Tecentriq-Avastin cocktail helps liver cancer patients live longer: Roche Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Nov 2019 9:00 AM ISTMedian overall survival for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or that which cannot be surgically removed, getting Tecentriq...
Roche Tecentriq, Avastin combo to increase overall survival, progression-free survival in HCC Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Oct 2019 9:50 AM ISTRoche, in its recent release, in 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for Tecentriq in...
Bristol-Myers blockbuster Opdivo fails to meet goal of brain tumour study Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Sept 2019 9:15 AM ISTThe drug, Opdivo, when used along with the current standard of care for glioblastoma multiforme, did not prevent cancer from spreading when compared...
GSK Belantamab Mafodotin shows to help blood cancer patients Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Aug 2019 9:15 AM ISTTwo doses of Belantamab Mafodotin helped subdue the disease in adults who had received three prior treatments for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the...
Bristol-Myers posts strong second quarter as Eliquis, Orencia sales propel Medical Dialogues Bureau28 July 2019 9:17 AM ISTSales of Eliquis, which Bristol-Myers shares with Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), rose 24% to $2.04 billion, while Orencia sales rose 9% to $778 million, both...
GSK drug Zejula helps ovarian cancer patients live longer in late-stage study Medical Dialogues Bureau16 July 2019 9:26 AM ISTGSK bought the drug when it acquired U.S. cancer specialist Tesaro for $5.1 billion in December and Zejula is already approved for certain ovarian...
Sandoz launches SYMJEPI Injection in US to help treat allergic reactions Medical Dialogues Bureau13 July 2019 9:32 AM ISTSYMJEPI is a small, single-dose, pre-filled syringe and device combination as an alternative to epinephrine auto-injectors for the emergency treatment...
Merck wins USFDA nod for blockbuster drug Keytruda to treat head, neck cancer Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Jun 2019 9:50 AM ISTThe approval is based on results from a late-stage trial, where Keytruda showed a significant improvement in overall survival in cancer patients,...
AstraZeneca Q1 sales beat estimates on cancer drugs Garima28 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTAstraZeneca, fresh off an oncology deal with Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, in February reported annual sales growth for the first time since 2009,...
Novartis CAR-T therapy leads to durable response in lymphoma study Ruby Khatun Khatun11 Dec 2017 10:45 AM ISTPatients with an advanced form of an aggressive blood cancer who had initially responded to Novartis' new type of gene-modifying immunotherapy...
More than 2,000 drugs now in cancer immunotherapy race Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Dec 2017 10:00 AM ISTLONDON: The race to develop new immunotherapy treatments against cancer has sparked an unprecedented explosion in the oncology drug pipeline, with...
Roche drug cocktail doubles chance of holding lung cancer at bay Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Dec 2017 9:45 AM ISTZURICH: Adding Roche's immunotherapy Tecentriq to older drugs doubled the percentage of lung cancer patients who survived a year without their disease...
