WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 7 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: Positive high-level results from an analysis of the ongoing DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II trial showed AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's ENHERTU(R) (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) met the prespecified target for objective response rate (ORR) and demonstrated durable response across multiple HER2-expressing advanced solid tumors in heavily pretreated patients. ENHERTU is a specifically e  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 10 (TNSres)-- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Positive high-level results from a planned interim analysis of the AEGEAN Phase III, placebo-controlled trial showed that treatment with AstraZeneca's IMFINZI(R) (durvalumab) in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery and as adjuvant monotherapy after surgery demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in even  more

NEW YORK, March 10 (TNSper) -- Baruch College issued the following news on March 9, 2023: Baruch College announced that Bruce W. Weber, PhD, has been appointed to the position of Willem Kooyker Dean of the Zicklin School of Business, following a national search. Dr. Weber's appointment, which is subject to final approval by the CUNY Board of Trustees, will be effective Monday, July 17. Currently, Dr. Weber is Dean and Professor of Business Administration at the Alfred Lerner College of Busine  more

DOVER, Delaware, March 10 -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news on March 9, 2023: The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that, due to contractor delay, the White Creek priority dredging project in Sussex County will not be completed this season. The project was initially scheduled for completion March 31 to comply with existing seasonal dredging restrictions established to protect wildlife   more

DOVER, Delaware, March 10 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Attorney General Kathy Jennings and the DOJ's Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust announced Friday that a New Castle County jury has convicted James MacColl, formerly a corporal of the Wilmington Police Department, of felony false statement to law enforcement and official misconduct. "Justice was served today," said Attorney General Jennings. "Police who break the law a  more

MEDIA, Pennsylvania, March 9 (TNSbook) -- Delaware County Community College issued the following news release: The trend-setting and tragic Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898), one of the world's first celebrity fashion icons and the recent focus of a Netflix series, is the subject of The Celebrity Monarch: Empress Elisabeth and the Modern Female Portrait (University of Delaware Press, 2022), a new book by Olivia Gruber Florek, Ph.D., associate professor of History, Delaware County Communi  more

DOVER, Delaware, March 7 (TNSfund) -- Delaware State University issued the following news: Delaware State University's Safe Space Coalition received financial support for its work to develop a dedicated sexual assault response and prevention program on campus from a two year grant award for $300,000 from the National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault. The Building the Capacity of Black Programs Funding Initiative Addressing Sexual Assault (BCPSA) grant will be used to supp  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 10 -- Delmarva Power, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: Due to decreasing prices for natural gas, Delmarva Power has received approval from the Delaware Public Service Commission to lower its supply charges for gas customers by 23 percent from the current rate, beginning April 1. Based on this adjusted rate, a residential gas customer, using an average of 25 CCF per month, would see a total monthly bill decrease of $5.41. The change in total co  more

DOVER, Delaware, March 8 (TNSper) -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news: The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Environmental Control has named Pat Emory to lead its Division of Fish and Wildlife. Emory has served his entire career with the Department, most recently as director of DNREC Division of Community Affairs. Emory is to replace former Director David Saveikis, who recently retired from DNREC after  more

DOVER, Delaware, March 9 -- Gov. John C. Carney, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Governor Carney and Lt. Governor Hall-Long on Wednesday announced a partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware to fill community food pantries statewide and hold food drives in each county for three months to help ease the transition from the ending of the federal Emergency benefits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. The Food Bank will help bridge the gap as SNAP familie  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, March 8 (TNSpp) -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: U.S. foreign policy historian Sarah B. Snyder will discuss "When, How, and Why Has the United States Put Human Rights 'at the Center' of its Foreign Policy?" when she presents Ohio Wesleyan University's 2023 Kragalott Lecture. A professor at American University's School of International Service Snyder, Ph.D., will speak at 7 p.m. March 22 in the Bayley Room on the second floor of OWU's Beeghly Librar  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, March 10 (TNSbook) -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Ohio Wesleyan University History professor Michael Flamm will discuss "OWU at War: Charles Leighton and the Memphis Belle" when he presents the university's annual Vogel Lecture. Flamm, Ph.D., will present at 7 p.m. March 28 in Benes Rooms A and B of OWU's Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. The multimedia event is free and open to the public. "Eighty years ago, the Memphi  more

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, March 11 (TNSpp) -- Delaware Valley University issued the following news: On Monday, April 17, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building Auditorium at Delaware Valley University (DelVal), Pennsylvania's Acting Attorney General, Michelle Henry, will return to Bucks County to take part in a community discussion on violence and addiction. It will be her first major speaking event in Bucks County since taking on the role of the state's top law enforcer earlier this   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: In reaction to Friday's announcement that Rep. Mike Zabel (D-Delaware) will not be resigning from the House, more than a dozen female state representatives led by Rep. Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) delivered a letter to Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) and Zabel on Monday renewing the call for his resignation. "Knowing Rep. Zabel will not be serving in the halls of the C  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 10 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Positive high-level results from the ADAURA Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's TAGRISSO (osimertinib) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS), a key secondary endpoint, compared to placebo in the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage (IB, II and IIIA) epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (E  more

DOVER, Delaware, March 7 (TNSpp) -- Delaware State University issued the following news: Delaware State University's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council recently served as the host institution for the Transform Mid-Atlantic JEDI-CCE Institute where three other institutions participated in a March 2 daylong workshop on advancing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) on college and university campuses. The workshop - entitled "Creating a Community-Engaged JEDI-Centered Campus Cultu  more

PALTO ALTO, California, March 9 (TNSper) -- Wilson Sonsini, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: * * * Fay Brings 15 Years of Restructuring and Bankruptcy Experience Wilson Sonsini's Addition is the Third Partner Hire in its Delaware Office in Seven Months as the Firm Continues to Expand its Overall Scope of Services for Clients * * * Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises world  more