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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Biotech and Medical Tech Stocks and the Hunt for Cancer Treatments

Biotech and Medical Tech Stocks and the Hunt for Cancer Treatments

November 14, 2024 - Investorideas.com, a go-to investing platform covering biotech and medical technology stocks releases a news snapshot from stocks in the sector looking at the advancement of treatments for solid tumors as global cancer incidence rates rise.

Recent news from Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEMD), Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNGX), Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: ADAP) and Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE) showcases new potential treatment options as clinical trials advance.

Looking at the harsh reality of the rise of cancer globally, the BBC reported earlier this year, “One study found that the global incidence of early-onset cancer had increased by 79% between 1990 and 2019, with the number of cancer-related deaths in younger people rising by 29%. Another report in The Lancet Public Health described how cancer incidence rates in the US have steadily risen between the generations across 17 different cancers, particularly in Generation Xers and Millennials.”

According to a recent article in Biospace,”The solid tumors market size reached a value of US$ 170.3 Billion in 2023. Looking forward, the market is expected to reach US$ 375.4 Billion by 2034, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 7.45% during 2024-2034.”

Yesterday, Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEMD), a medical therapeutic company focused on developing products to treat cancer and life-threatening infectious diseases.

reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2024

Aethlon also provided an update on recent developments, including the enrollment of a second patient in its Australian safety, feasibility and dose-finding clinical trial of the Hemopurifier®.

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This news follows up on news from Monday, November 11^th that the company had achieved a key milestone with enrollment of the first patient in its Australian safety, feasibility and dose-finding clinical trial of the Hemopurifier® in patients with solid tumors who have stable or progressive disease during anti-PD-1 monotherapy treatment, such as Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) or Opdivo® (nivolumab) (AEMD-2022-06 Hemopurifier Study). The patient was enrolled on October 29, 2024, by Prof. Michael Brown and his staff at the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, CALHN, Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia.

From the November 13^th news:

During the second quarter, and subsequently, the company advanced its oncology trial efforts in Australia, while implementing cost-cutting measures to streamline operations. Management is pleased to report positive progress on these initiatives, specifically:

Clinical Trials: The first two patients have now been enrolled at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. Additionally, Pindara Private Hospital, in the Gold Coast section of Australia, received ethics committee approval, was trained on Aethlon’s Hemopurifier®, and is now open for patient enrollment. The company has also trained a third hospital in Australia, but has not yet received ethics committee approval for that institution and it has not yet begun patient enrollment.

In September, Aethlon received ethics committee approval from Medanta Medicity Hospital in Gurugram, India, for a similar nine to 18-patient, safety, feasibility and dose-finding trial of the Hemopurifier. The company is completing the necessary logistical steps before the site can open for patient enrollment.

Management Change: In October, Aethlon’s board of directors appointed James Frakes to serve as the company’s permanent Chief Executive Officer, after having served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since November 2023.

Operational Efficiency: Strategic cost-cutting initiatives have allowed for optimized resource allocation, enabling continued focus on high-impact areas of the oncology trial.

“During the second fiscal quarter and subsequent period, we continued advancing our oncology trials, earlier this week announcing enrollment of the first patient at Royal Adelaide Hospital, and now updating this news to report enrollment of a second patient. This represents a critical milestone for the safety, feasibility and dose-finding trials of the Hemopurifier in patients with solid tumors who have failed treatment with anti-PD-1 antibodies,” stated James Frakes, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Aethlon Medical. "We now have two sites open for patient enrollment in Australia, have received ethics committee approval from a site in India, and we expect to continue to enroll subjects in our Hemopurifier cancer trial. As previously announced, we believe these studies will help inform future oncology efficacy trials. Additionally, we have made strategic cost-cutting measures to optimize company resources, in order to focus on the high-impact oncology trials in both Australia and India.”

As a reminder, the primary endpoint of the approximate nine to 18-patient, safety, feasibility and dose-finding trials, is safety. The trials will monitor any adverse events and clinically significant changes in lab tests of Hemopurifier treated patients with solid tumors with stable or progressive disease at different treatment intervals, after a two-month run in period of PD-1 antibody, Keytruda® or Opdivo® monotherapy. Patients who do not respond to the PD-1 antibody therapy will be eligible to enter the Hemopurifier period of the study where sequential cohorts will receive 1, 2 or 3 Hemopurifier treatments during a one-week period. In addition to monitoring safety, the study is designed to examine the number of Hemopurifier treatments needed to decrease the concentration of EVs and if these changes in EV concentrations improve the body’s own natural ability to attack tumor cells. These exploratory central laboratory analyses are expected to inform the design of subsequent efficacy and safety trials, including a Premarket Approval (PMA) study required by the FDA and other regulatory agencies.

