Keyword: cancer

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FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Treatment

19.07.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nerlynx (neratinib), made by Puma Biotechnology for the extended adjuvant treatment of early-stage, HER2-positive breast...

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FDA Stops US Merck Keytruda Trials

12.07.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on three phase 3 multiple myeloma studies testing US drugmaker Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination...

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GSK Signs AI Pact with Exscientia

10.07.2017 - UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to collaborate with artificial intelligence (AI) company Exscientia. The partnership will see Exscientia combine its AI-enabled platform with...

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Merck KGaA and iOnctura in new JV

05.07.2017 - Merck Ventures, the strategic investment arm of German pharmaceuticals and life sciences group Merck KGaA, has created immuno-oncology company iOnctura. Based in Geneva...

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Genentech Returns Cancer Drug Rights to NewLink

16.06.2017 - US biotechnology group Genentech, part of Roche, is handing back rights to NewLink Genetics’ IDO inhibitor GDC-0919 (navoximod), an investigational cancer treatment. Genentech...

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Glythera Launches ADC Project

12.06.2017 - UK biotech Glythera has launched a project to develop next-generation antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) for difficult-to-treat tumors, backed by funding of £1 million from government...

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J&J Loses Latest Cancer Claim Lawsuit

09.05.2017 - US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has said it will appeal the verdict of a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, ordering the company to pay more than $110 million in damages to a...

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Bioelectronic Medicines: A New Type of Personalization

27.04.2017 - Bioelectronic technologies for modulating the signaling capabilities of the nervous system could pose challenges for producers of medicinal materials and chemicals – but also for...