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Roche and Isis Pharmaceuticals Form Alliance for Huntington's Disease

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: ISIS) recently announced that they have formed an alliance to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) based on Isis' antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology. This alliance combines Isis' antisense expertise with Roche's scientific expertise in developing neurodegenerative therapeutics. In addition, Isis and Roche will be collaborating to combine Isis' ASOs and Roche's proprietary "brain shuttle" program with the objective of increasing the brain penetration of ASOs with systemic administration.


Presage Biosciences Announces First Patient in Clinical Trial of CIVO™ Precision Oncology

Presage Biosciences, a leader in precision oncology, recently announced the initiation of a clinical trial and the first patient use of CIVO™, the company's precision oncology platform designed to improve treatment decisions for cancer patients. The single arm, non-therapeutic, observational study, being conducted at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, is intended to evaluate the feasibility of Presage's CIVO in assessing lymphoma response to multiple microinjected candidate chemotherapy agents.


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