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2017-09-14

Kancera and Recipharm collaborate to manufacture clinical trial supply

Kancera, a development company focused on cancer therapy and Recipharm, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), have signed a contract for the development and manufacture of the pharmaceutical candidate KAND567.

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2017-09-11

Kancera announces start of  Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose Trial of KAND567

Kancera today launches the second part of the ongoing clinical Phase I study of KAND567. During this part of the study, KAND567 is administered to groups of healthy subjects in increasing doses, twice a day for seven days. The...

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2017-05-09

Kancera announces approval for the start of clinical trial of KAND567

The Medical Ethics Committee (METC) at the University Medical Center in Groningen, The Netherlands, has approved the start of clinical Phase I study of KAND567. The first dose to humans will be given within the next few weeks.

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2017-04-19

Kancera has applied for a clinical trial for KAND567

Kancera AB has applied for approval for a Phase I clinical trial. The study is planned to be conducted in collaboration with the clinical contract company QPS in Groningen, The Netherlands.

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2017-04-12

Kancera provides an operational update of the PFKFB3 project

Kancera reports that PFKFB3-inhibitor KAN0438757 increases the effect of a promising class of drugs for intractable cancer. Kancera has strengthened their development of drugs directed against PFKFB3 and DNA repair through a new recruitment. The European and US patent...

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2017-04-06

Kancera recruits two PhD students to the EU-funded research programme SYNTRAIN

Kancera AB (publ) has previously announced that the company has been awarded a research grant of approximately EUR 500 000, in the context of the EU research programme SYNTRAIN (a program within Horizon 2020), for the financing of two...

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2017-04-04

Kancera completes acquisition of the Fractalkine project for autoimmune diseases and cancer

Kancera AB (publ) has previously announced the Board's decision to execute the company's exclusive option to acquire the Fractalkine project from Acturum Real Estate AB after transfer of results and know-how. This transfer of results and know-how has now...

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2017-03-28

Kancera comments: Breakthrough for drug development targeting the Fractalkine system that controls immune cells and cancer cells

Blocking the Fractalkine system has been shown in clinical trials to have the desired effects in humans against intractable forms of autoimmune diseases. The results are in line with the positive effects that Kancera has been able to demonstrate...

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2017-02-21

Kancera provides operational update of the project portfolio

Kancera AB (publ) presents new information on - how the company's Fractalkine blocker prevents immune cells (monocytes) to infiltrate the nerves and spinal cord, which prevents nerve damage and enhanced pain sensitivity associated with cancer treatment - the fact...

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2016-12-19

Kancera reports positive results for fractalkine blocker KAN0440567 in preclinical models of pain caused by anti-cancer drugs

Kancera AB (publ) today reported that the drug candidate KAN0440567 quickly and effectively counteracts the kind of pain that results from chemotherapy and that often prevents effective treatment of cancer. The results also indicate that the Kancera drug candidate...

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