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AstraZeneca to advance haematology cell therapy
The new acquisition grants AstraZeneca rights to a new CAR-T cell therapy with a differentiated manufacturing process that could provide a potential best-in-class blood cancer treatment.
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Year in review: EPR’s top stories of 2023
EPR wraps up the year with a selection of top stories from 2023, highlighting key trends and topics such as environmental monitoring (EM), quality (QA/QC), manufacturing, regulation and clinical development.
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy reduces depressive symptoms in cancer patients
Results from a Phase II clinical trial indicate that psilocybin-assisted therapy could benefit individuals with cancer and major depression.
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GSK immuno-oncology treatment achieves novel EU approval
The EC’s approval of the immuno-oncology treatment “will define a new standard of care for certain patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in the EU,” says principal investigator of the RUBY trial.
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Antibody-immunotherapy combination shows promise in lung cancer
A study evaluating the combination of a PD1 inhibitor with dupilumab enabled one out of six lung cancer patients to achieve a near-complete clinical response two months post-treatment, a paper states.
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Phase III data for novel telomerase inhibitor released
Currently, imetelstat is being reviewed by the FDA and EMA for the treatment of transfusion-dependent anaemia in adults with lower risk MDS.
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AbbVie agrees $10 billion oncology acquisition
Under its proposed acquisition of ImmunoGen, AbbVie will gain rights to ELAHERE®, the first antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) approved in ovarian cancer.
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Ferring reveals long-term data for cancer gene therapy
New data from a Phase III gene therapy trial has demonstrated a 90 percent three-year overall survival rate for its participants with a high-risk bladder cancer.
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New Amgen immunotherapy could treat common solid tumour
With demonstrated benefit in anti-tumour activity and overall survival in patients with small cell lung cancer, Tarlatamab could provide a new third-line option, a Phase II study suggests.
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Boehringer Ingelheim to advance bacterial cancer therapeutics
Through a new acquisition, Boehringer Ingelheim will have rights to a platform that enables the design of immuno-oncology combination therapies in one single agent.
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EC approves first-line ovarian cancer treatment
A Phase III trial evaluating rucaparib demonstrated that it significantly improved progression-free survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer, regardless of their BRCA mutation status.
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BRUKINSA® granted significant EU approval in follicular lymphoma
The first and only Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor approved for follicular lymphoma in the EU, now has the broadest label of any medicine in its class globally.
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Advancing clinical development in haematology oncology
Newly appointed Vice President of Medical Affairs, Europe at BeiGene, Dr Jan-Henrik Terwey, provides exclusive insight on clinical development in the haematology/oncology space, and highlights significant data for its BCL-2 inhibitor, sonrotoclax.
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CHMP recommends new immunotherapy delivery method
If approved, Roche’s Tecentriq subcutaneous (SC) would be the EU’s first injectable PD-(L)1 cancer immunotherapy.
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Gilead reveals positive data for potential first-line adenocarcinoma treatment
The only Fc-silent anti- T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) antibody in Phase III for upper GI adenocarcinomas could be the first to market for these cancers.
