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Lilly teams up with CureVac in $1.8 billion cancer vaccine partnership

October 19, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, CureVac, Eli Lilly, Vaccine

Eli Lilly has announced it is to partner up with CureVac to leverage its proprietary RNActive technology in order to …

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First-ever study in the personalised treatment of rare cancers brings promising results

October 18, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, Cancer Research UK, personalised medicine, pharma, rare cancer

The first-ever trial to treat patients for rare cancers in a personalised manner based on the characteristics of their individual …

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AstraZeneca lung cancer drug proves able to shrink EGFR mutation-positive tumours

October 17, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Chi-Med, lung cancer, pharma, savolitinib

AstraZeneca and its partner Hutchison China MedTech, also known as Chi-Med, have announced positive data for savolitinib in combination with …

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EMA responds to criticism of its cancer drug approvals

October 17, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Cancer, EMA, biotech, drugs, oncology, pharma, pharmaceutical

The EMA received a broadside just less than two week ago from a group of researchers that had studied data …

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NICE gives final draft guidance on two key cancer drugs

October 12, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bayer, CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Erivedge, NICE, Roche, Stivarga

NICE has announced it has published its final draft guidance for two cancer treatments, covering Bayer’s Stivarga (regorafenib) in the …

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Moffitt scientists discover new applications for Novartis’s Zykadia

October 11, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, Moffitt, NSCLC, ceritinib, lung cancer, zykadia

Through the use of molecular screening, functional proteomics and computer-based modelling, researchers from the Moffitt Cancer Center have been working …

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Harnessing the power of the immune system

October 9, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Research UK, immunotherapy, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Dr Áine McCarthy, Senior Science Information Officer at Cancer Research UK, discusses the latest efforts to further understand the immunotherapies …

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AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso secures Breakthrough Therapy Designation in first-line NSCLC

October 9, 2017
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, NSCLC, immunotherapy, lung cancer

AstraZeneca has announced that its targeted therapy, Tagrisso (osimertinib), has been awarded Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA for the …

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Overcoming real-world challenges to maximise the benefit of treatment for patients with multiple myeloma

October 2, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Takeda, multiple myeloma

Dr Antonio Palumbo, Distinguished Research Fellow Oncology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals addresses hwo far we’ve come in treating multiple myeloma, and how …

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FDA awards Roche priority review in HER2-positive breast cancer

October 2, 2017
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Herceptin, Perjeta, Roche, breast cancer, pharma, pharmaceutical

Roche has revealed that its monoclonal antibody Perjeta (pertuzumab) has been awarded priority review by the FDA as an adjuvant …

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Roche’s Tecentriq scores approvals in metastatic lung and bladder cancer

September 27, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, EMA, EU, European Commission, Roche, bladder cancer, immunotherapy, lung cancer, pharma, tecentriq

It’s good news for Roche as the company’s immunotherapy drug Tecentriq secures approval from the European Commission to be used …

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Merck and Pfizer’s joint skin cancer drug gets EU approval

September 21, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bavencio, Cancer, Merck, Pfizer, merkel cell carcinoma, pharma, pharmaceutical, skin canceer

Merck KGaA and Pfizer have announced that European authorisation of their jointly developed drug Bavencio (avelumab) as a monotherapy in …

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FDA approves first-ever biosimilar for cancer treatment

September 15, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Cancer, FDA, Mvasi, avastin, biosimilar

The FDA has announced the news that it has awarded approval to the first-ever biosimilar for the treatment of cancer …

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New ‘pen’ device identifies cancerous tissue in just ten seconds

September 7, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, University of Texas, digital, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical, tumour

Scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas have developed a device which they claim can identify cancerous …

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FDA halts trial after first CAR T-associated patient death

September 6, 2017
Research and Development CAR T, CAR-T, Cancer, FDA, cellectis, leukaemia, patient death, pharma, pharmaceutical

French clinical-stage biopharma firm Cellectis has received an order from the FDA to halt its study of CAR T therapy …

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