An experimental Amgen Inc. drug that targets a specific genetic mutation shrank tumors in 32% of advanced lung cancer patients and 7% of those with colon cancer, according to data from an early-stage trial.
Bristol Myers’ Opdivo with Exelixis drug cuts kidney cancer death risk: study
Analysts, Blockbusters, Clinical Data, Clinical Trials, Combination Therapies, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Immunotherapies, Kidney Cancer, Progression-Free Survival (PFS), R&D, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Researchers, TherapeuticsBristol Myers’ Opdivo with Exelixis drug cuts kidney cancer death risk: study NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bristol Myers Squibb Co’s cancer immunotherapy Opdivo in combination with Exelixis Inc’s Cabometyx reduced […]
Regeneron and Sanofi broke new ground in treating advanced basal cell carcinoma with their anti-PD-1 inhibitor, Libtayo.
ESMO: Merck and AstraZeneca’s 5-Year Lynparza Data in Ovarian Cancer and More
Advanced Melanoma, Advanced Squamous Carcinoma of the Anal Canal (SCAC), Biomarkers, Blockbusters, Clinical Data, Clinical Trials, Epstein-Barr Virus, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, Platinum-Based Chemotherapy, R&D, TherapeuticsAstraZeneca and Merck announced positive five-year follow-up data from the Phase III SOLO-1 trial which demonstrated a long-term progression-free survival benefit of Lynparza as a first-line maintenance treatment in patients with newly diagnosed, advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer who were in complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy.
A rheumatoid arthritis drug developed by Genentech proved to be effective in benefitting patients who have Covid-19-associated pneumonia, according to new late-stage clinical trial data.
Somerville, Massachusetts-based Finch Therapeutics closed a $90 million Series D financing, with plans to use the funds to advance the company’s lead candidate CP101 for recurrent C. difficile infection through the final stages of clinical development and regulatory submission.
Q&A with FCB Health Network’s Fernando Fernandez
Audio-enabled devices, Branding, Brands, Clinical Data, Consumers, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), December 2020, Healthcare, Healthcare Communications Agencies, Healthcare Communications Networks, Innovation, Issue Archives, Marketing & Advertising, Pharma, Voice TechnologyFernando Fernandez, Managing Director of FCB Health Network’s BX – Brand Experience Design Group, talked to Med Ad News about how COVID-19 has changed the way people interact with brands, how branding innovations such as audio and motion identities are making their way to pharma, and other topics.
Orphazyme’s Rare Lipid Disorder Drug Gets FDA Priority Review
Accepted NDA, Clinical Data, Clinical Trials, Fast Track Designation, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Heat-Shock Proteins (HSPs), Lipid disorders, Niemann-Pick C Disease (NPC), Primary Endpoints, Priority Review Status, R&D, Rare Genetic Diseases, Secondary EndpointsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted Copenhagen, Denmark-based Orphazyme’s New Drug Application (NDA) for arimoclomol for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C.
San Francisco-based Unity Biotechnology launched a restructuring program to focus on cellular senescence in ophthalmology and neurology.
Eli Lilly announced interim proof-of-concept data from the company’s BLAZE-1 Phase II clinical trial of LY-COV555, a neutralizing antibody therapy for Covid-19.