FDA grants priority review to Roche's Tecentriq monotherapy as first-line treatment in certain lung cancer cases Medical Dialogues Bureau20 Feb 2020 2:20 PM ISTBasel: Roche announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) and...
Bristol-Myers Opdivo, Yervoy show promise in lung cancer trial Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Nov 2019 9:00 AM ISTBristol-Myers Squibb said its therapies when administered alongside two courses of chemotherapy demonstrated superior overall survival compared to...
Mirati Therapeutics oral drug MRTX849 shrinks tumours in early-stage trial Medical Dialogues Bureau2 Nov 2019 9:00 AM ISTOut of 17 patients enrolled in the Phase 1 trial of Mirati Therapeutics' oral drug MRTX849, 12 have been evaluated, including six with lung cancer and...
Delhi HC given Green Signal to Natco Pharma for generic of Novartis cancer drug Ceritinib Farhat Nasim1 Sept 2019 2:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a major relief to Natco, the Delhi High Court has lifted a ban on Natco Pharma from manufacturing fresh stock of on-small cell lung...
Roche personalized cancer treatment Rozlytrek priced at Rs 12 lakh per month Medical Dialogues Bureau17 Aug 2019 9:15 AM ISTRozlytrek was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to treat certain types of solid tumours, which show rare genetic anomalies...
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,...
Sun Pharma launches cancer drug INFUGEM in US market Farhat Nasim9 April 2019 10:05 AM ISTSun Pharma said INFUGEM uses its proprietary technology which allows cytotoxic oncology products to be premixed in a sterile environment and supplied...
Pfizer gets EU nod to VIZIMPRO for treating lung cancer Farhat Nasim6 April 2019 9:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Pfizer Inc. recently announced that the European Commission has approved VIZIMPRO (dacomitinib), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), as...
J&J passes asbestos test, allowed to make baby powder in India Farhat Nasim1 March 2019 2:28 PM ISTNEW DELHI: In a major relief to Johnson & Johnson(J&J), no asbestos was found in the baby powder manufactured in Baddi and Mulund plants. The...
Another trouble for J&J: CDSCO seize samples of baby products for testing Farhat Nasim22 Dec 2018 12:14 PM ISTThe action by CDSCO has come at a time when the company is already embroiled in a controversy over its faulty hip implants. New Delhi: Following...
Asbestos scare: CDSCO draws samples of J&J baby powder from HP plant Medical Dialogues Bureau20 Dec 2018 5:12 PM ISTThe CDSCO, under the Union Health Ministry, said over the next four to five days, drug inspectors will search manufacturing plants and wholesalers of...
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...
