CRANFORD, N.J., Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Citius Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXR) ("Citius Pharma" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class critical care products, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for the purchase of an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock, at a purchase pric

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Augurex Life Sciences Corp ., a leader in autoimmune biomarker-based diagnostics, today announced that it has formed a nonexclusive agreement with Quest Diagnostics, a leading provider of diagnostic information services, under which Quest will validate and offer a lab-developed test based on the Augurex 14-3-3η (eta) biomarker in the United States. Quest intends to begin offering the test service to physicians from its advanced laboratory in San J

Medline's OptiView® Transparent Dressing with HydroCore™ Technology recognized for aiding in pressure injury prevention NORTHFIELD, Ill., Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medline, a market-leading manufacturer and supplier of medical supplies and solutions , has been named one of the winners of the 23rd annual Chicago Innovation Awards for its newest addition to the company's advanced wound care portfolio, OptiView® Transparent Dressing with HydroCore™ Technology. Continue Reading Medline was one o

50% of patients who had baseline HBsAg levels less than 1000 IU/mL achieved functional cure in Cohort A1 of the IM-PROVE I Phase 2a clinical trial Overall, in Cohort A1, 25% of patients achieved functional cure Data to be presented in late-breaker poster session at AASLD – The Liver Meeting® on Monday, November 18, 2024 WARMINSTER, Pa., Nov. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq: ABUS) (“Arbutus” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company lev

Eight participants achieved HBsAg loss at any time.Two participants met criteria for functional cure. Two participants who discontinued NUC therapy seroconverted to HBsAb positivity. OXFORD, United Kingdom, Nov. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barinthus Biotherapeutics plc (NASDAQ: BRNS), today announced the most significant data so far from the ongoing Phase 2b HBV003 clinical trial. The data will be presented by Dr. Chun-Jen Liu as an oral presentation on November 18, 2024, at 17:30 PT at the

Significantly greater mean declines in HBsAg levels (p <0.017) were seen in those receiving imdusiran, VTP-300 and low-dose nivolumab compared to other cohorts assessed previously 23% of participants receiving imdusiran, VTP-300 and low-dose nivolumab reached HBsAg loss by Week 48 WARMINSTER, Pa. and OXFORD, United Kingdom, Nov. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq: ABUS), (“Arbutus” or the “Company”) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its ext

Phase 2 study results to be presented at The Liver Meeting® 2024 of AASLD BJT-778 900 mg dosed every four weeks showed promising efficacy by Week 24: 100% virologic response with 50% of participants with undetectable HDV RNA (TND) and 75% combined response of virologic response and ALT normalization All doses studied were safe and well tolerated with no ≥ grade 3 adverse events (AEs), no severe AEs and no treatment discontinuations due to AEs Bluejay will also present data from its chronic he

BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVIR) (“Atea”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of oral antiviral therapeutics for serious viral diseases, today presented three poster presentations supporting the combination of bemnifosbuvir and ruzasvir as a potential treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The combination of bemnifosbuvir, a nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor, and ruzasvir, an NS5A inhibitor

-- Over 40% of participants treated with EFX 50mg for 96 weeks, compared with 0% for placebo, showed regression of liver fibrosis by all of three orthogonal measures: (1) ≥1-stage fibrosis improvement by NASH-CRN stage (conventional histopathology), (2) 30% reduction of liver stiffness by FibroScan® (imaging fibrosis biomarker), and (3) 0.5 point decrease in ELFTM score (serum fibrosis biomarker) – -- Analysis of biopsies by AI-based Digital Pathology (qFibrosis®, Histoindex) corroborated the

SAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced end-of-treatment data from Part B of the MARCH Phase 2 clinical study evaluating combinations of tobevibart and elebsiran, with or without pegylated interferon alfa (PEG-IFNα), in participants with chronic hepatitis B. The study demonstrated promising rates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss (seroclearance) in participants with low baseline HBsAg (<1000 IU/mL) in both combination regimens. The effica