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Immunotherapy before surgery benefits melanoma patients
In a Phase II trial, immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab significantly lowered the risk of recurrence for stage III-IV melanoma patients when given before and after surgery.
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mRNA vaccine plus KEYTRUDA® improve melanoma survival
An mRNA vaccine plus KEYTRUDA® significantly improved recurrence-free survival in a Phase II trial for advanced melanoma patients.
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Live from CPhI: ‘Gut microbiome therapy to be approved in the next two years’
The promise of microbiome-based therapeutics is rapidly progressing towards real world applications as treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile using faecal microbiota transplant edges towards a BLA.
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GM herpes virus fights advanced cancers
A Phase I trial showed early potential in using a genetically engineered herpes virus to combat advanced cancers that exhibited no response to immunotherapies.
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CHMP meeting highlights – July 2022
At its July meeting, the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended 11 medicines for approval and extended the indication of six more, including Imvanex for the prevention of monkeypox.
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Merck’s Keytruda®: update on trials and outcomes
EPR’s Anna Begley summarises some of the key results from trials of Merck’s Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) cancer treatment.
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mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccine enters Phase II trial
BioNTech is evaluating its investigational therapeutic mRNA-based cancer vaccine, BNT111, in combination with Libtayo® (cemiplimab) for the treatment of melanoma.
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Novel cryomicroneedle patch successfully delivers therapeutic cells in mice
Researchers have developed a new generation of microneedle technology which allows for the intradermal delivery of living cells in a minimally invasive manner.
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Using albumin could facilitate vaccination by inhalation, finds pre-clinical study
MIT researchers developed and tested in mice intratracheal vaccines to protect against the vaccinia virus and the formation of lung cancer.
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NICE rules nivolumab is not cost effective for use on NHS
The regulatory body said that due to uncertainties surrounding the long-term effectiveness of nivolumab (Opdivo), its cost-effectiveness estimates are too high.
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Keytruda overtakes Opdivo in Q3 sales to reach $3.1bn
Sales of Merck’s drug Keytruda have grown beyond those of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo, to become the global leading PD-1 inhibitor.
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Top 10 drugs by annual revenue in 2025
Researchers have revealed the top 10 drugs by annual revenue in 2025. Here, we investigate the indications that necessitate these treatments and the delivery systems they employ.
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Lipid nanoparticles used to deliver RNA in vaccines
Researchers have developed a series of lipid nanoparticles, which encapsulate RNA, for effective and improved vaccine delivery.
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Immunotherapy using tumour infiltrating lymphocytes for metastatic cancer
A novel approach to immunotherapy developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has led to the complete regression of breast cancer in a patient who was unresponsive to all other treatments.
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New cancer immunotherapy drugs rapidly reach patients after approval
The majority of patients eligible for cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors received treatment within a few months of FDA approval, according to a new Yale-led study.
