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State Tipoffs Involving Delaware Newsletter for Sunday September 17, 2023 ( 9 items )  

AstraZeneca: Enhertu Demonstrated Strong and Durable Tumor Responses in Previously Treated HER2-Mutant Advanced Lung Cancer in DESTINY-Lung02 Phase II Trial
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: * * * AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's ENHERTU showed objective response rates of 49% and 56% with 5.4mg/kg and 6.4mg/kg doses respectively in primary analysis ENHERTU provided a median progression-free survival of 9.9 months at 5.4mg/kg dose and 15.4 months at 6.4mg/kg dose with a median duration of response of 16.8 months seen at the 5.4mg/kg dose and not  more

AstraZeneca: FASENRA Met the Primary Endpoint in the MANDARA Phase III Trial in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: Positive high-level results from the MANDARA Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's FASENRA (benralizumab) met the primary endpoint of the trial and demonstrated non-inferior rates of remission compared to mepolizumab in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) who were receiving oral corticosteroids (OCS) with or without stable immunosuppressive therap  more

AstraZeneca: TAGRISSO Plus Chemotherapy Extended Median Progression-Free Survival by Nearly 9 Months in EGFR-Mutated Advanced Lung Cancer in FLAURA2 Phase III Trial
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Positive results from the FLAURA2 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's TAGRISSO (osimertinib) in combination with chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS), compared to TAGRISSO alone for patients with locally advanced (Stage IIIB-IIIC) or metastatic (Stage IV) epidermal grow  more

Del. A.G. Jennings Announces $35 Million Settlement With Leasing Company Tempoe, LLC
DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 13 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Attorney General Jennings announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe's advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation. The multistate investigation--which included 41 states and the District of Columbia--revealed that Tempoe's marketing and sales practices often misled consumers to believe they we  more

Ohio Wesleyan University: Rooting For Answers
DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Wesleyan Professor Contributes to New Plant-Gravity Research Published in Nature Plants Journal * * * Ideas sowed by Ohio Wesleyan University professor Chris Wolverton more than a decade ago have contributed to a group of international scientists making breakthroughs in understanding how plant roots respond to gravity. Their work, published in the latest edition of the online journal   more

OverDrive: Delaware Students Read Over One Million Digital Books Through Statewide Program
DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 15 -- OverDrive, a company that says it delivers a digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and other content through apps, issued the following news release: Thanks to a statewide initiative to supply digital books to all students in Delaware, educators are embracing the use of ebooks and audiobooks in the classroom. Today, the Delaware Department of Education announced that students throughout the state have read a total of one million digital books in the Sora   more

Simpson Thacher Secures Win for Bumble in Litigation Over Shareholder Voting Structure
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a law firm, issued the following news: Simpson Thacher successfully secured a motion for summary judgement in a case brought against Bumble Inc. ("Bumble"), Whitney Wolfe Herd and Blackstone by Kristyn Colon on behalf of similarly situated Class A shareholders. The Plaintiff challenged the legality of certain stockholder voting right provisions in Bumble's corporate charter. On September 12, 2023, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delawa  more

University of Delaware: A Global Health Problem
DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Delaware issued the following news: * * * New research shows 25 HPV types circulating in Nigeria, necessitating new region-specific vaccines * * * Researchers in the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences are playing a pivotal role on the global health stage as they investigate the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. Centers for Disease Control statistic  more

Westminster College: Wind Ensemble Selected to Perform at CBDNA Regional Conference
NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16 -- Westminster College issued the following news: The Westminster College Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Eastern Regional Conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in February 2024. Chosen through a blind selection process, Westminster's 40-member Wind Ensemble is one of only six bands invited to perform at the conference. Other ensembles performing are from Penn State Universit  more