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FDA expands Keytruda label to include stage 3 and 4 non-small cell lung cancer

April 12, 2019
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, MSD, keytruda, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pharma

MSD has revealed that its anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has received expanded indication from the FDA to include the first-line …

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European approval for Pfizer’s Vizimpro in first-line non-small cell lung cancer

April 4, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Europe, Pfizer, Vizimpro, lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pharma

The European Commission has awarded marketing approval to Pfizer’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Vizimpro (dacomitinib), it has emerged, as a …

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AZ to rework ongoing immuno-oncology trials to “enhance options”

January 17, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, non-small cell lung cancer

Due to the “strong efficacy” shown by its durvalumab as a treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), AstraZeneca has …

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Personalised medicine to drive global lung cancer market to 2020

November 29, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Technavio, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

According to a new report from Technavio, the global lung cancer therapeutics market is projected to grow at more than …

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Non-small cell lung cancer market to hit $26bn by 2025

November 24, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GlobalData, non-small cell lung cancer

New research from GlobalData has indicated that the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) market will rise in value by over …

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FDA to review MSD’s Keytruda as a first-line lung cancer treatment

September 7, 2016
Research and Development FDA, MSD, Merck, first-line, keytruda, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, opdivo

The US Food and Drug Administration has accepted the supplemental biologics license application from MSD, known as Merck in the …

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Pfizer nabs EU approval for Xalkori for certain lung cancers

August 31, 2016
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Xalkori, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

The European Commission has approved Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) for the treatment of adults with ROS1-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer …

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AstraZeneca’s selumetinib fails to meet primary endpoint in lung cancer trial again

August 9, 2016
Manufacturing and Production AstraZeneca, failure, non-small cell lung cancer, phase III, selumetinib, trial failure

AstraZeneca has announced that its MEK 1/2 inhibitor, selumetinib, failed to meet its primary endpoint of progression free survival in …

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AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso gets EU lung cancer sign-off

February 4, 2016
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, European Commission, NSCLC, Tagrisso, non-small cell lung cancer, osimertinib

The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation to AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso to treat locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell …

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MSD’s Keytruda impresses in lung cancer chemotherapy trial

December 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development MSD, PD-L1, docetaxel, keytruda, lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pd-1, pembrolizumab

MSD’s Keytruda significantly improved overall survival (OS) compared to chemotherapy in people with lung cancer and PD-L1 expression, a trial …

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NICE rejects BMS cancer drug in draft guidance

December 16, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, NHS, NICE, lung cancer, nivolumab, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, opdivo

In draft guidance, NICE has chosen not to recommend Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic …

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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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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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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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