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CHMP meeting highlights – February 2025
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended approval of four new medicines plus the extension of therapeutic indications for 16 medicines.
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Targeting ovarian cancer with a novel antibody therapeutic
Christina Pelizon, International Medical Affairs Head for Oncology at AbbVie discusses the significance and impact of the European Commission’s approval last month of Elahere® (mirvetuximab soravtansine) to treat ovarian cancer.
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ADC oncology acquisition to address solid tumours
The acquisition will give Genmab worldwide rights to three clinical candidates including a potential best-in-class folate receptor alpha (FRα)-targeted ADC for ovarian cancer.
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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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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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Accelerating drug development
Here, Dave Elder explores how a ‘quick-approval, quick-withdrawal from the market’ approach is used to accelerate drug development.
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MSD and Nectin to collaborate on clinical trial for KEYTRUDA® combination
MSD/Merck and Nectin Therapeutics have agreed to collaborate on a clinical trial for KEYTRUDA® in combination with monoclonal antibody NTX1088.
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Kite to buy Tmunity, expanding its CAR T pipeline
The acquisition of Tmunity Therapeutics supports Kite’s plans to develop next generation CAR T-cell therapies for cancer.
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Solving the taxing problems of taxanes?
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Could the new wave of taxane chemotherapies succeed where traditional chemotherapies have failed? Colin Freund, Chief Executive Officer of Modra Pharmaceuticals, reveals the benefits of this emerging generation of anticancer treatment.
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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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Advancing cell therapies – γδ T cells and the combination factor
In this Q&A, Bryan Kobel, Chief Executive Officer of TC Biopharm, discusses innovations in cell therapies, introducing the company’s work in gamma delta (γδ) T-cell technologies and his predictions for the future of cell therapy development.
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Could ‘drug factory’ beads help combat cancer?
New pre-clinical testing shows interleukin producing ‘drug factory’ implants can eliminate ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice.
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FDA approves new imaging drug to identify ovarian cancer lesions
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Cytalux to help identify cancerous lesions during ovarian cancer surgery.
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Novel chemotherapeutic pro-drug approved for FIH trial in the UK
If the proof-of concept trial of AVA6000 Pro-doxorubicin is successful, it could lead to a pipeline of pro-drug chemotherapies with limited toxicity, say the drug's developers.
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Oral contraceptive pills protect against ovarian and endometrial cancer, study finds
A study has shown that the use of oral contraceptives gave women a much lower risk of developing both ovarian and endometrial cancer.
