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Merck seeks new Keytruda indication in US

April 20, 2015
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, NSCLC, PD-L1, US, keytruda, lung, pembrolizumab

Merck is seeking FDA approval for its successful melanoma drug Keytruda to be used treating lung cancer. The Supplemental Biologics …

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Priority review for Pfizer’s lung drug

February 23, 2015
Sales and Marketing FDA, Pfizer, Rapamune, lung, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, sirolimus

The US Food and Drug Administration FDA has accepted Pfizer’s lung drug Rapamune for priority review. Rapamune (sirolimus) prevents organ …

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FDA fast-tracks Roche lung cancer drug

February 2, 2015
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, MPDL3280A, Roche, bladder, lung, oncology, pdl1

Roche will be celebrating after its investigational cancer drug MPDL3280A has been fast-tracked by the FDA for the second time. …

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Top four cancer killer rates ‘fall by a third’

August 18, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, bowel, charity, lung, prostate, research

Death rates for breast, bowel, lung and prostate cancer combined have fallen by almost a third in the last 20 …

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InterMune drops EMA lawsuit over data release

June 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Esbriet, Goldacre, InterMune, alltrials, lung

InterMune has ended a year-long legal spat with the European Medicines Agency over the potential release of data for its …

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EMA accepts Boehringer IPF drug

June 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, EMA, IPF, inpulsis, lung, nintedanib

Boehringer Ingelheim has moved a step closer to getting its investigational treatment nintedanib approved in Europe for a potentially fatal …

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FDA approves Zykadia for late-stage lung cancer

April 30, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Novartis, lung, zykadia

Novartis’ ‘breakthrough’ drug Zykadia has been approved by the FDA to treat lung cancer patients with a particular genetic mutation. …

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Cancer Research funding to be doubled

April 30, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, brain, breast, funding, lung

Cancer Research UK is to increase its research funding by 50% over the next decade as part of a new strategy …

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InterMune scores in lung trial

February 26, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Esbriet, FDA, IPF, InterMune, fvc, lung

InterMune has taken another step on its lengthy road to get the US regulator to approve its drug Esbriet for …

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Roche signs $17 million immatics deal

November 15, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Roche, immatics, lung, prostate

Roche is to pay German biotech company immatics $17 million to collaborate on the search for vaccines in various cancers, …

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UK government launches lung cancer awareness campaign

May 8, 2012
Medical Communications Cancer, UK, government, lung

The UK government has launched a new lung cancer awareness campaign backed by a number of celebrities.  Ricky Gervais and …

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