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Merck KGaA and GSK in Immunotherapy Pact

06.02.2019 - German and British drugmakers Merck KGaA and Glaxo SmoithKline have entered a global strategic alliance to jointly develop and commercialize M7824 (bintrafusp alfa), the German...

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AVEO and AstraZeneca Link on Lung Cancer

14.12.2018 - US biopharma AVEO Oncology is collaborating with Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca on a combined treatment for liver cancer. The partners will evaluate the safety and efficacy...

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Gets US Nod for Lung Cancer

01.03.2018 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AstraZeneca and MedImmune’s immunotherapy Imfinzi (durvalumab) to treat patients with a certain form of lung cancer. Imfinzi...

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FDA Approves Mylan’s Herceptin Biosimilar

07.12.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to Netherlands-domiciled, US-managed generic drugmaker Mylan’s Ogivri (trastuzumab-dkst) breast cancer drug, a...

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AstraZeneca and G1 Therapeutics in Lung Cancer Pact

04.12.2017 - AstraZeneca and GI Therapeutics, a US clinical-stage oncology company, are collaborating to test a new combination therapy for lung cancer. The parties will evaluate AstraZeneca’s...

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Novartis and Bayer Warn on NHS Eye Drug Plan

21.11.2017 - European pharmaceutical industry heavyweights Novartis and Bayer are challenging a proposal by parts of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to allow patients with wet age...

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J&J wins Another Talc-related Lawsuit

20.11.2017 - US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has won another victory in a string of lawsuits claiming its talc-based baby powder causes cancer. The jury in the state of California...

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FDA Approves Lilly Breast Cancer Drug

09.11.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug developed by Eli Lilly to treat a common type of breast cancer. Verzenio is recommended both for women and men with HR...