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MSD’s Keytruda approved for first-line lung cancer use on NHS Scotland

September 10, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MSD, SMC, Scotland, keytruda, lung cancer, pharma

MSD and lung cancer patients will be celebrating the news that the pharma giant’s immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has been accepted …

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Lilly’s LOXO-292 shrinks tumours in lung cancer trial

September 9, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eli Lilly, lung cancer, pharma

Eli Lilly has announced its experimental cancer drug LOXO-292, acquired in January, shrank tumours in almost 70% of advanced lung …

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi combo tops chemotherapy in treatment-naive advanced lung cancer

September 9, 2019
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca has unveiled new Phase 3 data for its immunotherapy Imfinzi (durvalumab), showing that it achieved its primary endpoint when …

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Roche celebrates European approval of Tecentriq combo in first-line lung cancer

September 6, 2019
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Europe, Roche, lung cancer, pharma, tecentriq

Roche has confirmed that its immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) has been approved in Europe in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide) …

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Experimental Novartis drug secures FDA Breathrough designation for rare lung cancer

September 6, 2019
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Novartis, capmatinib, lung cancer, pharma

Novartis is celebrating the acceptance of its experimental cancer drug capmatinib by the FDA onto an accelerated review pathway, securing …

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AZ’s Tagrisso secures China approval in first-line advanced lung cancer

September 4, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, Tagrisso, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib) has secured approval in China from the country’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in the first-line treatment …

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi flops in advanced treatment-naive non-small cell lung cancer

August 21, 2019
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, lung cancer, pharma

New data have emerged illustrating that AstraZeneca’s anti-CTLA4 antibody Imfinzi (durvalumab) failed to meet its primary endpoint when used in …

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Roche’s cancer drug Rozlytrek scores double approval from FDA

August 16, 2019
Medical Communications Cancer, Roche, Rozlytrek, lung cancer, oncology

The FDA has approved Roche’s Rozlytrek (entrectinib) as a treatment for adults with ROS1-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …

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AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso improves overall survival in lung cancer in Phase 3 trial

August 9, 2019
Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Cancer, Tagrisso, lung cancer, oncology, pharma

AstraZeneca has said its cancer drug Tagrisso significantly improved overall survival in a Phase 3 study of patients with lung …

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Keytruda/chemo combo recommended for first-line lung cancer via Cancer Drugs Fund

August 8, 2019
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, MSD, NHS, NICE, UK, keytruda, lung cancer, pharma

MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has secured recommendation from NICE for inclusion on the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) in combination with chemotherapy …

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Additional data for Boehringer’s Giotrif combo shows strong overall survival benefit in lung cancer sub-population

August 5, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Cancer, giotrif, lung cancer, pharma

German firm Boehringer Ingelheim has released new interim data from a real-world evidence study investigating the efficacy of Giotrif/Gilotrif (afatinib) …

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Roche’s Tecentriq combo recommended in Europe for non-small cell lung cancer

July 29, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NSCLC, Roche, lung cancer, pharma, tecentriq

Riche’s blockbuster immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) is closing in on securing yet another approval after it revealed that the drug was …

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BMS’ blockbuster Opdivo flies high and falls short in non-small cell lung cancer

July 25, 2019
Research and Development Bristol-Myers Squibb, NSCLC, immuntherapy, lung cancer, opdivo, pharma

Bristol-Myers Squibb has pulled back the veil on new data from two analyses of its blockbuster immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) in …

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi gets orphan drug designation from FDA

July 12, 2019
Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca’s cancer immunotherapy Imfinzi has been granted orphan drug status as a treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The …

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NICE recommends Pfizer’s Vizimpro, rejects AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso, in non-small cell lung cancer

July 5, 2019
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, UK, Vizimpro, lung cancer, pharma

NICE has announced its decision to recommend Pfizer’s Vizimpro (Dacomitinib) in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – a …

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