UK grants marketing authorisation to “landmark” breast cancer therapy
Seagen's Tukysa® (tucatinib) was approved in the UK as part of a combination regimen for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
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Seagen's Tukysa® (tucatinib) was approved in the UK as part of a combination regimen for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
Study shows most non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients who achieve a remission lasting one year remain in remission for five years after receiving Novartis’ Kymriah™.
In this article, European Pharmaceutical Review’s Hannah Balfour discusses how COVID-19 has impacted the pharma industry with regard to cancer clinical trial and treatment disruptions.
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.
The trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of Ultimovacs’ prostate cancer-specific therapeutic TET-based vaccine.
The emergence of CAR T-cell therapies has ignited a revolution in the field of cancer treatments. While existing products show outstanding curative capability, they are hampered by significant clinical and commercial challenges, many of which stem from their manufacturing process. Maciej Nakoniecznik discusses how a combination of biological and technological advances…
The OlympiA trial will conduct its primary analysis early, after the Independent Data Monitoring Committee found it met its primary endpoint in BRCA mutated early breast cancer patients.
The UK has conditionally approved Enhertu® (trastuzumab deruxtecan) as a monotherapy for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic HER2 positive breast cancer based on Phase II trial results.
Studies suggest there are better treatment options than sunitinib for kidney cancers; cabozantinib in metastatic papillary kidney cancer and lenvatinib/pembrolizumab for renal cell carcinoma.
Co-injecting doxorubicin with LATTE, a novel ionic liquid formulation, resulted in uniform chemotherapy delivery and successful ablation in solid tumours.
In the Phase III ACIS study, prostate cancer patients treated with a combination of Erleada® and Zytiga® plus prednisone were less likely to die than participants receiving Zytiga and prednisone.
Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) was approved on the 54 percent complete remission rate achieved in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma trials.
Pembrolizumab with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy has been recommended by NICE to treat non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer.
In a Phase II trial, sotorasib was shown to be effective against pre-treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The European Commission approval makes KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) the first anti-PD-1 therapy approved for metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer patients in Europe.