FRANCE – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and its partner Sanofi voluntarily withdrew their application to the US Food and Drug Administration to expand the use of their anti-cancer drug Libtayo in…
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NICE okays Merck’s Keytruda, giving it parity with Opdivo for adjuvant melanoma
UNITED KINGDOM – Merk & Co’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda, which has been available for three years through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), has now been approved for routine NHS use…
Read MoreMerck has bagged another early cancer nod for Keytruda with FDA approval in post-surgery kidney cancer
USA – US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has approved Merck & Co.’s immunotherapy Keytruda for use in early kidney cancer, making it the first treatment of its kind available…
Read MoreGilead incorporates Merck in first-line Triple Negative Breast Cancer study
USA- Gilead Sciences has tagged Merck in a study where Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan), a Trop-2 targeting antibody-drug conjugate will be paired with Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in a new phase 3…
Read MoreNovartis cancer drug falls short of primary endpoints at Phase 3 trial
SWITZERLAND – Novartis has announced that the primary endpoints of a Phase 3 trial evaluating canakinumab drug failed in its second attempt, missing targets to improve overall survival rates for…
Read MoreFDA clears Eli Lilly’s Verzenio for treatment of early breast cancer
USA – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a positive nod to abemaciclib (Verzenio) in combination with endocrine therapy for adjuvant treatment of certain patients with early breast…
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