Progenra Inc. Receives Therapeutic Pipeline Award from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and Drug Development
Funding will support Progenra’s development of small molecules for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Malvern, PA (Dec 8, 2018) – Progenra Inc. announces the receipt of a 2018 Therapeutic Pipeline Award from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). The award supports Progenra’s program of small molecule drug discovery and development for Parkinson’s disease, […]
Drug Discovery Chemistry
San Diego, CA. First-generation cancer immunotherapy agents have been primarily biologicals — monoclonal antibodies that block protein-protein interactions between T cell checkpoint receptors and their ligands. Recently, discovery efforts have focused on the development of immune-modulatory small molecules addressing a wide array of new immune-modulatory targets that can be used in combination with the biologicals. […]
American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition
New Orleans, LA. Dr. Jian Wu, Associate Director at Progenra, presented a talk entitled ” Small molecules as frontline therapy for immune oncology: Experience from ubiquitin pathway targets ” at medicinal chemistry section. The ACS National Meeting brings together more than 10,000 professionals to present and discuss recent publications as well as technological advancements. The spring […]
Progenra discusses role of small molecules and USP7 in immune oncology on Cambridge Healthtech Institue podcast
Recently, Dr. Tauseef Butt, President and CEO, spoke with Joel Hornby of Cambridge Healthtech Institute. Dr. Butt spoke of the role that small molecules, specifically inhibitors of ubiquitin protease 7 (USP7), play in immune oncology. In addition, Dr. Butt discussed animal model data generated using Progenra’s USP7i compounds, as well as Progenra’s unique Drug Discovery […]
Progenra invited to host an Immune Oncology Session at BIO International Convention 2017
June 18-22, 2017. San Diego, CA. Progenra President Dr. Tauseef Butt is the organizer and a participant of a panel discussion entitled “Immune Oncology Drugs: Ready for First Line Therapy?” This panel, which is comprised of leaders of immune oncology from the pharmaceutical industry and academic medicine, will address whether the new immune oncology drugs […]
Progenra Receives Second Immune Oncology Patent
MALVERN, PA, May 10, 2017 –(BUSINESS WIRE) — Progenra, Inc. announced that it has received the Official Notice of Allowance (dated March 30, 2017) of its patent application entitled “Methods of treating cancer through the inhibition of USP7 and immune system modulation.” The patent, based on work described in a recent publication, is related to a […]
Progenra Discovers Novel Immune Oncology Drug
MALVERN, PA, Dec 15, 2016 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Progenra, Inc. announced a new immune-oncology drug whose mechanism differs from available cancer immunotherapies Opdivo and Keytruda. The findings, published by Progenra with Dr. Wayne Hancock, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, support a new immune-oncology antitumor strategy by inhibiting USP7, an enzyme that prevents immune activity […]
Eminent immuno-oncologist, Dr. Wayne Hancock, joins Progenra Inc’s Scientific Advisory Board
MALVERN, PA August 15, 2014 – Progenra, Inc. announced today that Dr. Wayne Hancock, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has joined their Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Hancock is a world-renowned expert in immunology, inflammation, and mechanisms of disease pathologies, and his addition to the board will add strength […]
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening – Washington DC, 2015
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American Association for Cancer Research – Philadelphia, 2015
AACR Annual Meeting 2015 April 18-22, 2015 Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Program Committee Chairperson Lewis C. Cantley, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York View Program / Itinerary Planner [Abstract text now available] Download the Annual Meeting App Download Daily Calendar Message from AACR President, Carlos […]
