Roche announced promising results for the company’s anti-TIGIT checkpoint inhibitor tiragolumab in PD-L1-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
Novartis said on Oct. 25 the company’s canakinumab drug failed in another clinical trial, missing targets to improve overall survival rates for lung cancer patients and prevent the progression-free survival of people with the condition.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not approve Polarean Imaging’s application for a new drug-device combination product, sending the company’s shares tumbling 60 percent.
Germany’s Merck KGaA and Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday ended their collaboration on the cancer treatment bintrafusp alfa, once seen as one of Merck’s most promising experimental drugs.
Merck & Co. is buying Acceleron Pharma Inc. for about $11.5 billion, broadening the company’s portfolio beyond the aging cancer drug Keytruda with potential treatments that could bring in fresh revenue.
Companies presented very promising data for treating lung cancer at European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021.
The United States Food and Drugs Administration granted a priority review for Roche’s Tecentriq treatment for people suffering with early, non-small-cell lung cancer, the Swiss company said on Aug. 3.
In a roundup of scientific studies on the novel coronavirus, new findings shed light on why chronic lung diseases that block the airways increase patients’ risks for severe Covid-19 and researchers say the blood disorder anemia should probably be added to the list of risk factors for poorer Covid-19 outcomes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval of Janssen’s Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech’s Actemra (tocilizumab) for slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adults with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
