On April 28, 2021 Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) reported that the company will participate in a fireside chat at the 7th Annual Virtual Truist Life Sciences Summit, which will be webcast on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 (Press release, Bristol-Myers Squibb, APR 28, 2021, View Source [SID1234578647]). Adam Lenkowsky, Senior Vice President, General Manager of U.S. Oncology, Immunology and CV and Winselow Tucker, Senior Vice President, General Manager, U.S. Hematology will answer questions about the company at 8 a.m. ET.

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On April 28, 2021 Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) (the "Company") reported it has entered into a definitive agreement with institutional investors in a private placement of 3,669,724 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,834,862 shares of common stock at a combined purchase price of $2.18 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $8,000,000 before deducting fees and other estimated offering expenses (Press release, Nymox, APR 28, 2021, View Source [SID1234578667]). The warrants will have an exercise price of $2.50 per share, will be immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance.

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The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the private placement for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The private placement is expected to close on or about April 30, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as sole placement agent for the private placement.

The private placement is being made pursuant to the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the securities being sold in the private placement may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement on Form F-3 with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock, as well as the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, issued in the private placement.

This release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

On April 28, 2021 NANOBIOTIX (Euronext: NANO – NASDAQ: NBTX – the ‘‘Company’’), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company pioneering physics-based approaches to expand treatment possibilities for patients with cancer, reported that new data from its oncology pipeline will be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting from June 4-8. Four (4) abstracts have been accepted showcasing lead oncology product candidate, potential first-in-class radioenhancer NBTXR3, across tumor types and in combination with anti-PD-1 (Press release, Nanobiotix, APR 28, 2021, View Source [SID1234578689]).

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"We look forward to sharing our development progress, particularly from our priority pathways in immunotherapy and head and neck cancer," said Laurent Levy, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nanobiotix. "The data that will be presented at this year’s ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) continue to highlight the potential of NBTXR3 to provide a practice-changing improvement in treatment outcomes for patients with cancer."

The data to be presented in four posters include:

Priming Immune Response plus Immunotherapy Combination

Abstract #2590: Updated analysis with additional patients and further follow up from Study 1100, a phase I basket study evaluating NBTXR3 activated by radiotherapy in combination with nivolumab or pembrolizumab in locoregional recurrent or recurrent metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), lung metastasis from any primary tumor and/or liver metastasis from any primary tumor.
Local Control as a Single-Agent for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Abstract #6051: Updated analysis with additional patients and further follow up from Study 102, a phase I study evaluating NBTXR3 as a single agent activated by radiotherapy in locally advanced HNSCC. Nanobiotix is planning the launch of a global phase III pivotal trial in this indication in 2021 and has received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the patient population in the phase III study.
Local Control as a Single-Agent for Patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Abstract #11544: Long-term safety analysis of NBTXR3 from Act.in.Sarc, a European phase II/III registration study evaluating NBTXR3 as a single agent activated by radiotherapy in locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma. NBTXR3 has received a CE marking for this indication under the brand name Hensify.
Tumor-Agnostic, Therapeutic Combination-Agnostic Development Potential

Abstract #2591: An analysis of compiled data encompassing the journey of NBTXR3 from preclinical investigation to clinical evaluation as a potential first-in-class radioenhancer that could improve local control across solid tumor indications, prime adaptive immune response and combine with immunotherapy.
Nanobiotix Investor Event

Nanobiotix will host a virtual investor event featuring several key opinion leaders after the ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting on Friday June 11 at 8am EST. The discussion will focus on the new immunotherapy results from Study 1100. Details will be provided closer to the event at www.nanobiotix.com/.

About NBTXR3

NBTXR3 is a novel, potentially first-in-class oncology product composed of functionalized hafnium oxide nanoparticles that is administered via one-time intratumoral injection and activated by radiotherapy. The product candidate’s physical mechanism of action (MoA) is designed to induce significant tumor cell death in the injected tumor when activated by radiotherapy, subsequently triggering adaptive immune response and long-term anti-cancer memory. Given the physical MoA, Nanobiotix believes that NBTXR3 could be scalable across any solid tumor that can be treated with radiotherapy and across any therapeutic combination, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors.

NBTXR3 is being evaluated primarily in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The company-sponsored phase I dose escalation and dose expansion study has produced consistently favorable safety data and early signs of efficacy; and a phase III global registration is planned to launch in 2021. In February 2020, the United States Food and Drug Administration granted the regulatory Fast Track designation for the investigation of NBTXR3 activated by radiation therapy, with or without cetuximab, for the treatment of patients with locally advanced HNSCC who are not eligible for platinum-based chemotherapy—the same population being evaluated in the planned phase III.

