On Thursday, Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:KITE)’s shares declined -0.15% to $54.45.
Moffitt Cancer Center has treated the first patient nationally in Kite Pharma’s (KITE) Phase 1/2 clinical trial of KTE-C19. The trial comprises an investigational therapy for patients with refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL).
KTE-C19 is an investigational therapy in which a patient’s T cells are genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) designed to target the antigen CD19, a protein expressed on the cell surface of B-cell lymphomas and leukemias.
Trial sponsor, Kite Pharma, Inc., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of novel cancer immunotherapy products, with a primary focus on engineered autologous T-cell therapy (eACTTM) designed to restore the immune system’s ability to recognize and eradicate tumors.
Kite Pharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of novel cancer immunotherapy products. The company is developing a pipeline of engineered autologous cell therapy-based product candidates for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies.
Sierra Wireless, Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:SWIR)’s shares dropped -4.50% to $29.06.
Sierra Wireless, Inc. (USA) (SWIR) declared a new milestone in its partnershipwith PSA Peugeot Citroën, with a next-generation design win for Sierra Wireless using AirPrime® AR Series smart automotive modules, the Legato™ platform, and the AirVantage® cloud.
PSA Peugeot Citroën, which has been a Sierra Wireless customer since 2001, has connected more than 1.6 million vehicles. Since the introduction of their in-vehicle emergency notification systems in 2003, Peugeot, Citroën and DS vehicles have sent more than 13,000 alerts to emergency services operating in 17 European countries.
With its next generation of connected cars, PSA will utilize Sierra Wireless device-to-cloud technology to expand from emergency notification into additional value-added connected services for its customers. These additional services are enabled through the Legato platform, which provides an application framework and development environment that allows third-party applications to be built and hosted directly on the wireless module. With integrated AirVantage cloud service, these applications can be securely downloaded and updated remotely over the air. This next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) solution will start to reach the market within PSA’s 2017 models.
Sierra Wireless, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, provides cellular wireless solutions to the machine-to-machine (M2M) and connected device markets in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Solutions and Enterprise Solutions.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY)‘s shares dipped -0.70% to $63.96.
Royal Bank of Canada (RY) declared a donation of $85,000 to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to support the MacArthur Meadow Project (a partnership effort of the Parks Conservancy and the Presidio Trust). This RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant will assist fund the restoration efforts of a large, contiguous freshwater wet meadow and associated uplanned riparian habitat at the edge of the highly urbanized San Francisco peninsula. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy was selected from hundreds of applicants from around the world, based on its commitment to addressing water issues and protecting water in urbanized areas.
The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust, and National Park Service are partners in protecting and restoring the 80,000-acre Golden Gate National Parks, which comprise the Presidio. For over a decade, this partnership has been working to restore the Tennessee Hollow Watershed—the largest watershed in the Presidio—from its headwaters near Inspiration Point to where it drains to Crissy Marsh and the San Francisco Bay. The restoration of MacArthur Meadow, located at the midpoint of the watershed, will complete a key gap in the overall multi-year effort.
Royal Bank of Canada, together with its auxiliaries, operates as a diversified financial service company worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Personal & Commercial Banking, Wealth Administration, Insurance, Investor & Treasury Services, and Capital Markets.
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HA), ended its Thursday’s trading session with -1.76% loss, and closed at $23.40.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a partner of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (HA), has declared its system-wide traffic statistics for the month of May and year to date.
Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 11 years (2004-2014) as stated by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai’i.
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., through its partner, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., engages in the planned air transportation of passengers and cargo. It offers daily services on North America routes between the state of Hawaii and Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington, in addition to daily services on its neighbor island routes among the four major islands of the state of Hawaii.
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