Biliary tract cancer

Eisai Submits Marketing Authorization Application In Japan for Anticancer Agent Tasurgratinib For Biliary Tract Cancer With FGFR2 Gene Fusion Eisai Co., Ltd. has officially submitted a request for marketing authorization in Japan for tasurgratinib succinate, its internally developed tyrosine kinase inhibitor tar...

The FDA has approved label extensions for two of the most crucial cancer medications globally—Merck’s Keytruda and Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi. Keytruda’s expanded indication now includes stomach cancer, permitting its usage alongside chemotherapy for first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced unresecta...

Positive Results Announced in Largest Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of a First-in-Class Oral Antibiotic to Treat Uncomplicated Gonorrhea The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), in partnership with Innoviva, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVA), had announced a significant milestone. They revealed that zolif...

FDA Approves Gilead Sciences’ Sunlenca Sunlenca, a Gilead Sciences therapy for people with multidrug-resistant (MDR) HIV infection that only needs to be taken twice a year, has received FDA approval for the second time of asking. Sunlenca, which is based on the HIV capsid inhibitor lenacapavir, is intended to be...

FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi for Biliary Tract Cancer Imfinzi, a checkpoint inhibitor developed by AstraZeneca, has been approved by the FDA as the first immunotherapy for biliary tract cancer (BTC), a rare and aggressive form of cancer with few treatment options. Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved by ...

Over recent years, Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC) has claimed the life of many individuals. BTC is an epithelial malignancy of the biliary tree.  Around 3% of all gastrointestinal malignancies are established by BTC, and after hepatocellular carcinoma, BTC is the most common hepatobiliary cancer. Biliary T...