CNS Pharmaceuticals Announces Attendance at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuro-Oncology

On November 20, 2019 CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP) ("Company"), a biotechnology company specializing in the development of novel treatments for brain tumors, reported Chief Executive Officer of CNS Pharmaceuticals, John M. Climaco, along with founder, Waldemar Priebe, PhD, and members of management, including, Chief Medical Officer, Sandra Silberman, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Donald Picker, PhD, and scientific advisory board member, Sigmund Hsu, MD, PhD, will be attending the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuro-Oncology ("SNO") (Press release, CNS Pharmaceuticals, NOV 20, 2019, View Source [SID1234551548]). The event will take place November 20-24, 2019 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.

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"Following our recent IPO, we are looking forward to connecting with the scientific community at the world’s largest neuro-oncology conference," stated John Climaco. "We remain committed to further pursuing the advancement of our novel anthracycline, Berubicin, and to developing therapies for the treatment of glioblastoma."

About Berubicin
Berubicin is an anthracycline, a class of drugs among the most powerful chemotherapy drugs and effective against more types of cancer than any other class of chemotherapeutic agents. Anthracyclines are designed to damage the DNA of targeted cancer cells by interfering with the action of the topoisomerase II, a critical enzyme enabling cell proliferation. Berubicin was developed at the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), the world’s largest cancer research facility. Berubicin appeared to demonstrate one Durable Complete Response in a Phase I human clinical trial conducted by a prior developer.

Kronos Bio Appoints Biopharma Industry Veteran Jorge F. DiMartino, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer

On November 20, 2019 Kronos Bio, Inc., dedicated to the development of first-in-class therapies that modulate historically undruggable targets, reported that it has appointed Jorge F. DiMartino, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Clinical Development. In this newly created position, Dr. DiMartino will lead Kronos Bio’s clinical function and oversee the advancement of its oncology pipeline, which includes two preclinical programs discovered via the company’s Small Molecule Microarray (SMM) screening platform (Press release, Kronos Bio, NOV 20, 2019, View Source [SID1234551533]). Dr. DiMartino will be based in Kronos’ San Mateo office.

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"As a physician-scientist focused on translational development, Jorge is ideally suited to join Kronos at this stage of our growth, as we are focused on discovering bioactive molecules against oncology targets that have historically been considered undruggable," said Norbert Bischofberger, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Kronos. "Jorge’s deep expertise in epigenetics and protein homeostasis will be uniquely valuable in our effort to develop drugs which interfere with transcription factors, pursue targeted protein degradation, and advance highly-differentiated products into human testing."

Dr. DiMartino joins Kronos from Celgene Corp., where he served as Vice President, Translational Development, Protein Homeostasis and Epigenetics Thematic Center of Excellence. At Celgene, Dr. DiMartino built a discovery team with industry leading epigenetic profiling capabilities in pursuit of chromatin modifier targets. His translational team has driven BET and LSD1 inhibitor programs through Phase 1, delivering robust data packages to support proof of concept trial designs. Prior to Celgene, he was Group Medical Director, BioOncology/ Exploratory Clinical Development at Genentech Inc., where he was the Development Team Leader for the BCL2 (venetoclax, navitoclax) collaboration with Abbvie, Inc. and managed a team advancing a broad portfolio of early-stage oncology compounds.

"I look forward to leveraging my oncology drug development expertise, which spans drug discovery to Phase 3 trial design, to help Kronos build its clinical organization and progress its two lead preclinical programs toward Investigational New Drug applications," said Dr. DiMartino. "Kronos’ mission to discover and develop novel therapies against historically undruggable cancer targets dovetails perfectly with my passion for understanding cancer biology and translating this knowledge into clinical development strategies to benefit cancer patients."

In addition to his work in industry, since 2007 Dr. DiMartino has been an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine, participating in the care of pediatric oncology patients. Earlier in his academic career, he was Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Experimental Hematology, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Prior to that, he was an Instructor in the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he studied how chimeric transcription factors mediate leukemogenesis.

Dr. DiMartino received a B.A. in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. in immunology from Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and an M.D. from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Pathology at Stanford.

ViewRay® to Present at the 2019 Piper Jaffray 31st Annual Healthcare Conference

On November 20, 2019 ViewRay, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRAY) reported that the Company will participate in the 2019 Piper Jaffray 31st Annual Healthcare Conference in New York, New York. Scott Drake, President and CEO, will give a presentation at 1:30p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 (Press release, ViewRay, NOV 20, 2019, View Source [SID1234551549]).

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An audio webcast of the Company’s presentation will be available on the investor relations section of ViewRay’s website at www.viewray.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for 7 days after the date of the presentation.

Presentation dated November 20, 2019

On November 20, 2019, Bicycle Therapeutics plc (the "Company") presented the corporate presentation (Filing, 8-K, Bicycle Therapeutics, NOV 20, 2019, View Source [SID1234553767]).

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Quest Diagnostics Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

On November 20, 2019 Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, reported that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.53 per share, payable on January 29, 2020 to shareholders of record of Quest Diagnostics common stock on January 14, 2020 (Press release, Quest Diagnostics, NOV 20, 2019, View Source [SID1234551534]).

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