AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s breast cancer therapeutic Enhertu received supplemental approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Enhertu was approved for treating adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received a prior anti-HER2-based regimen either in the metastatic setting or in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting and have developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing therapy.
Novartis announced positive news for patients with metastatic breast cancer. New data showed Kisqali (ribociclib), in combination with the chemotherapy drug fulvestrant, added nearly 16 months of survival benefit to the lives of patients compared to fulvestrant alone.
A collaboration between Gilead Sciences and Dragonfly Therapeutics was announced May 2, with an end goal of bringing Dragonfly’s DF7001 natural killer (NK) engager program designed for patients with cancer or inflammatory diseases to fruition.
Apotex Corp. announced April 12 the company’s release of Paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injection (albumin-bound), a generic version of Abraxane in the United States.
A new study from France counters conventional understandings regarding artificial sweeteners and their relationship with cancer.
Sanofi’s shares slid 5 percent on March 14 after a product candidate to fight a common type of breast cancer failed to slow progression of the disease in a clinical trial, knocking confidence in the French drugmaker’s drug development prowess.
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co. Inc. announced Lynparza (olaparib) was approved in the United States for the adjuvant treatment of patients with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy either before or after surgery.
Gilead Sciences is letting go of 114 employees based out of the company’s Morris Plains, New Jersey facility following an underwhelming response to the results reaped so far from the $21 billion acquisition of Immunomedics in 2020, according to BioSpace.
A late-stage study of Gilead Sciences’ antibody-drug conjugate Trodelvy shows promise in slowing disease progression in some of the most common forms of breast cancer.
AstraZeneca said the company’s Enhertu cancer drug has been shown to significantly help women suffering from a type of breast cancer that leaves them with poor treatment options, opening the door to a much larger potential patient group.
