FDA approves Cotellic plus Zelboraf in advanced melanoma
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The approval is for the treatment of people with BRAF V600E or V600K mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma...
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11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The approval is for the treatment of people with BRAF V600E or V600K mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma...
10 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The SMC also announced positive recommendations for Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab) and Daiichi Sankyo’s Lixiana (edoxaban)...
9 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Roche’s Chief Medical Officer said the results of the pivotal trials have the potential to transform the treatment of MS...
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Results from a Phase III study show that Cotellic plus Zelboraf helped people with advanced melanoma live significantly longer compared to Zelboraf alone...
29 September 2015 | By Victoria White
A pooled analysis from two Phase III studies showed a 38% reduction in risk of death in IPF patients who stayed on Esbriet treatment up to two years...
28 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Roche's study met its primary endpoint, showing treatment with ocrelizumab significantly reduced the progression of clinical disability...
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The CHMP’s recommendation is based primarily on results of a Phase III study that showed that people who received the combination of Cotellic and Zelboraf lived over a year without their disease worsening...
23 September 2015 | By Victoria White
In a Phase III study, significantly more patients who received Esbriet showed delayed progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) than those who received placebo...
21 September 2015 | By Roche
Roche announced that new Esbriet® (pirfenidone) data analyses in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) will be presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress in Amsterdam, 26-30 September 2015...
7 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The announcement follows a review that found that CDF spending would rise to around £410 million for this year - an over-spend of £70m from the budget set in April 2015...
4 September 2015 | By Victoria White
RoActemra has been recommended by NICE for the treatment of patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis whose disease has not responded to intensive therapy with a combination of cDMARDs...
4 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Breakthrough therapy designation has been granted to ACE910 for the prophylactic treatment of people with haemophilia A with factor VIII inhibitors...
27 August 2015 | By Nick Jackson
New treatment option for patients with difficult-to-treat form of skin cancer has shown improved treatment outcomes...
17 August 2015 | By Victoria White
In Roche’s large pivotal Phase II study, BIRCH, atezolizumab met its primary endpoint and shrank tumours in people with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC...
13 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, European Pharmaceutical Review
Roche has announced the acquisition of GeneWEAVE BioSciences Inc. to strengthen its offering in the field of microbiology diagnostics.