EC approves Opdivo for treatment of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
The European Commission has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after studies showed its clinical benefits compared to chemotherapy alone.
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The European Commission has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after studies showed its clinical benefits compared to chemotherapy alone.
The trial will evaluate if the long-acting monoclonal antibody cocktail, AZD7442, can prevent COVID-19 in patients who cannot be vaccinated.
The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is based on a trial in which casirivimab and imdevimab reduced hospitalisations in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients.
The neutralising antibody therapy bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) is authorised for emergency use in recently diagnosed patients who are at risk of developing severe COVID-19.
The clinical trial testing the REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail should be altered, according to the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC).
Eli Lilly will provide the US government with vials of its COVID-19 antibody therapy bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) if the treatment is granted Emergency Use Authorisation.
NICE has recommended pembrolizumab for the treatment of metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Researchers have developed a monoclonal antibody called AR-711 that is highly neutralising against COVID-19 in an inhaled formulation.
The adaptive ACTIV-5/BET study will test two monoclonal antibody therapies in hospitalised COVID-19 patients to establish if they warrant larger clinical trials.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn) for the treatment of Zaire ebolavirus infection in adults and children.
Celltrion Group's CT-P59 antibody will be tested as a COVID-19 prophylactic in a Phase III clinical trial.
The US government will develop and manufacture AstraZeneca’s investigational monoclonal antibody cocktail, AZD7442, a potential prophylactic treatment for COVID-19.
Eli Lilly has given an update on its neutralising antibody programmes, including its combination therapy in patients with COVID-19.
REGN-COV2 will be evaluated alongside standard-of-care in a Phase III study as part of the COVID-19 RECOVERY trial.
A first-in-human Phase I clinical trial of potential COVID-19 antibody CT-P59 has shown the treatment is well tolerated in healthy subjects.