As the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting presents many clinical trial updates, there appears to be a theme: access to drugs and pricing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab, injection for intravenous use) for the adjuvant treatment of completely resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer with residual pathologic disease in patients who have received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
U.S. FDA Approves Opdivo in Combination with Chemotherapy for Advanced or Metastatic Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Approvals, Chemotherapy, Esophageal Cancer, FDA, Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma, Immunotherapies, TherapeuticsU.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Opdivo®(nivolumab) in Combination with Chemotherapy for Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma — Opdivo is the first […]
Bristol Myers Squibb announced topline data from the Phase III CheckMate -648 trial on April 8, with positive results in esophageal cancer.
Bristol Myers Squibb announced positive data from two separate Phase III clinical trials of the company’s checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab).
Top 200 Medicines Annual Report: Climbing Mount Humira
Analysts, August 2020, Autoimmune Diseases, Biologics, Blockbusters, Checkpoint Inhibitors, Chemotherapy, FDA, Healthcare Physicians, Human Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibody, Immuno-oncology, Issue Archives, Med Ad News, Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus, Multiple myeloma, Oncology, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, Therapeutics, Top 200 MedicinesWhile Humira remains the best-selling prescription product worldwide, Keytruda has risen to the No. 2 global rank and is on track to eventually claim the top spot.
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 approved the anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda as a monotherapy for patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus whose tumors express PD-L1 with disease progression after one or more previous lines of systemic therapy.
Lumicell Inc. provided an update on the company’s development strategy for its LUM system pipeline including plans to initiate its pivotal trial in breast cancer as well as expansion of its clinical studies in four other solid tumor cancers.