MDRNA, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application U.S. 11/624,630 covering an siRNA directed against a junctional adhesion molecule-1 (JAM-1) gene. The siRNA of the allowed claim has a broad array of…

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. ("Raptor") (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTP) and TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. ("TorreyPines") (Nasdaq: TPTX) announced the completion of their merger. The combined company is named "Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp." and will commence trading today on the NASDAQ Capital Market…

LifeCycle Pharma A/S (CSE:LCP) announced positive results from a 12 month extension phase of the Phase 2 clinical study of LCP-Tacro tablets in stable liver transplant patients. LCP-Tacro is a once daily immunosuppression drug to prevent rejection after organ transplantation. These new data…

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RGN) announces significant improvement in neurological functional recovery after TB4 treatment of EAE (experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis - an animal model for multiple sclerosis), according to Henry Ford Health System researchers. In addition,…

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT) was awarded a $950,371 competitive grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a collaborative study with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) on two Novelos compounds – NOV-002 and NOV-205 – for the mitigation and treatment of radiation-induced…

Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS) announced results from a primate study involving the oral antibiotic Restanza(TM) (cethromycin) demonstrating statistical significance at a 90% survival rate against an inhaled lethal dose of plague. The study tested Restanza's…

Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq:VICL) licensee, sanofi-aventis, has completed enrollment in a 500-patient Phase 3 clinical trial of its angiogenesis therapy. The NV1FGF therapy contains DNA encoding Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 (FGF-1), a growth factor that stimulates the growth of blood vessels, and is…

Plexxikon Inc. reports positive clinical data from a Phase 1 extension study of PLX4032 (RG7204) in metastatic melanoma patients. PLX4032 targets the BRAFV600E mutation that occurs in about 50 percent of melanomas and about eight percent of solid tumors. Tumor shrinkage has been observed in nearly…

Peptimmune, Inc. has formed a collaboration with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Naval Medical Research Center for the development of Dengue vaccines and point-of-care diagnostics. The goal of the R&D project is to evaluate the company’s Directed Expansion of Epitope Permutations…

The 8th Annual BIO Investor Forum is attracting patient advocacy and venture philanthropy groups from across the country, who are interested in partnering to speed cures. Some of the participating organizations include: Fast Forward CureDuchenne The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society MDA Venture…