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CHMP meeting highlights – May 2023
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended two new medicines for approval in its May meeting, including a neurosteroid for epileptic seizures.
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New recognition routes to fast-track UK medicine access
New recognition routes will facilitate faster and safer access to innovative medicines through seven international partners, according to the UK’s MHRA.
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Survey reports untapped potential for UK clinical trials
With the UK Government’s clinical trials landscape independent review expected, a survey has identified “huge untapped potential for trial recruitment”.
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Intratumoural viral delivery improves glioblastoma survival
“Injecting a virus into a patient’s brain tumour” combined with immunotherapy improved glioblastoma survival outcomes in a clinical trial.
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Could personalised mRNA vaccine be first for cancer?
Half of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients given a personalised mRNA neoantigen vaccine experienced delayed recurrence 18 months post-vaccination.
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$1.7b acquisition to develop rare haematology therapy
When CTI BioPharma is acquired by Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi), the companies intend to advance an oral kinase inhibitor treatment for a rare haematological disease.
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Can GLP-1 obesity therapy restore NK cell function?
Irish researchers have shown that GLP-1 treatment can restore natural anti-cancer immunity via NK cells in people with obesity.
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Transforming oncology with antibody therapeutics
Martin Vogel, Therapeutic Area Lead for Oncology, Janssen EMEA, discusses the potential of bispecific monoclonal antibodies like amivantamab to address unmet needs in advanced non-small cell lung cancer treatment.
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European Commission approves CAR T therapy for lymphoma
CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy Breyanzi has been approved by the European Commission (EC) based on significant results from a lymphoma Phase III trial.
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Novel device opens blood-brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy
A novel ultrasound technique opened the blood-brain barrier to successfully deliver chemotherapy to glioblastoma patients in a first-in-human trial.
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Why R&D innovation holds the key to greater patient impact
How can innovation in clinical trials drive greater patient impact? BeiGene’s Dr Nils Eckardt and Dr Mieke Borgs highlight how novel systems and ways of working can support the delivery of high-quality medicines faster and more efficiently, helping to deliver greater and faster patient access in Europe.
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Bristol Myers Squibb boosts CAR T therapy manufacturing capabilities
Securing in-house viral vector production capabilities in the US is set to help Bristol Myers Squibb manufacture its two CAR T-cell therapies.
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Monoclonal antibody combination treatment given NICE approval
Shown to increase myeloma remission times by more than two years, a combination treatment that uses a monoclonal antibody has been approved by NICE.
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Yescarta® demonstrates promising European manufacturing experience
In newly published analysis, Kite's CAR T-cell therapy delivered a reduced median European manufacturing turnaround time for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients.
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NICE recommends therapy duo for advanced leukaemia
Janssen states Imbruvica® plus venetoclax will provide "a much-needed new treatment option" for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
