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NICE does not recommend tucatinib in new draft guidance
The UK regulator concluded that breast cancer patients taking tucatinib live longer, but it is unclear how long for and whether it is cost effective.
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Opdivo® approved in Europe to treat a range of cancers
Opdivo® (nivolumab) has been approved by the European Commission for gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), or oesophageal adenocarcinoma.
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Interferon treatment reduces leukaemia recurrence by 20 percent
Interferon treatment with a bone marrow transplant bolstered outcomes for patients with advanced, high-risk leukaemia.
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Imfinzi™ improves liver cancer survival in Phase III trial
Imfinzi (durvalumab) demonstrated a meaningful overall survival (OS) benefit versus sorafenib as a first-line treatment for liver cancer.
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FDA awards 11 grants for rare disease treatment developments
The FDA has awarded 11 grants equating to about $25 million of funding to clinical trials for the development of rare disease treatments.
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Ultrasound delivers antibody therapy for HER2-positive brain metastasis
MR-guided focused ultrasound safely delivered antibody therapy to breast cancer that has metastasised to the brain in Phase I study.
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Lumakras™ displays positive results in Phase Ib cancer study
Lumakras™ (sotorasib) demonstrated effective response rates against non-small cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer in Phase Ib trial.
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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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Enhertu HER2-directed cancer treatment: key trials and results
EPR's Anna Begley reviews some of the latest results for AstraZeneca’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) HER2-directed cancer therapy.
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First patient dosed with BioNTech’s mRNA-based immunotherapy
BioNTech expands clinical oncology portfolio with first patient dosed in Phase II trial of mRNA-based vaccine for colorectal cancer.
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Radionuclide therapy a promising option to treat HER2 breast cancer
The radionuclide treatment combines radioactive iodine therapy with single-domain antibodies to target the HER2 antigen.
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Taletrectinib displays 90.5 percent objective response rate in NSCLC
Innovent Biologics and AnHeart Therapeutics jointly announced the interim clinical data from a Phase II trial (TRUST) evaluating taletrectinib (AB-106), an investigational next-generation ROS1/NTRK inhibitor in ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data was announced at the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) 2021. Taletrectinib is an investigational next-generation…
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Lynparza® with abiraterone delays prostate cancer progression
Lynparza with abiraterone is the first PARP inhibitor to demonstrate clinical benefit in combination with a hormonal agent in this setting.
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Xtandi® reduces prostate cancer death risk by 34 percent
Xtandi reduced the risk of death by 34 percent in men with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer in a Phase III study.
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Imfinzi™ plus chemotherapy triples small cell lung cancer survival
Roughly 17.6 percent of patients treated with Imfinzi plus chemotherapy were alive at three years, versus 5.8 percent of chemotherapy patients.
