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HUTCHMED Announces NMPA Full Approval for ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) in China for Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic MET Exon 14 NSCLC

Indication expands to include treatment-naïve patients The 2021 conditional approval in previously treated patients converted to full approval. 14 January 2025 -- Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New Jersey, US --...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 14, 2025

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Biofidelity and CellCarta partner to deploy Aspyre Lung in global clinical trials

9 January 2025 -- Cambridge, UK and Montreal, Canada -- Biofidelity, a leader in innovative genomic solutions, and CellCarta, the global contract research organization (CRO) partner of choice for biopharmaceutical...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 9, 2025

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New Sarclisa subcutaneous formulation met co-primary endpoints in the IRAKLIA phase 3 study in multiple myeloma

Sarclisa SC formulation added to Pd for the treatment of R/R MM met the co-primary endpoints in the IRAKLIA phase 3 study, demonstrating non-inferiority compared to Sarclisa IV IRAKLIA is...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 9, 2025

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CHMP recommends RYBREVANT®▼ (amivantamab) in combination with LAZCLUZE®▼ (lazertinib) for the first-line treatment of patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer

The amivantamab plus lazertinib combination regimen offers potential to provide new standard of care as first-line option for adult patients with advanced NSCLC with EGFR ex19del or L858R substitution mutations...

Category: Clinical Trials
Posted: November 20, 2024

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Johnson & Johnson submits applications in the U.S. and EU seeking approval of DARZALEX FASPRO®/DARZALEX® (daratumumab) as subcutaneous monotherapy for high-risk smouldering multiple myeloma

If approved, daratumumab will become the first treatment option for patients with smouldering multiple myeloma at high-risk of developing multiple myeloma, offering a novel approach to treat before the onset...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: November 8, 2024

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DARZALEX® (daratumumab)-SC based quadruplet regimen approved by the European Commission for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are transplant-eligible

Phase 3 PERSEUS study of daratumumab subcutaneous (SC) formulation in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone induction and consolidation, followed by daratumumab SC and lenalidomide maintenance showed a 58 percent...

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: October 23, 2024

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HUTCHMED Announces that TAGRISSO plus ORPATHYS demonstrated high,clinically meaningful response rate in lung cancer patients with high levels of MET overexpression and/or amplification in SAVANNAH Phase II trial

New data demonstrate efficacy for the oral treatment combination to address MET-driven resistance in EGFR-mutated lung cancer MET is a common biomarker in this setting for patients who develop resistance...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 16, 2024

Nipocalimab demonstrates sustained disease control in adolescents living with generalised myasthenia gravis in the Phase 2/3 study

First FcRn blocker to demonstrate sustained disease control over 24 weeks in antibody positive adolescents aged 12 – 17 years, broadening the population in which nipocalimab has been studied 15...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 15, 2024

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Scotland first in the UK to recommend a new treatment option for lung cancer, which could help lower the risk of cancer returning

7 October 2024 -- Scotland, UK -- the Scottish Medicines Consortium has recommended MSD's KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) as monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of adults with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)...

Category: Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: October 7, 2024

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CARVYKTI® ▼ (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) is the first cell therapy to significantly extend overall survival versus standard therapies for patients with multiple myeloma as early as second line

45 percent reduction in risk of death achieved with cilta-cel versus standard therapies after threeyear follow-up in landmark CARTITUDE-4 study Data featured in a late-breaking oral presentation at the 2024...

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Posted: October 1, 2024

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Duke Street Bio Granted Approval by European Medicines Agency to Launch Next-Generation PARP1-Selective Inhibitor Trial

24 September 2024 -- London, UK -- Duke Street Bio Ltd, a precision medicine biotech developing next generation small molecule cancer therapies, is pleased to announce that the European Medicines...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: September 24, 2024

Dupixent recommended for EU approval by the CHMP to treat eosinophilic esophagitis in children as young as 1 year old

Recommendation based on a phase 3 study showing a significantly greater proportion of children on Dupixent achieved histological remission, compared to placebo, consistent with improvements seen in adults and adolescents...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: September 20, 2024

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DARZALEX® (daratumumab)-based quadruplet regimen receives positive CHMP opinion for transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Recommendation supported by findings from quadruplet therapy PERSEUS study with daratumumab subcutaneous (SC) formulation in the frontline setting Findings showed 60 percent reduction in risk of disease progression or death...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: September 20, 2024

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AC Immune Receives Second Milestone Payment Following Progress in Phase 2b ReTain Trial of ACI-35.030 in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease

Prescreening rate of Phase 2b ReTain trial triggers clinical development milestone payment in September Potentially registrational trial is targeting enrollment of approximately 500 participants with pre-symptomatic AD FDA Fast Track...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: September 17, 2024

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RYBREVANT▼ (amivantamab) plus lazertinib show strong favourable overall survival trend versus osimertinib in EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer

New longer-term data from the MARIPOSA study confirm superior outcomes of amivantamab plus lazertinib regimen compared to osimertinib monotherapy as first-line therapy Results from an interim analysis featured in late-breaker...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: September 8, 2024

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