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University of Edinburgh spinout Cellinta will develop gene therapies for cancer pharmatimes
September 22, 2020
A biotech company spun out of the University of Edinburgh will utilise research to develop new gene therapies to target different types of cancer.
Keytruda/Lenvima combo shows promise in hard-to-treat cancers pharmatimes
September 22, 2020
MSD (Merck) and Eisai have revealed new data from two trials under the LEAP clinical programme evaluating the combination of MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda and Eisai’s oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor Lenvima.
Bayer’s Vitrakvi shows long-term efficacy in TRK fusion-positive cancers pharmatimes
September 21, 2020
Bayer’s tumour agnostic therapy Vitrakvi has demonstrated sustained, long-term efficacy and safety in a number of tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion-positive cancers, including lung and thyroid tumours.
Palleon Pharmaceuticals secures $100m in Series B funding pharmaceutical-technology
September 18, 2020
Palleon Pharmaceuticals has raised $100m in a Series B financing round to develop drugs targeting glycan-mediated immune regulation to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Scientists at University of Sheffield discover new drug to treat pancreatic cancer expresspharma
September 18, 2020
Scientists at the University of Sheffield inform that they have invented a new drug which could improve life expectancy and quality for patients with hard-to-treat cancers, such as pancreatic cancer and relapsed breast cancer.
ICR study combines precision medicines to treat drug-resistant cancers pharmatimes
September 17, 2020
Results from an early-stage trial demonstrate that using a combination of two precision medicines to target hard-to-treat cancers was safe and showed promise in a range of solid tumour types.
SMC accepts 14 new medicines for use by NHS Scotland pharmatimes
September 17, 2020
Fourteen newly licensed medicines have been accepted for use on NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), bringing a raft of new treatment options for conditions including epilepsy, depression and cancer.
Seattle Genetics and Merck Partner contractpharma
September 15, 2020
?Seattle Genetics Inc. and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, have announced two new strategic oncology collaborations.
Research backs use of liquid biopsy for personalised cancer care pharmatimes
September 14, 2020
UK research has shown that a blood test is able to identify various mutations in advanced breast cancer and can thus match women to targeted treatment, adding further weight to evidence backing use of liquid biopsies for more personalised cancer care.
AbbVie, I-Mab Enter Global Immuno-Oncology Alliance contractpharma
September 07, 2020
AbbVie to pay as much as $1.74 billion for Lemzoparlimab, one of I-Mab's leading drug candidates for the treatment of multiple cancers.