Currently, only approximately 30% of patients who receive pembrolizumab or nivolumab will have lasting clinical responses to these agents. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) produced by tumors have been implicated in the spread of cancers as well as the resistance to anti-PD-1 therapies. The Aethlon Hemopurifier has been designed to bind and remove these EVs from the bloodstream, which may improve therapeutic response rates to anti-PD-1 antibodies. In preclinical studies, the Hemopurifier has been shown to reduce the number of EVs in cancer patient plasma samples.

The company also continues to explore opportunities to expand the use of the Hemopurifier as a treatment for life-threatening viral infections. In vitro, it has shown effectiveness in capturing viruses such as Ebola, Marburg virus, Zika, Lassa, MERS-CoV, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr, Herpes simplex, Chikungunya, Dengue, West Nile, H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu, and the reconstructed 1918 Spanish flu virus. The company’s COVID-19 trial in India remains open to accommodate any potential COVID-19 admissions to the intensive care units at the two participating sites, Medanta Medicity Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College. So far, one patient has been treated. The company is actively evaluating COVID-19 admissions and potential enrollment against the ongoing costs of maintaining the trial.

Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to discovering and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicines, also recently reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, and provided business highlights.

From the news "We have made great progress with our PRMT5 development program, including positive data from the TNG462 phase 1/2 clinical trial that showcase the best-in-class potential of TNG462 in multiple tumor types, including pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Based on these early data, we are advancing TNG462 into trials with multiple targeted and standard of care combinations, including two RAS (ON) tri-complex inhibitors from Revolution Medicines. Given that nearly all MTAP-deleted pancreatic cancer has a co-occurring RAS mutation, we believe this could be a powerful approach to changing the treatment landscape for this challenging cancer," said Barbara Weber, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Tango Therapeutics. "As part of the expanded capabilities needed to rapidly move TNG462 development forward, Dr. Maeve Waldron-Lynch, M.D. is joining Tango as Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development. Dr. Waldron-Lynch has extensive late-stage oncology clinical development and regulatory experience and will be invaluable as we prepare to advance TNG462 to registration."

Yesterday, Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: ADAP), a company working to redefine the treatment of solid tumor cancers with cell therapy, announced data from the primary analysis of its pivotal Phase 2 IGNYTE-ESO trial of lete-cel in people with synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) who received previous anthracycline-based therapy. The primary analysis data are being presented at the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) 2024 Annual Meeting which takes place from November 13-16, 2024 in San Diego.

From the news: Based on these positive data, Adaptimmune plans to initiate a rolling Biologics License Application (BLA) submission for lete-cel for the treatment of advanced or metastatic synovial sarcoma and MRCLS by the end of 2025. Lete-cel builds on the potential of Adaptimmune's sarcoma franchise to change the way solid tumors are treated using cell therapies, more than doubling the addressable patient population eligible for Adaptimmune cell therapies to also include NY-ESO-1 positive synovial sarcoma and MRCLS solid tumors.

On November 9^th, Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing a first-in-class pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies to patients with cancer and autoimmune disorders, presented initial clinical and new preclinical data for FT825 / ONO-8250, a multiplexed-engineered, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product candidate targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), at the 2024 Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 39th Annual Meeting being held in Houston, TX on November 6-10, 2024. FT825 / ONO-8250 incorporates a novel H2CasMab-2 binding domain targeting HER2 that is designed to overcome on-target, off-tumor toxicity and to recognize variants associated with poor clinical outcomes and tumor escape. In an ongoing Phase 1 study in advanced solid tumors, three patients were treated with FT825 / ONO-8250 in the first low-dose cohort as monotherapy, and no dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) and no events of any grade of cytokine release syndrome (CRS), immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), or graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) were observed. The multi-center, Phase 1 study is currently being conducted under a strategic collaboration with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Ono).

