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NICE recommends pembrolizumab for breast cancer
Pembrolizumab is positively recommended for triple-negative early breast cancer, according to NICE final draft guidance.
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Solving the taxing problems of taxanes?
4 November 2022 | By
Could the new wave of taxane chemotherapies succeed where traditional chemotherapies have failed? Colin Freund, Chief Executive Officer of Modra Pharmaceuticals, reveals the benefits of this emerging generation of anticancer treatment.
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EMA validates AbbVie lymphoma bispecific antibody application
AbbVie's marketing application for epcoritamab in adults with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma has been validated by the European Medicines Agency.
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Serplulimab increases survival in small cell lung cancer patients
Hansizhuang (serplulimab), the world's first anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), enhanced survival rates compared to chemotherapy, and is projected to be the leading immunotherapy for the disease in the next five years.
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CAR-T therapy safe for relapsed or refractory T-cell malignancies, finds study
A Phase I trial revealed that Bioheng Biotech’s chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy drug RD13-01 was safe for use and that it could reduce malignant tumours.
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Actualising the power of antibody-drug conjugates as cancer therapeutics
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are designed to be highly-targeted therapies with the potential to maximise the potency of a treatment while reducing unwanted side effects on healthy tissues. Some 20 years after the first ADC product approval, Dominik Schumacher and Jonas Helma-Smets of Tubulis GmbH discuss how improved and optimised technologies…
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Biohybrid microrobots could be effective cancer drug delivery systems
A new study demonstrates the design and potential of adding artificial components to bacteria to enable tumour targeted drug release and immune activation.
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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients
Carl Bjartmar, Chief Medical Officer at Ascelia Pharma, explores the benefits of oral therapeutic administration over intravenous chemotherapy for stomach cancer patients, highlighting improvements in efficacy and ease of use.
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Photo-responsive nanoassemblies could enable precision cancer drug delivery
Researchers demonstrate a simple system using photo-cleavable prodrugs for the precise delivery of cancer treatment in mice.
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Experimental gene therapy reverses sickle cell disease for three years
The gene therapy corrected the shape of some sickle cell patients' red blood cells and eliminated episodes of severe pain.
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Drug combination an alternative leukaemia treatment to chemotherapy
A clinical trial found that all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide is an effective treatment for acute promyelocytic leukaemia.
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Imfinzi™ improves overall survival in biliary tract cancer (BTC) patients
Imfinzi plus chemotherapy is the first immunotherapy combination to demonstrate superior clinical outcomes over standard of care for BTC.
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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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Cancer therapy influences COVID-19 vaccine response
New study finds patients receiving chemotherapy have lower COVID-19 antibody levels post-vaccination than patients receiving targeted cancer therapy.
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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.
