AbbVie’s Humira Remains Top-Selling Rx Drug for 2018
AbbVie’s Humira, the world’s top-selling prescription medicine since 2012, brought the Illinois-based company nearly $20 billion in revenue in 2018.
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Biomarker Development: Unlocking the Promise of Cancer Immune Therapy
Emboldened by 2017’s back-to-back FDA approvals of the first drugs that use genetically engineered patient immune cells – Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) to treat leukemia and Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) to combat large-B-cell lymphomas – immunotherapy researchers are continuing to revolutionizing cancer treatment. But uneven patient response rates and the side effects often associated with immunotherapies are putting high priority on accurately identifying which patients would benefit most from particular treatment options.
Opdivo Plus Low-Dose Yervoy Demonstrates Continued Survival Benefit at 30-Month Follow-up in Patients with Previously Untreated Advanced or Metastatic RCC
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced new results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -214 study, showing that therapy with Opdivo (nivolumab) plus low-dose Yervoy (ipilimumab) continued to demonstrate long-term survival benefits in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
GSK, Merck KGaA ink cancer immunotherapy deal
GlaxoSmithKline bolstered the company’s cancer drug development pipeline, agreeing to pay up to 3.7 billion euros ($4.2 billion) to Merck KGaA for the rights to a next-generation immunotherapy.
FDA Gives Merck Thumbs-Up for Two New Indications
Merck received FDA approval for new indications for the PARP inhibitor Lynparza – which is jointly developed and commercialized by AstraZeneca – and the checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda.
Roche scores clinical trial win in slowing aggressive type of breast cancer
An immunotherapy cocktail from Roche helped slow an aggressive type of breast cancer where new treatments have proven elusive.
Opdivo fails to meet lung cancer study goal
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blockbuster cancer drug Opdivo failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage trial on patients with a type of lung cancer, whose condition had relapsed after chemotherapy.
Bristol-Myers to invest in Compugen, collaborate in clinical trials
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Israel’s Compugen will collaborate in clinical trials for patients with advanced solid tumors.
Janssen Terminates Collaboration with Aduro Biotech
Janssen Biotech informed Aduro Biotech that the Johnson & Johnson company was terminating a research and license deal related to Aduro’s Listeria treatment for cancers.
U.S. and Cuba Biopharma Venture Sees Fruit in Lung Cancer Study
A Cuban-developed lung cancer treatment combined with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s anti-PDL1 Opdivo shows promise in treating patients who would not likely benefit from immune checkpoint inhibition.
R&D Cooperation Between China and Western Pharma Companies Up 70 Percent
China has become one of the most important markets for pharma companies, given the vast patient population and the rising cancer rates, and western pharmaceutical companies are making greater inroads there.
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