From the news: “FT825 / ONO-8250 integrates seven novel synthetic controls of CAR T-cell function designed to overcome multiple mechanisms that impede the safe and effective treatment of solid tumors. We are very pleased with initial Phase 1 clinical observations from the first low-dose cohort, which showed a favorable safety profile, product expansion, and maintenance of an activated CAR T-cell state,” said Scott Wolchko, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fate Therapeutics. “In addition, new preclinical data for FT825 / ONO-8250 presented today at SITC highlighted the cancer-selective recognition profile of its novel HER2 antigen binding domain, including its potential to target variants uniquely expressed on tumor cells. Under our collaboration with Ono, we are excited to further assess the potential of FT825 / ONO-8250 to benefit patients with hard-to-treat advanced solid tumors who currently have limited treatment options.”

While there are a lot of unanswered questions regarding the global rise in cancer rates, companies like Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEMD) are moving forward in the race for solutions with their Hemopurifier clinical trials.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Breaking Medical Technology News: Aethlon Medical (Nasdaq: $AEMD) Announces Financial Results for the Fiscal Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2024 and Provides Corporate Update

Breaking Medical Technology News: Aethlon Medical (Nasdaq: $AEMD) Announces Financial Results for the Fiscal Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2024 and Provides Corporate Update

Achieves Key Milestone with Enrollment of First Two Patients in the Safety, Feasibility, and Dose Finding Study of Aethlon's Hemopurifier® in Patients with Solid Tumors Not Responding to Anti-PD-1 Antibodies

Two Australian Sites Open For Patient Enrollment in Hemopurifier® Cancer Trial

Conference Call to be Held Today at 4:30 p.m. ET

SAN DIEGO, CA - November 13, 2024 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEMD), a medical therapeutic company focused on developing products to treat cancer and life-threatening infectious diseases, today reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2024 and provided an update on recent developments.

Company Updates

Clinical Trials: The first two patients have now been enrolled at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. Additionally, Pindara Private Hospital, in the Gold Coast section of Australia, received ethics committee approval, was trained on Aethlon's Hemopurifier®, and is now open for patient enrollment. The company has also trained a third hospital in Australia, but has not yet received ethics committee approval for that institution and it has not yet begun patient enrollment.

Management Change: In October, Aethlon's board of directors appointed James Frakes to serve as the company's permanent Chief Executive Officer, after having served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since November 2023.

Operational Efficiency: Strategic cost-cutting initiatives have allowed for optimized resource allocation, enabling continued focus on high-impact areas of the oncology trial.

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"During the second fiscal quarter and subsequent period, we continued advancing our oncology trials, earlier this week announcing enrollment of the first patient at Royal Adelaide Hospital, and now updating this news to report enrollment of a second patient. This represents a critical milestone for the safety, feasibility and dose-finding trials of the Hemopurifier in patients with solid tumors who have failed treatment with anti-PD-1 antibodies," stated James Frakes, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Aethlon Medical. "We now have two sites open for patient enrollment in Australia, have received ethics committee approval from a site in India, and we expect to continue to enroll subjects in our Hemopurifier cancer trial. As previously announced, we believe these studies will help inform future oncology efficacy trials. Additionally, we have made strategic cost-cutting measures to optimize company resources, in order to focus on the high-impact oncology trials in both Australia and India."

As a reminder, the primary endpoint of the approximate nine to 18-patient, safety, feasibility and dose-finding trials, is safety. The trials will monitor any adverse events and clinically significant changes in lab tests of Hemopurifier treated patients with solid tumors with stable or progressive disease at different treatment intervals, after a two-month run in period of PD-1 antibody, Keytruda® or Opdivo® monotherapy. Patients who do not respond to the PD-1 antibody therapy will be eligible to enter the Hemopurifier period of the study where sequential cohorts will receive 1, 2 or 3 Hemopurifier treatments during a one-week period. In addition to monitoring safety, the study is designed to examine the number of Hemopurifier treatments needed to decrease the concentration of EVs and if these changes in EV concentrations improve the body's own natural ability to attack tumor cells. These exploratory central laboratory analyses are expected to inform the design of subsequent efficacy and safety trials, including a Premarket Approval (PMA) study required by the FDA and other regulatory agencies.

The company also continues to explore opportunities to expand the use of the Hemopurifier as a treatment for life-threatening viral infections. In vitro, it has shown effectiveness in capturing viruses such as Ebola, Marburg virus, Zika, Lassa, MERS-CoV, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr, Herpes simplex, Chikungunya, Dengue, West Nile, H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu, and the reconstructed 1918 Spanish flu virus. The company's COVID-19 trial in India remains open to accommodate any potential COVID-19 admissions to the intensive care units at the two participating sites, Medanta Medicity Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College. So far, one patient has been treated. The company is actively evaluating COVID-19 admissions and potential enrollment against the ongoing costs of maintaining the trial.

