Cancer
Prototype skin implant signals cancer by forming a visible mole
April 20, 2018Medical Communications Cancer, device, implant, medtech, pharma
Researchers working with Professor Martin Fussenegger at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel have …
AZ’s Tagrisso gets FDA nod in first-line EGFR-mutated lung cancer
April 19, 2018Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, EGFR-TKIs, NSCLC, Tagrisso, lung cancer, pharma
AstraZeneca has announced that its epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Tagrisso (osimertinib) has received approval from …
BMS’ Opdivo+Yervoy combo secures FDA approval in kidney cancer
April 18, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol Myers Swuibb, Cancer, FDA, Yervoy, carcinoma, opdivo, pharma
The FDA has announced its approval of a combination of Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab), both products from Bristol Myers …
Keytruda success continues, beating Opdivo in lung cancer survival
April 17, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, MSD, NSCLC, keytruda, lung cancer, pharma
Not content with revealing two strong waves of data on its flagship immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) over the past weeks, MSD …
Keytruda continues success with new Phase 3 data in adjuvant melanoma
April 16, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MSD, keytruda, melanoma, pharma, skinc cancer
MSD has revealed new efficacy data for Keytruda (permbrolizumab) as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of resected, high-risk stage …
Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week
April 13, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Cancer, Humira, Mylan, Novartis, Shire, Takeda, Teva, acquisition, cystic fibrosis, hepatitis C, pharma, top ten
It’s Friday the 13th, but that doesn’t change a strong showing from the industry this week as it continued to …
Hanmi terminates lung cancer drug after being muscled out by AZ’s Tagrisso
April 13, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Otila, Tagrisso, hanmi, lung cancer, pharma
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical has announced its intention to terminate development of its lung cancer drug Olita (olmutinib) as it …
Pfizer shuts down kidney cancer drug trial due to “futility”
April 11, 2018Research and Development Cancer, Kidney cancer, Pfizer, inlyta, pharma
Pfizer has revealed that it has shut down a trial of its vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor Inlyta (axitinib) …
Keytruda scores big as a first-line monotherapy in NSCLC patients with any level of PD-L1 expression
April 10, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, MSD, NSCLC, keytruda, lung cancer, pharma
Closely following the news that Keytruda (pembrolizumab) had failed in the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma as a combination …
Looking to the future of oncology
April 9, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CAR T, CAR-T, Cancer, feature, oncology, pharma
The oncology field moves so quickly that it can be hard to keep track of the latest innovations. Ben Hargreaves …
Almost 40% of UK prostate cancer cases are diagnosed late, according to report
April 9, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, UK, pharma, prostate cancer
A report conducted by charity Orchid has revealed a “worrying trend” in the treatment of prostate cancer, indicating that as …
J&J pays out $37m in damages over claims its talc contains asbestos
April 6, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, pharma, talc
Bad news for Johnson & Johnson as it emerges that the US pharma giant has been ordered to pay out …
Boehringer teams up with OSE in €1.1 billion cancer drug partnership
April 5, 2018Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, OSE Immunotherapeutics, partnership, pharma
Boehringer Ingelheim and biotech firm OSE Immunotherapeutics have announced that they have entered an exclusive collaboration and license agreement to …
Twin-drug combo effectively shrinks lung cancers by blocking their “escape route”
April 4, 2018Research and Development Cancer, epidermal growth factor, lung cancer, pharma, tumour necrosis factor
A study conducted by researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center has revealed that a combination of two specific drug …
Patient experience: Living with ovarian cancer
April 3, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Ingrid Copperman, feature, ovarian cancer, patient experience, pharma
Ingrid Copperman recounts the many ways she has dealt with her diagnosis, as well as how the power of social …
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