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Roche’s breast, lung cancer offerings fail to impress at ASCO

June 4, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, Roche, breast cancer, lung cancer, pharma, taselisib, tecentriq

Roche made an underwhelming impact at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual event in Chicago, after revealing data …

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EMA’s CHMP backs Roche’s Perjeta combo in HER2-positive breast cancer

April 30, 2018
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Herceptin, Perjeta, Roche, breast cancer, pharma

Roche’s Perjeta has edged one step closer to approval as a combo therapy after the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products …

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Promising drug for hormone therapy-resistant breast cancer enters human trials

March 22, 2018
Research and Development TTC-352, breast cancer, chicago, pharma

A team of researchers at Chicago’s University of Illinois (UIC) have revealed that their promising drug which could prove an …

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FDA authorises first direct-to-consumer test for BRCA mutations, with caveats

March 6, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, BRCA, Cancer, FDA, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, pharma

The FDA has given its authorisation to the first ever direct-to-consumer (DTC) test to identify three BRCA gene mutations which …

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Blood test could predict treatment effectiveness months earlier in breast cancer

March 6, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, ICR, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, breast cancer, palbociclib, pharma

A team of scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research in London and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have …

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FDA expands indication of Lilly’s Verzenio in advanced breast cancer

February 27, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eli Lilly, FDA, Verzenio, breast cancer, pharma

Eli Lilly is celebrating the news that its cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4 & 6 inhibitor Verzenio (ademaciclib) has received approval …

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Abbott teams up with Angle for metastatic breast cancer study

February 6, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Abbott, Angle, Cancer, breast cancer, pharma

Abbott is set to join forces with liquid biopsy medtech firm Angle to collaborate on a study into metastatic breast …

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UK breast cancer mortality falls 10% over five years, overtaken by prostate deaths for first time

February 5, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Research UK, breast cancer, pharma, prostate cancer

Breast cancer deaths in the UK have fallen by 10% in the past five years, according to research released by …

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UK charity Breast Cancer Care receives £655,000 cash injection to expand end-of-treatment app

January 31, 2018
Research and Development Breast Cancer Care, National lottery, UK, breast cancer, charity, pharma

UK charity Breast Cancer Care (BCC) is set to expand the development of its end-of-treatment support app after receiving a …

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AZ and MSD’s Lynparza becomes first PARP inhibitor approved in US for metastatic breast cancer

January 15, 2018
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, FDA, MSD, breast cancer, lynparza, pharma

The FDA has announced that it has awarded marketing authorisation in the US to Lynparza (olaparib), a poly ADP-ribose polymerase …

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FDA grants breast cancer approval to Roche’s Perjeta/Herceptin combo therapy

December 21, 2017
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Herceptin, Perjeta, Roche, breast cancer, pharma

Roche has announced that the FDA has granted approval to Perjeta (pertuzumab) in combination with Herceptin (trastuzumab) and a (Perjeta-based) …

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University of Virginia researchers identify new target in triple-negative breast cancer

November 28, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development University of Virginia, breast cancer, pharma, triple-negative breast cancer

Researchers at the University of Virginia claim they have discovered a new target for triple-negative breast cancer, a notoriously aggressive …

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NICE refuses Eisai’s breast cancer drug in new indication

November 28, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eisai, Halaven, NICE, breast cancer, pharma

NICE has announced that it has rejected Eisai’s Halaven (eribulin) through draft guidance advising not to use the drug in …

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Obesity leads to larger, harder-to-detect tumours in breast cancer, study finds

November 21, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, breast cancer, pharma

A study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute has indicated that cancerous tumours in overweight women are likely to be larger and …

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Breast cancer recurrence can occur up to 20 years after treatment, report shows

November 10, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, breast cancer, pharma, tamoxifen

New findings from the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group have demonstrated that oestrogen receptor-positive (ER-positive) breast cancer is able …

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