Financial Results for the Fiscal Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2024

As of September 30, 2024, Aethlon Medical had a cash balance of approximately $6.9 million.

Consolidated operating expenses for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024 were approximately $2.9 million, compared to $3.2 million for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023. This decrease of approximately $300,000, or 9%, in the 2024 period was due to a decrease of approximately $600,000 in professional fees, partially offset by an increase of approximately $200,000 in payroll and related expenses and an approximately $100,000 increase in general and administrative expenses.

The approximate $600,000 decrease in professional fees was primarily due to a $300,000 reduction in legal fees following a transition to a new legal firm, a $200,000 decrease in contract labor expenses due to project completions with contract manufacturing organizations and research and development consultants, and an $81,000 decrease in accounting fees.

The approximate $200,000 increase in payroll and related expenses was primarily due to an increase of $500,000 in separation expenses related to severance agreements following the termination of an executive and a reduction in workforce. This increase was partially offset by a $200,000 reduction in ongoing payroll expenses and a $100,000 decrease in stock-based compensation as a result of the completion of vesting of existing stock options and reduced headcount.

The $100,000 increase in general and administrative expenses in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due a $200,000 increase in costs associated with the company's ongoing oncology clinical trial. This increase was partially offset by reductions in a number of general and administrative expense items, including decreases in U.S. clinical trial expenses.

As a result of the factors noted above, the company's net loss decreased to approximately $2.8 million in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024, from approximately $3.0 million in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023.

The consolidated balance sheet for September 30, 2024, and the consolidated statements of operations for the three- and six-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 follow at the end of this release.

Conference Call

Management will host a conference call today, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET to review the company's financial results and recent corporate developments. Following management's formal remarks, there will be a question and answer session.

Interested parties can register for the conference call by navigating to https://dpregister.com/sreg/10194285/fdebe88214. Please note that registered participants will receive their dial-in number upon registration.

Interested parties without internet access or unable to pre-register may dial in by calling:

PARTICIPANT DIAL IN (TOLL FREE): 1-844-836-8741

PARTICIPANT INTERNATIONAL DIAL IN: 1-412-317-5442

All callers should ask for the Aethlon Medical, Inc. conference call.

A replay of the call will be available approximately one hour after the end of the call through December 13, 2024. The replay can be accessed via Aethlon Medical's website or by dialing 1-877-344-7529 (domestic) or 1-412-317-0088 (international) or Canada toll free at 1-855-669-9658. The replay conference ID number is 10194285.

About Aethlon and the Hemopurifier®

Aethlon Medical is a medical therapeutic company focused on developing the Hemopurifier, a clinical stage immunotherapeutic device which is designed to combat cancer and life-threatening viral infections and for use in organ transplantation. In human studies, the Hemopurifier has demonstrated the removal of life-threatening viruses and in pre-clinical studies, the Hemopurifier has demonstrated the removal of harmful exosomes from biological fluids, utilizing its proprietary lectin-based technology. This action has potential applications in cancer, where exosomes may promote immune suppression and metastasis, and in life-threatening infectious diseases. The Hemopurifier is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designated Breakthrough Device indicated for the treatment of individuals with advanced or metastatic cancer who are either unresponsive to or intolerant of standard of care therapy, and with cancer types in which exosomes have been shown to participate in the development or severity of the disease. The Hemopurifier also holds an FDA Breakthrough Device designation and an open Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application related to the treatment of life-threatening viruses that are not addressed with approved therapies.

Additional information can be found at www.AethlonMedical.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks and uncertainties. Statements containing words such as "may," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will," "projections," "estimate," "potentially" or similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon Aethlon's current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Factors that may contribute to such differences include, without limitation, the Company's ability to raise additional capital on terms favorable to the Company, or at all; the Company's ability to successfully complete development of the Hemopurifier; the Company's ability to successfully demonstrate the utility and safety of the Hemopurifier in cancer and infectious diseases and in the transplant setting; the Company's ability to achieve and realize the anticipated benefits from potential milestones; the Company's ability to obtain approval from the Ethics Committee of its third location in Australia, including on the timeline expected by the Company; the Company's ability to enroll additional patients in its oncology clinical trials in Australia and India, including on the timeline expected by the Company; the Company's ability to manage and successfully complete its clinical trials; the Company's ability to successfully manufacture the Hemopurifier in sufficient quantities for its clinical trials; unforeseen changes in regulatory requirements; the Company's ability to maintain its Nasdaq listing; and other potential risks. The foregoing list of risks and uncertainties is illustrative, but is not exhaustive. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements can be found under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024, and in the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Except as may be required by law, the Company does not intend, nor does it undertake any duty, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances.

