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FDA Warns on Illegal Cancer Treatments

27.04.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to 14 US-based companies it accuses of illegally selling more than 65 products fraudulently claiming to prevent...

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FDA Drug Approvals up Sharply in Q1

24.04.2017 - After a major slowdown in 2016, new drug approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration rose sharply in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report by EP Vantage. Up to mid...

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BMS and Apexigen Link on Lung Cancer

21.04.2017 - US pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and Apexigen are collaborating to test a combination of their respective drugs to treat patients with advanced solid tumors...

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J&J Wins Fourth Cancer Claim Lawsuit

08.03.2017 - After losing three earlier lawsuits alleging that its talc powder caused ovarian cancer – which cost it nearly $200 million in damages – US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J)...

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UK Rejects Keytruda as First Lung Cancer Option

06.03.2017 - Britain's health agency National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which has responsibility for assessing the cost-effectiveness of medical treatments, has decided...

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Cancer Research UK and HitGen in Pact

03.03.2017 - Cancer Research UK, its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) and Chinese life science company HitGen have entered into a license agreement to develop a novel class of...

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China Gets its First Generic Geftinib Drug

22.02.2017 - Chinese drugmaker Qilu Pharmaceutical has introduced a new targeted therapy generic cancer medicine, geftinib, which is claimed to be effective against non-small cell lung cancer...

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AstraZeneca Sells North American Zoladex Rights

21.02.2017 - AstraZeneca has agreed to sell the commercial rights for its cancer treatment Zoladex in the US and Canada for $250 million upfront to private equity-backed TerSera Therapeutics –...