Nanobiotix has also prioritized a company-sponsored Immuno-Oncology development program—a phase I clinical study evaluating NBTXR3 activated by radiotherapy in combination with anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors for patients with locoregional recurrent or recurrent/metastatic HNSCC and lung or liver metastases from any primary cancer eligible for anti-PD-1 therapy.

Given the Company’s focus areas, and balanced against the scalable potential of NBTXR3, Nanobiotix has engaged in a collaboration strategy with world class partners to expand development of NBTXR3 in parallel with its priority development pathways. Pursuant to this strategy, in 2019 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center engaged in a broad, comprehensive clinical research collaboration with Nanobiotix to sponsor several phase I and phase II studies to evaluate NBTXR3 across tumor types and therapeutic combinations.

On April 28, 2021, Akeso, Inc. reported that, the Center for Drug Evaluation ("CDE") of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of the People’s Republic of China (the "PRC") agreed to start the evaluation of the first-in-class novel drug Cadonilimab (PD-1/CTLA-4 bi-specific antibody, research and development code: AK104), which is an immuno-oncology therapy independently developed by the Company, plus platinum-based chemotherapy in combination with/without bevacizumab for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial for first-line treatment of persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer (Press release, Akeso Biopharma, APR 28, 2021, View Source [SID1234633507]). This is the first phase III clinical trial of dual immunotherapy for first-line treatment of cervical cancer in the PRC.

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Recently, the Company successfully held a seminar of this global phase III clinical trial attended by experts and scholars of world-renowned gynecological oncology research institutions from China, the United States, Europe and Australia. The seminar reviewed the current status of cervical cancer treatment in the world, summarized the results of early stage clinical trials of Cadonilimab on several tumor indications, and discussed in detail the framework proposal of the global phase III clinical trial of Cadonilimab.

President & CEO of Akesobio, Michelle Xia, PhD, said, "Cadonilimab has demonstrated exceptional clinical efficacy in early stage clinical trials on cervical cancer. Based on this, the Company will further carry out the global phase III clinical trial for the first-line treatment of cervical cancer, which shows the excellent clinical operation efficiency of the company and will be beneficial to more patients suffering from cervical cancer around the world. The Company believes that Cadonilimab will become the first PD-1/CTLA-4 bi-specific antibody novel drug approved for market launch in the world."

Because of its satisfactory clinical data, Cadonilimab obtained fast track designation from the Food and Drug Administration of the United States (FDA) for treating patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer after standard therapies in August 2020. Cadonilimab was also approved by the CDE for the inclusion in the "Breakthrough Therapy Designation" list for treating patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer after standard therapies in October 2020. Patient enrollment of the registrational phase II clinical trial of Cadonilimab for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer was completed in January 2021 in the PRC.

INFORMATION ABOUT CADONILIMAB (PD-1/CTLA-4 BI-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY)

Cadonilimab (AK104) is a novel, potential next-generation, first-in-class bi-specific PD-1/ CTLA-4 immuno-oncology backbone drug independently developed by the Company, and its major indications include liver cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal squamous cell cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The preliminary research data of cervical cancer, gastric cancer and other tumors shows that, as compared with the combination therapy of PD-1 and CTLA-4, Cadonilimab has much lower toxicity and demonstrated promising safety profile and efficacy.Our AK104 project has been incorporated in the Major New Drug Innovation Program under the 13th Five-year Plan for Major Technology Project (The 13th Five-Year Plan for Major Technology Project) issued by National Health Commission and Ministry of Science and Technology in 2017 and has been enlisted in the 2017 Pearl River Talent Program of Guangdong Province — Introduction of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team Support Program (2017 Guangdong Province "Pearl River Talent Program" Introduction of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team Support Project). It was also jointly rated by China Medical Biotechnology Association and Chinese Medicinal Biotechnology as one of the 2017 Top Ten Medicinal Biotechnology Advancements in China (2017 Top Ten Medicinal Biotechnology Advancements in China).It was also jointly rated by China Medical Biotechnology Association and Chinese Medicinal Biotechnology as one of the 2017 Top Ten Medicinal Biotechnology Advancements in China (2017 Top Ten Medicinal Biotechnology Advancements in China).It was also jointly rated by China Medical Biotechnology Association and Chinese Medicinal Biotechnology as one of the 2017 Top Ten Medicinal Biotechnology Advancements in China (2017 Top Ten Medicinal Biotechnology Advancements in China).