Company Contact:

Jim Frakes

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Aethlon Medical, Inc.

Jfrakes@aethlonmedical.com

Investor Contact:

Susan Noonan

S.A. Noonan Communications, LLC

susan@sanoonan.com

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Medical Technology Stocks and First Patient Enrollment Milestones

Medical Technology Stocks and First Patient Enrollment Milestones

November 12, 2024 - Investorideas.com, a go-to investing platform, releases an industry snapshot looking at the future of medical technology as first patients are enrolled in potential breakthrough trials, featuring Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEMD), a medical therapeutic company focused on developing products to treat cancer and life-threatening infectious diseases.

According to Statista.com, “The Medical Technology market, which encompasses various markets, including Medical Devices, is anticipated to witness significant revenue growth in the coming years.”

“By 2024, the market is projected to reach a staggering US$597.00bn worldwide. Among these markets, Medical Devices are expected to dominate, with a projected market volume of US$508.00bn by 2024. Furthermore, the Medical Technology market is expected to demonstrate a steady annual growth rate of 5.29% from 2024 to 2029.”

As medical technology companies announce first patient enrollment, they take a significant step forward to the goal of bringing their technology to market.

Stocks mentioned in this article include Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG), Microbot Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: MBOT), BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX).

Yesterday, Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEMD) announced a key milestone with enrollment of the first patient in its Australian safety, feasibility and dose-finding clinical trial of the Hemopurifier® in patients with solid tumors who have stable or progressive disease during anti-PD-1 monotherapy treatment, such as Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) or Opdivo® (nivolumab) (AEMD-2022-06 Hemopurifier Study). The patient was enrolled on October 29, 2024, by Prof. Michael Brown and his staff at the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, CALHN, Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia.

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The Hemopurifier is an immunotherapeutic device which is designed to combat cancer and life-threatening viral infections and for use in organ transplantation. In human studies, the Hemopurifier has demonstrated the removal of life-threatening viruses and in pre-clinical studies, the Hemopurifier has demonstrated the removal of harmful exosomes from biological fluids, utilizing its proprietary lectin-based technology.

From the news: The first patient completed screening activities confirming their eligibility on November 8, 2024, and has now entered a two-month run-in period, receiving anti-PD-1 therapy. During this time, concentrations of Extracellular vesicles (EVs) and anti-tumor T cell activity will be measured. If imaging after this two-month run-in period reveals no improvement in the patient’s tumor, they will be treated with the Hemopurifier, followed by monitoring to identify decreases in EV concentrations and improvements in T cell anti-tumor activity.

"Enrollment of the first patient represents the achievement of a critical milestone for Aethlon Medical in the clinical development of the Hemopurifier in Oncology,” stated Steven LaRosa, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Aethlon Medical. “We are thrilled with the pre-screening activity being done to identify patients at Royal Adelaide, as well as the second site, Pindara Private Hospital in the Gold Coast. We are grateful to the patient for consenting to be part of this study. This trial is our initial step in determining if the Hemopurifier treatment can improve upon the 30-40% response rates to anti-PD-1 therapies such as Opdivo and Keytruda.”

From the news: Currently, only approximately 30% of patients who receive pembrolizumab or nivolumab will have lasting clinical responses to these agents. EVs produced by tumors have been implicated in the spread of cancers as well as the resistance to anti-PD-1 therapies. The Aethlon Hemopurifier has been designed to bind and remove these EVs from the bloodstream, which may improve therapeutic response rates to anti-PD-1 antibodies. In preclinical studies, the Hemopurifier has been shown to reduce the number of exosomes from the plasma of cancer patient samples.

