Posts by: Patricia Inacio PhD

Patricia Inacio PhD

Patricia holds her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from University Nova de Lisboa, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European Agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Laboratory of Doctor David A. Fidock, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York.

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Celsion’s GEN-1 for Advanced Cancer

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Celsion‘s immunotherapy candidate, GEN-1, has received fast track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for advanced ovarian cancer. This designation helps speed the approval of potential medicines ... Read more

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

She ROCKS Raises $100K to Support Early Work Into Stem Cell Therapy

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She ROCKS, an organization working for earlier diagnosis and better treatments for ovarian cancer, raised $100,000 through recent virtual luncheon fundraisers to support ongoing research into a potential stem cell-based ... Read more

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

InVivo Analytics Granted $1.7M to Advance Preclinical 3D Imaging

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InVivo Analytics has received $1.7 million to develop and commercialize its next-generation fluorescence imaging device, called InVivoFLUOR, for 3D monitoring of immune cell migration in animal models of cancer, the ... Read more

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

UV1 Triple Combo Maintenance Therapy Will Be Tested in Phase 2 Trial

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Ultimovacs will test its experimental cancer vaccine, UV1, as part of a triple-combination therapy for women with relapsed ovarian cancer who have no mutations in their BRCA DNA repair genes. ... Read more

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

GPS Vaccine-Keytruda Combo Showing Efficacy in Advanced Cancer Patients

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Combining the experimental vaccine galinpepimut-S (GPS) with the immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) induces promising responses in people with metastatic ovarian cancer who failed one or two prior lines of treatment, ... Read more

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Lynparza Approved in Japan to Treat Certain Advanced Ovarian Cancers

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Lynparza (olaparib) has been approved in Japan as a maintenance treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer who responded to a first-line chemotherapy regimen containing bevacizumab, AstraZeneca and Merck announced in a ... Read more

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

DPX-Survivac Responses Now Up to 16 Months in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Trial

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IMV‘s immunotherapy DPX-Survivac plus low-dose chemotherapy continues to show sustained benefits in people with heavily treated advanced ovarian cancer, with some benefits lasting up to 16 months, updated findings from a ... Read more

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

First Trial in New NCI-Zenith Partnership Will Test ZEN-3694 Combo for Resistant OC

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The first clinical trial resulting from a new Zenith Epigenetic collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will soon test a combination of the investigational therapy ZEN-3694 plus the immune ... Read more

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020

STRO-002 Trial Update Supports Its Safety, Activity in Advanced Cancer

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Updated interim data from a Phase 1 clinical trial continues to support the safety and anti-tumor activity of Sutro Biopharma’s STRO-002 for heavily pre-treated women with advanced ovarian cancer. About one-quarter of patients receiving ... Read more

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

First Ovarian Cancer Patients Dosed in Phase 2 of OVATION 2 Trial

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The first two patients have been randomized in Phase 2 of the OVATION 2 trial testing the immunotherapy candidate GEN-1 in newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer. Celsion Corporation, the immunotherapy’s developer, expects ... Read more