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Roche lung cancer drug Alecensa gets rapid US approval

December 14, 2015
Sales and Marketing Alecensa, FDA, Genentech, Roche, accelerated approval, alectinib, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

The US health watchdog has approved Alecensa, a drug for people with certain types of non-small cell lung cancer manufactured …

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MHRA

Early UK access for AstraZeneca lung cancer drug

December 9, 2015
AstraZeneca, Early Access to Medicines Scheme, Tagrissa, eams, lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, osimertinib

UK patients will be among the first in Europe to have free access to AstraZeneca’s cancer drug osimertinib, after the …

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Cancer and MS drugs approved in Scotland

December 9, 2015
Sales and Marketing Celgene, Copaxone, Novartis, SMC, Scottish Medicines Consortium, Tevaq, ceritinib, glatiramer acetate, lenalidomide, lung cancer, multiple myeloma, multiple sclerosis, revlimis, zykadia

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved three new treatments for lung cancer, multiple sclerosis and multiple myeloma, from Novartis, …

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Xalkori

Pfizer lung cancer treatment gets expanded EU approval

December 1, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NSCLC, Pfizer, Xalkori, crizotinib, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

Pfizer UK has received European Commission approval for a label update to expand use of Xalkori (crizotinib) to first-line treatment …

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Lilly cancer drug gets US approval

November 26, 2015
NSCLC, Portrazza, lilly, lung cancer, necitumumab, non-small cell lung cancer, oncology

Eli Lilly has received FDA approval for its monoclonal antibody Portrazza, in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin, for patients with …

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AstraZeneca earns ‘speedy’ FDA approval for lung cancer drug

November 13, 2015
AZD9291, AstraZeneca, Tagrisso, lung cancer

The FDA has approved AstraZeneca’s new lung cancer drug Tagrisso, in a record two and half years from development, under …

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Merck and Pfizer begin new Phase III avelumab trial in lung cancer

November 5, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Merck, Pfizer, avelumab, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

Merck and Pfizer have commenced an international Phase III study of the investigational cancer immunotherapy avelumab in patients with non-small …

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AstraZeneca halts lung cancer trials amidst safety concerns

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production AZD9291, AstraZeneca, MEDI4736, NSCLC, drug safety, durvalumab, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

AstraZeneca is stopping two trials of a combination of two of its pipeline cancer treatments, after reports that the pairing …

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keytruda

FDA approves Merck’s Keytruda for advanced NSC lung cancer

October 5, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, NSCL, keytruda, lung cancer, merck sharp and dohme, opdivo

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval for Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) …

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copd

Genetic study reveals new associations with lung disease and smoking behaviour

September 25, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development COPD, lung cancer, smkoing

New research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine and presented at this year’s European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Amsterdam …

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AstraZeneca lung cancer drug clears UK market access hurdle

September 4, 2015
Sales and Marketing AZD9291, AstraZeneca, Early Access to Medicines Scheme, MHRA, NSCLC, eams, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

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Lilly defeats Teva in US court over Alimta patent

August 26, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alimta, Eli Lilly, Teva Pharmaceutical, lung cancer

Eli Lilly has won a case in a US federal court, in a battle over Teva’s attempt to create a …

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Roche lung cancer therapy succeeds in mid-stage trial

August 17, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, atezolizumab, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

Roche’s biotech arm Genentech has scored positive results in a pivotal Phase II study of its investigational cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab. …

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Opdivo

Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Opdivo in the UK for lung cancer

August 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, NSCLC, immunotherapy, lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, opdivo

The immuno-oncology drug Opdivo is available in the UK for people with lung cancer, after Bristol-Myers Squibb launched the drug …

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MedImmune and Mirati to partner on lung cancer combo

August 6, 2015
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, Mirati, Mirati Therapeutics, NSCLC, durvalumab, immuno-oncology, immunotherapy, lung cancer, mocetinostat

MedImmune is entering into an exclusive clinical trial collaboration with US-based Mirati Therapeutics to test a novel immuno-oncology combination in …

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