Pipeline news

• Syndax Announces $35.0 Million Offering of Common Stock and Enters Term Sheet for Loan with Hercules Capital for up to $30 Million

  31 January 2020

  

  Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with five leading life sciences investors, including  Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. ,  Boxer Capital  and  AI Life Sciences Investments LLC , an affiliate of  Access Industries Inc. , for the purchase of common stock at  $8.00  per share, representing a premium of 20% to the share price as of market close on  Thursday, January 30, 2020 . Syndax anticipates aggregate gross proceeds from the offering will be approximately $35.0 million. 

• Science Magazine Publishes Results from Preclinical Study on the Activity of Menin-MLL Inhibition for the Treatment of NPM1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  30 January 2020

  

  Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced that Science magazine has published a preclinical report supporting the potential role of MLL1-Menin inhibition in the management of nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutant acute myeloid leukemia (AML). 

• Bausch Health and Clearside Biomedical Announce Publication of PIVOTAL Phase 3 Data ON XIPERE™ (triamcinolone acetonide suprachoroidal injectable suspension) in Ophthalmology

  28 January 2020

  

  Bausch Health Companies Inc.  (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (" Bausch Health ") and Bausch + Lomb, its leading global eye health business, and  Clearside Biomedical , Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSD), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and delivering treatments that restore and preserve vision for people with serious back of the eye diseases, announced today that Ophthalmology, the peer-reviewed journal of the  American Academy of Ophthalmology , has published results from the randomized, controlled, double-masked Phase 3 clinical trial (PEACHTREE study) of XIPERETM (triamcinolone acetonide suprachoroidal injectable suspension), an investigational therapy with a proposed indication of treatment of macular edema associated with uveitis.¹  

• Syndax Pharmaceuticals Highlights 2020 Clinical and Corporate Outlook

  10 January 2020

  

  Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq:SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced a strategic outlook for 2020 outlining key priorities for its broad pipeline.

• Marinus Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of $70 Million Public Offering of Common Stock and Concurrent Private Placement Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

  13 December 2019

  

  Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNS), (“Marinus” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of 32,200,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $1.25 per share, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 4,200,000 additional shares of common stock. The offering included participation from new and existing investors, and together with the concurrent private placement raised gross proceeds of approximately $70 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

• Syndax Pharmaceuticals Announces Plans to Commence Phase 2 Expansion Cohort of SNDX-6352 for the Treatment of Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease

  10 December 2019

  

  Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced that it plans to commence a Phase 2 expansion cohort based on encouraging clinical activity and a well-tolerated safety profile observed to date in the ongoing Phase 1 dose escalation trial of SNDX-6352 in patients with chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD). SNDX-6352 is the Company's anti-CSF-1R monoclonal antibody.

• Syndax Announces Preclinical Results Supporting Development of its Portfolio of Menin Inhibitors In Mixed Lineage Leukemias

  09 December 2019

  

  Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced the publication of a preclinical report demonstrating that selective inhibition of the Menin-MLL interaction, provides consistent anti-proliferative and anti-leukemic activity across multiple mixed lineage leukemia rearranged (MLLr) samples. 

• Adastra Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA and EMA Orphan Drug Designation Has Been Granted for Zotiraciclib in the Treatment of Glioma

  04 December 2019

  

  Adastra Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of first-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have granted Orphan Drug Designation to zotiraciclib for the treatment of glioma. Zotiraciclib is currently the subject of two separate Phase 1b clinical trials in glioblastoma (GBM).  Adastra expects to report results from the two studies during 2020.

• Syndax Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Provides Clinical and Business Update

  07 November 2019

  

  Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended  September 30, 2019 . In addition, the Company provided a clinical and business update. As of  September 30, 2019 , Syndax had  $72.2 million  in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.

• Clearside Biomedical Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

  06 November 2019

  

  Clearside Biomedical , Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSD), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and delivering treatments that restore and preserve vision for people with serious back of the eye diseases, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2019 and provided a corporate update.