News and Press Releases
RYBREVANT▼ (amivantamab) plus lazertinib shows longer progression-free survival versus osimertinib in the first-line treatment of patients with high-risk EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Investigational chemotherapy-free regimen of amivantamab plus lazertinib addresses a significant unmet need as most patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC have high-risk disease Landmark phase 3 MARIPOSA data featured in an oral...
Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 31, 2024
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Eisai Showcases Oncology Portfolio and Pipeline at ASCO 2024
23 May 2024 -- Tokyo, Japan -- Eisai Co announced today the presentation of research across multiple types of cancer from its oncology portfolio and pipeline during the 2024 American...
Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 23, 2024
Global oncology trial investigator sites increase by half in five years, finds new Phesi analysis
China flagged as significant contributor to growth, but poor investigator selection is causing trial failures 23 May 2024 -- Massachusetts, US -- Phesi, a leading clinical development analytics company, has...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: May 22, 2024
Gilead and Kite Oncology to Highlight Broad and Diverse Oncology Portfolio at ASCO 2024
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Development Program Data to be Presented, Including the phase 3 EVOKE-01 Study Updated Results from phase 2 EDGE-Gastric Study of Fc-Silent Anti-TIGIT Domvanalimab Plus Anti-PD-1...
Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 7, 2024
Johnson & Johnson receives positive CHMP opinion for RYBREVANT▼ (amivantamab) in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
This positive CHMP opinion establishes amivantamab as a new option, and the first fully-human EGFR-MET bispecific antibody, in the first-line treatment of EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated NSCLC The recommendation is...
Category: Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 29, 2024
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Kite to Present Comparison of Outcomes of Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) from the Pivotal ZUMA-2 Trial Versus the EBMT Registry of alloSCT Patients in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) at 50th EBMT 2024
Additional analysis demonstrates cost-effectiveness of axicabtagene ciloleucel versus standard of care as second-line therapy In patients With large B-cell lymphoma In Italy 9 April 2024 -- Stockley Park, UK --...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: April 12, 2024
NuCana Presents Data at the AACR 2024 Annual Meeting Highlighting the Ability of NUC-7738 to Profoundly Alter Tumour Biology in a Paired Biopsy Clinical Study
NUC-7738 reprogrammes cancer cell lipid metabolism to make tumours less aggressive and promote cancer cell death NUC-7738 alters ribosome biogenesis and the regulation of genes critical for cancer growth and...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 10, 2024
GSK’s Jemperli▼ (dostarlimab) is accepted for use within NHS Scotland, in line with its licence, in eligible endometrial cancer patients in first line setting
Clinicians in Scotland will now be able to use dostarlimab in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) primary advanced...
Category: Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 8, 2024
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) accepts Camzyos▼(mavacamten) for use on the NHS as an adjunct treatment option for adults with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mavacamten has been accepted for use within NHS Scotland for the treatment of symptomatic(New York Heart Association, NYHA, class II to III) obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy(HCM) in adult patients. HCM is...
Category: Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 8, 2024
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University of Liverpool to Use Touchlight’s Rapid Enzymatic dbDNA in Fully Personalised Neoantigen Cancer Vaccine Clinical Study
The UK’s Medical Research Council is funding a 10-patient phase 1 study to deliver rapid personalised treatment for lung cancer patients 3 April 2024 -- Hampton, UK -- Touchlight, a...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: April 3, 2024
Nonacus launches test for comprehensive genomic profiling, integrated with bioinformatics and analysis software
2 April 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- Genetic testing company, Nonacus, has launched GALEAS Tumor, a next generation sequencing (NGS) test that provides comprehensive genomic profiling of tumours, allowing clinicians...
Category: Biotechnology
Posted: April 2, 2024
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Eisbach and Cancer Focus Fund Announce $4.5m Investment to Support First-in-Human Phase 1/2 Trial of EIS-12656 for Refractory Advanced Solid Tumours
Eisbach is enabling the potential of synthetic lethality by developing novel compounds to exploit molecular vulnerabilities uniquely present in many hard-to-treat cancers 21 March 2024 -- Martinsried, Germany and Texas, US...
Category: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 21, 2024
ICR scientists seek new drugs to treat childhood cancer as part of global Cancer Grand Challenges team
6 March 2024 -- London, UK -- A global, interdisciplinary team of researchers has been selected to receive a Cancer Grand Challenges award of up to $25m over five years to tackle...
Category: Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 6, 2024
Janssen Submits Type II Extension of Indication Application to the European Medicines Agency Seeking Approval of RYBREVANT (amivantamab), in combination with Lazertinib, for the First-Line Treatment of Patients with EGFR Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The submission is supported by data from the Phase 3 MARIPOSA study, showing statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC treated with...
Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: February 8, 2024
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Informed Genomics Limited comments on launch of national BRCA gene testing programme to identify cancer risk early
7 February 2024 -- Birmingham, UK -- NHS England have launched a genetic testing programme targeting tens of thousands of people with Jewish ancestry who are more likely to carry...
Category: Biotechnology
Posted: February 7, 2024
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