The primary endpoint of the approximately nine to 18-patient, safety, feasibility and dose-finding trial is the incidence of adverse events and clinically significant changes in safety lab tests of Hemopurifier treated patients with solid tumors with stable or progressive disease at different treatment intervals, after a two-month run in period of PD-1 antibody, Keytruda® or Opdivo® monotherapy. Patients who do not respond to the therapy will be eligible to enter the Hemopurifier period of the study where sequential cohorts will receive 1, 2 or 3 Hemopurifier treatments during a one-week period. In addition to monitoring safety, the study is designed to examine the number of Hemopurifier treatments needed to decrease the concentration of EVs and if these changes in EV concentrations improve the body’s own natural ability to attack tumor cells. These exploratory central laboratory analyses are expected to inform the design of a subsequent efficacy and safety, Premarket Approval (PMA), study required by regulatory agencies.

On November 4^th, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG) (AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced enrollment of the first patient in the US THOR IDE clinical trial, which will study an innovative combined laser atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy catheter developed by Philips, that integrates two critical PAD treatments into a single device. Procedures that previously required the use of two different devices can now be performed in a single procedure using a single device, simplifying workflows and procedures and potentially reducing the risk and improving outcomes for patients who might otherwise face multiple complex interventions.

From the news: The Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Louisiana recently completed the first case using the new laser catheter. The care team there successfully treated a 78-year-old male with peripheral vascular disease using the Philips device.

“Developing and driving clinical evidence is crucial to improving care and guiding the adoption of new technologies like the Philips laser atherectomy and lithotripsy system,” said Drs. Craig Walker, Pradeep Nair, and McCall Walker of Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Louisiana. “This trial will provide essential data to demonstrate how this combined approach can optimize procedural efficiency and patient outcomes in treating challenging calcified lesions.”

From the news: This ground-breaking first procedure not only marks the launch of the THOR IDE trial. It also showcases how this innovative new technology, which resulted from Philips’ powerful in-house development capabilities, can ease the patient experience by streamlining complex interventions into a single procedure, potentially reducing the need for multiple interventions and hospital visits.

From the news: The goal of this pivotal study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using this unique laser device — a first-of-its-kind solution that integrates laser atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy in a single device to treat complex, calcified lesions in a single procedure for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), restoring blood flow to their legs.

On October 15^th, Microbot Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: MBOT), a developer of the innovative LIBERTY® Endovascular Robotic Surgical System, announced that it has successfully completed enrollment and follow up for all patients in its ACCESS-PVI human clinical trial. The Company remains on track to file its 510(k) submission with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by of the end of 2024.

The Company also announced that it is accelerating its go-to-market strategy. It expects to begin building out the commercial infrastructure, including the hiring of a seasoned healthcare executive to lead its sales efforts, upon the FDA clearance, which is expected during 2Q 2025.

This news follows up on developments since its first patient announcement in July when Microbot announced the completion of the first procedure in a patient utilizing its LIBERTY® Endovascular Robotic Surgical System. The procedure took place at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a leading academic medical center located in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of the Company’s pivotal human clinical trial.

From the news: The clinical trial at BWH was led by Dr. Dmitry Rabkin, MD, PhD, Assistant Chief, Division of Angiography & Interventional Radiology, who also performed this first human case. The trial is part of the Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) for LIBERTY®, and the Company expects its results will support the future submission to the FDA and subsequent commercialization.

“Enrolling the first patient in our pivotal human clinical trial is a significant milestone for the Company, and an important step on our journey to bring LIBERTY® to U.S. physicians,” commented Juan Diaz-Cartelle, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Microbot Medical. “We are very pleased with the rapid pace of site activation, and I’m looking forward to enrolling additional patients in the near future.”

Earlier this year BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced the enrollment of the first patient in the investigational device exemption (IDE) study, "AGILITY," which will assess the safety and effectiveness of the BD Vascular Covered Stent for the treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

The investigational Vascular Covered Stent is a self-expanding, low profile, polytetrafluoroethylene encapsulated nitinol implant. It is deployed from a delivery system that provides controlled stent release.

"When we're addressing advanced PAD, a self-expanding covered stent can play an important role," said Dr. Sean Lyden, Chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic and National Principal Investigator of the AGILITY study. "We need a stent that can track to the lesion, apposes the vessel wall and ultimately provides long-term durability. We're excited to see how this technology performs."

From the news: According to BD, the global, prospective, multi-center, single-arm, non-randomized AGILITY clinical study will include 315 patients at up to 40 clinical study sites across the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Follow-up for all treated patients will be performed at various points after treatment — starting at one month and ending at 36 months.

Medical technology and devices offer a different approach to health than pharmaceuticals, and as is the case with Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEMD, and its Hemopurifier in Oncology, it offers a potential solution when other treatment has failed.

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