TORREY PINES, CA, May 27, 2022 -- EpicentRx, Inc, a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of oncolytic viruses and small molecules for the treatment of cancer and other inflammatory-driven diseases, today announced that data from a Phase...
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EpicentRx Announces Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2022 American Thoracic Society (ATS) Respiratory Innovation Summit
TORREY PINES, CA, May 10, 2022 — EpicentRx, Inc., a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of oncolytic viruses and small molecules for the treatment of cancer and other inflammatory-driven diseases, today announced that it has been...
EpicentRx “BETA-PRIME” Phase 1 Study Progresses After Demonstrating Good Safety and Tolerability
Phase 1 trial with cancer-targeting adenovirus enhanced with a TGFβ Trap continues to investigate safety and anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced cancer TORREY PINES, CA, April 21, 2022 – EpicentRx Inc., a leading-edge immunotherapy company using...
EpicentRx and Texas Children’s Cancer Center Announce the Initiation of a Phase 1 Clinical Trial with RRx-001 for Pediatric CNS Tumors
TORREY PINES, CA., February 23, 2022 – EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical stage drug and device company, in collaboration with the Texas Children's Cancer Center in Houston, today announced the start of a Phase 1 study to examine the safety and benefit of its lead small...
Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and EpicentRx Announce Strategic Research Collaboration to Combine Targeted Radiotherapies with Next Generation CD47/SIRPα Immunotherapy
Collaboration builds on recent data presented by Actinium at SITC demonstrating enhanced activity of targeted radiotherapies in combination with the anti-CD47 targeting antibody magrolimab in blood cancer and solid tumor models Collaboration to explore Actinium’s...
EpicentRx Publishes Proof-of-Concept Research on AdAPT-001
Oncolytic Adenovirus in Phase 1 has extended half-life TGF-ß trap LA JOLLA, Calif., December 8, 2021 -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of oncolytic viruses and small molecules for the treatment of cancer and other...
EpicentRx Granted New Composition of Matter Patent for Its TGF-ß Trap Fusion Protein
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 22, 2021 -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of oncolytic viruses and small molecules for the treatment of cancer and other inflammatory-driven diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and...
EpicentRx Announces Publication of Phase 1 Trial Results for the Anti-Cancer Agent, RRx-001, in Lancet Oncology
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 19, 2015 -- EpicentRx, Inc., a privately-held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is actively engaged in the discovery and development of potent, novel anti-cancer agents, announced today the publication of positive results from...
First Patient Treated With Next-Generation Immunotherapy at UC Cincinnati
EpicentRx Announces Completion of First Cohort in Phase 1 “BETA PRIME” Trial with AdAPT-001
Cancer-targeting adenovirus enhanced with a TGFβ Trap well tolerated in patients with advanced cancer TORREY PINES, Calif., Sept. 29, 2021 -- EpicentRx Inc., a leading-edge drug and device company with cancer and inflammatory disease-targeted platforms, today...
EpicentRx, Inc. in an Expansive Growth Phase
Company secures 10M US dollar growth capital term loan from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to accelerate development of immunotherapies for cancer AdAPT-001, a TGF-beta trap expressing oncolytic virus, designed to activate the immune system and improve checkpoint...
EpicentRx Inc. and SciClone Pharmaceuticals Establish Licensing Agreement for RRx-001 in Greater China
SciClone granted exclusive license to co-develop and commercialize RRx-001 upon approval in the Greater China Region LA JOLLA, Calif., July 1, 2020 -- EpicentRx Inc. ("EpicentRx"), a San Diego-based clinical cancer immunotherapy company and SciClone Pharmaceuticals...
EpicentRx Appoints Life Sciences Investment Banking Veteran, Dr. Franck Brinkhaus, as President and Chief Financial Officer
TORREY PINES, Calif., June 10, 2020 -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company on a mission to advance its portfolio of small molecule and virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of patients with cancer and other diseases of high unmet need such...
EpicentRx Appoints Oncologist Tony Reid, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
TORREY PINES, Calif., May 29, 2020 -- EpicentRx, a next-generation clinical immuno-oncology company, today announced the appointment of physician, scientist and businessman Tony Reid, M.D., Ph.D., as the company's chief executive officer. Dr. Reid who is a co-founder...
EpicentRx IND Application for Second Immuno-oncology Program, a TGF-β Trap Adenovirus, Receives FDA Clearance
EpicentRx’s lead program is the first-in-class small molecule CD47 antagonist RRx-001 in Phase 3 for small cell lung cancer Enrollment of Phase I trial for adenovirus program AIM-001 expected to begin this year Close of recent $35M series D will advance AIM-001 and...
EpicentRx Appoints Senior Life Science Financial Executive Dr. Franck Brinkhaus as Chief Financial Officer
TORREY PINES, Calif., June 10, 2020 -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company on a mission to advance its portfolio of small molecule and virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of patients with cancer and other diseases of high unmet need such...
EpicentRx Announces Positive Results From Phase 1 Trial of RRx-001 as First-line Treatment in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
RRx-001 led to an overall survival of 21.9 months and progression-free survival of 13 months Data presented at the Society for Neuro-Oncology annual meeting LA JOLLA, Calif. -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical cancer immunotherapy company targeting both sides of the immune...
EpicentRx Closes $35 million Series D Financing to Support Development of Small Molecule Immunotherapy and Oncolytic Viral Platform
Series D Funded by an undisclosed source from Europe Total capital raised by EpicentRx approximately $77 million LA JOLLA, Calif. -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical cancer immunotherapy company targeting both sides of the immune system to deliver cancer treatments with...
EpicentRx Initiates Dosing in Phase 3 Trial of Immunotherapy RRx-001 for Third-line Small Cell Lung Cancer
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- EpicentRx, Inc., a clinical cancer immunotherapy company targeting both sides of the immune system to deliver cancer treatments with minimal toxicity, announced today that it has dosed the first patient in the Phase 3 REPLATINUM trial evaluating...
EpicentRx Announces Publication of Its Positive Phase 2 3rd Line SCLC Results With RRx-001 Plus a Platinum Doublet in the British Journal of Cancer (BJC)
LA JOLLA, Calif., June 25, 2019 -- EpicentRx Inc., a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company with two platforms developed to prime and activate both innate and adaptive anticancer responses, today announced the publication of positive results from its Phase 2 clinical...
EpicentRx Announces First Ever Treatment of Cancer Patient with Personalized, Custom-Made Viral Vaccines
SAN DIEGO, May 2, 2018 -- EpicentRx, a San Diego biotechnology company developing a next-generation immunotherapy platform of viruses that infect and kill cancer cells for the treatment of several tumor types, has developed the first ever series of oncolytic viruses...