On April 28, 2021 Shanghai BDgene Technology Co., Ltd. ("BDgene"), a leading global gene therapy development company with original delivery technology, reported the company has successfully completed a round A financing of 60 million yuan (Press release, BDgene Therapeutics, APR 28, 2021, View Source [SID1234641044]). This financing was led by Tsinghua Holdings Capital , Ennovation Ventures, Longmen Capital, ETP Ventures, Innovation Angel Fund and other institutions followed in the investment. Probe Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor. The funds will be used for preclinical and clinical development of multiple products, laboratory and team building etc. BDgene had previously received a strategic investment from Serve Accurate Faithful Evaluation in June 2019 , and a pre-A round of investment from Keytone Ventures in March 2020.

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According to the data, BDgene was established in 2018 and is an innovative company focusing on the development of in vivo gene editing and in vitro transgene therapy therapies. Since its establishment, the company has attracted much attention from investment institutions and has received investment from many institutions. Why is it sought after by capital? What is the core technology? What are the competitive advantages of leading products?

Gene therapy has become the third revolutionary therapy, but delivery technology is still the most difficult point

For difficult to treat genetic, infectious, and degenerative diseases, gene therapy has the characteristic of "can be cured once". In recent years, it has become the third revolutionary therapy after chemical drugs and antibody drugs.

From the first appearance of the third-generation gene editing technology CRISPR in 2012, to the first in-vivo clinical trials of CRISPR in March 2020, to October 2020 after CRISPR won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and other major events, the gene editing technology gradually matured , But delivery technology has always been the biggest obstacle in the field of gene editing therapy.

In January 2020, Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna wrote an article in "Nature" magazine that "Delivery remains perhaps the biggest bottleneck to somatic-cell genome editing".

In the past, gene therapy delivery technologies that have been clinically verified by humans in the world mainly include three platforms: Adeno-associated virus, lentivirus vector, and lipid nanoparticles. These platforms have certain drawbacks for gene editing delivery. The ideal gene editing delivery tool needs to have both instantaneous and high-efficiency characteristics to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the treatment.

Create China’s original delivery technology to help gene therapy achieve a leap from "1 to 100"

Dr. Cai Yujia, the founder of BDgene, studied under the professors of Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, the Secretary-General of the Nobel Committee, Professor Thomas Perlmann, and Professor Jacob G. Mikkelsen, Aarhus University, Denmark, and he received a doctorate degree in gene therapy. He has mastered the core technology of gene therapy vectors and has rich experience in the production design and transformation of gene therapy virus vectors. After returning to China, he served as a researcher at the Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University. In recent years, BDgene has successfully developed VLP-mRNA, a gene therapy delivery platform that has been clinically validated by humans, to deliver CRISPR/Cas9 mRNA to achieve safe and controllable gene editing therapy in vivo.

BDgene successfully completed the world’s second clinical study of in vivo CRISPR gene editing therapy in early November 2020 (in March 2020, Editas’ Zhang Feng team completed the world’s first case), which is also the world’s first CRISPR antiviral therapy Clinical research. This delivery technology delivers Cas9 mRNA through the lentiviral shell, which combines the high efficiency of viral vectors in infecting cells (in vitro infection rate of 99.8%, in vivo infection rate> 50%) and transient mRNA expression (degraded within 72 hours). Therapeutic effects have been achieved on animal models of different diseases, with technical advantages such as transient expression in vivo, no long-term safety risks associated with AAV expression of CRISPR, no obvious off-target, and low immunogenicity. Currently, with the permission of the Ethics Committee of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, the team of Professor Hong Jiaxu is presiding over the initial safe and controllable clinical application research based on this technology. In the future, this technology will be extended to the treatment of other viral infections, eye diseases and neurological diseases.

Mr. Zhang Yang, Chairman of Tsinghua Holdings Capital said, "The gene therapy industry has the characteristics of huge market space and extremely high technical threshold. In the past, gene editing technology has gradually broken through, but delivery technology is still the biggest bottleneck. In the past 10 years, Dr. Cai Yujia has been devoted to the development of gene therapy Delivery technology, It has successively successfully developed multiple original delivery technology platforms such as virion delivery CRISPR/Cas9 mRNA technology and next-generation lentivirus delivery technology. BDgene’s original viral keratitis treatment product has perfect preclinical animal experiment data. It is currently conducting non-registered human clinical trials in top domestic eye hospitals. BDgene also deployed gene editing technology to treat hereditary, infectious and degenerative diseases, viral vectors to treat blood diseases, and mRNA vaccines. "

Speaking of this Series A financing being exclusively led by Tsinghua Holdings Capital, Mr. Zhang Yang said, "Thank you very much for the trust of BDgene founder Professor Cai Yujia and old shareholders. In the future, he will support the development of the company in the long-term and jointly promote BDgene’s original delivery technology and The product helps gene therapy to achieve a leap from "1 to 100", so that more patients who are refractory to and incurable can really benefit in the future."