Vaccinating nine in 10 girls under the age of 15 years against cervical cancer, and improved screening and treatment of women could reduce infections by 40% and save 5 million lives by 2050, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Routine medical tests critical for detecting and monitoring cancer and other conditions plummeted in the United States since mid-March, as the coronavirus spread and public officials urged residents to stay home, according to a new report by Komodo Health.
Top 200 Medicines Annual Report 2019: The king of medicines
Ankylosing Spondylitits, August 2019, Autoimmune Diseases, Biologics, Biosimilars, Blockbusters, Cervical Cancer, Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, Crohn's Disease, Esophageal Cancer, Forecasts, Gastric Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hidradenitis suppurativa, Issue Archives, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Market exclusivity, Melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma (mUC), Microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) cancer, Monoclonal Antibodies, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Plaque Psoriasis, Primary lediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, Product Launches, Psoriatic Arthritis, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Therapeutics, Top 200 Medicines, Ulcerative Colitis, UveitisHumira’s dominance continues as the world’s top-selling prescription product as the biologic therapy is the first drug to exceed $20 billion in annual global sales.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed Princeton, N.J.-based Advaxis’ Phase III clinical trial of axalimogene filolisbac (AXAL) in advanced cervical cancer on partial clinical hold.
Cancer deaths to rise to 9.6 million in 2018
Aging, Cancer, Cancer Deaths, Cervical Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Deaths, Diet, Europe, Human Papillomavirus Vaccinations, Infections, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lung Cancer, Poverty, R&D, Smoking, Stomach Cancer, Surveys, WHO, World Health OrganizationCancer will claim the lives of 9.6 million people in 2018, accounting for one in eight of all deaths among men and one in 11 among women, the WHO’s cancer research agency said.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V. announced a clinical collaboration to advance ISA101, an immunotherapy targeting human papillomavirus type 16-induced cancer, in combination with the PD-1 antibody cemiplimab (REGN2810).
Amgen, in partnership with Allergan, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its biosimilar for Genentech’s Avastin. The biosimilar Mvasi (bevacizumab-awwb) was approved for a broad swath of cancer indications.
2017 Annual Report – Top 200 Medicines: Humira Remains Atop The Throne
Analysts, August 2017, Autoimmune Diseases, Autoimmune Disorders, Biologics, Biosimilars, Blockbusters, Blood Cancers, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Forecasts, Forecasts, Gastroenterology, Hepatitis C, Immunology, Inflammatory Diseases, Japan, Kidney Cancer, Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL), Multiple Myeloma, Ovarian Cancer, Pneumococcal Disease, Pneumonia, Relapsed Glioblastoma, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatology, Special Reports, Therapeutics, Top 200 Medicines, Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Inhibitors, Ulcerative Colitis, Vaccines, VasculitisAbbVie’s biologic therapy Humira for autoimmune disorders continues to dominate the sales landscape; Gilead’s once-daily hepatitis C treatment Harvoni in 2016 repeated its performance as the world’s second-best-selling prescription medicine.
2016 Annual Report: Top 200 Medicines
Angiogenesis, August 2016, Autoimmune Diseases, Autoimmune Disorders, Biologics, Biosimilars, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Diabetes, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Hepatitis C, Inflammatory Diseases, Kidney Cancer, Launches, Lung Cancer, Monoclonal Antibodies, Oncology, Ovarian Cancer, Patents, Plaque Psoriasis, Product Launches, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sales, Special Reports, Therapeutics, Ulcerative ColitisAbbVie’s biologic therapy Humira for autoimmune diseases was the worldwide prescription-drug sales leader in 2015 for the fourth consecutive calendar term.
The China Food and Drug Administration has approved GSK’s human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix for use in the country to help women fight cervical cancer.