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of hepatitis C and other single stranded RNA viral infections, today reported positive data from its ongoing clinical trial of AT-527 in patients with GT-1b and GT-3 HCV infection. The company will present the data today at The International Liver Congress™ 2018 sponsored by the European Association for the Study of the Liver taking place in Paris, France.   

30 March 2018

Epic Sciences and Genomic Health Announce Favorable Draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) on Medicare Coverage for Use of the Oncotype DX® AR-V7 Nucleus Detect™ Test in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Epic Sciences, Inc. (Epic) and Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) announced today that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) that assesses molecular diagnostic technologies, has issued a draft local coverage determination (LCD) for the Oncotype DX® AR-V7 Nucleus Detect™ test. The draft LCD recommends Medicare coverage for use of the test throughout the United States to help determine which patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) may benefit from androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (ARSi) therapy and which may benefit from chemotherapy.

14 March 2018

Clearside Biomedical Announces Fourth Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

Clearside Biomedical, Inc.  (NASDAQ:CLSD), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drug therapies to treat back-of-the-eye diseases, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended  December 31, 2017 , and provided an update on its development programs.

07 March 2018

Clearside Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

Clearside Biomedical, Inc.  (NASDAQ:CLSD), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drug therapies to treat back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 6,538,462 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of  $13.00  per share.  

06 March 2018

Clearside Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

Clearside Biomedical, Inc.  (NASDAQ:CLSD), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drug therapies to treat back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market conditions,  $75 million  of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.  All of the shares of common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by Clearside.  The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or the actual size or terms of the offering.

06 March 2018

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Provides Business Update and 2017 Financial Results

Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRNS), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics to treat epilepsy and neuropsychiatric disorders, today provided a business update on its clinical development activities and reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017.

06 March 2018

Clearside Biomedical Provides Update on Two Phase 3 Clinical Trials of CLS-TA in Retinal Vein Occlusion

Clearside Biomedical, Inc.  (NASDAQ:CLSD), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drug therapies to treat back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial (“TOPAZ”) of suprachoroidal CLS-TA used with an intravitreally administered anti-VEGF agent (“intravitreal anti-VEGF agent”) for the treatment of macular edema associated with Retinal Vein Occlusion (“RVO”).

05 March 2018

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Provides Clinical and Business Update

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. In addition, the Company provided a clinical and business update. As of December 31, 2017, Syndax had $133.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.

05 March 2018

Clearside Biomedical Announces Positive Topline Results from Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial of CLS-TA in Macular Edema Associated with Non-Infectious Uveitis

Clearside Biomedical, Inc.  (NASDAQ:CLSD), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drug therapies to treat back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced positive topline results from its pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of suprachoroidal CLS-TA in patients with macular edema associated with non-infectious uveitis. 

28 February 2018

Genomic Health Expands Offering to Prostate Cancer Patients with Launch of Oncotype DX® AR-V7 Nucleus Detect™ Test to Predict Treatment Response in Metastatic Disease

Genomic Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:  GHDX) today announced the U.S. commercial launch of the Oncotype DX® AR-V7 Nucleus Detect™ test. The first and only liquid biopsy test of its kind, the Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect test was developed by Epic Sciences to help prolong the lives of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) by accurately detecting a splice variant of the androgen receptor protein (AR-V7) in the nucleus of circulating tumor cells (CTCs).