Cancer

Aug 31, 2018

NICE Rejects Gilead Sciences’ Yescarta on Cost Concerns The United Kingdom’s government-funded health service isn’t being so nice to Gilead Sciences’ CAR-T blood cancer treatment Yescarta. The country’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said the therapy is too expensive for th...

Aug 23, 2018

AstraZeneca dragout Entasis files to fund antibiotic phase 3 for USD 86 Million IPO Massachusetts-based Entasis Therapeutics has spun out to raise up to USD 86 Million through an IPO. The AstraZeneca spinout is attempting to fund a phase 3 trial of a drug to overcome bacterial resistance to beta-lactams. In 2015, ...

Aug 22, 2018

HOA Puts into Operation of Updated CyberKnife Version Cancer patients now have a solid reason to cheer, as US-based Hematology-Oncology Associates (HOA) lately came up with the new CyberKnife (CK) and replaced their original CyberKnife with an updated that is even more precise, fast and effective, and known as the ...

Aug 16, 2018

Blueberry Therapeutics reels in USD 12.7 Million in series B funding for fungal infections. U.K.based, Blueberry Therapeutics successfully bagged a funding of USD 12.7 million in series B funding. The funding will help the company to advance its nanomedicine candidate, BB2603 for two fungal infections namely- Ath...

Aug 07, 2018

Progenics got FDA Approval on Iobenguane I 131 for Rare Adrenal Gland Tumors  A good news for unresectable rare adrenal tumor  patients as oncologists now have a new treatment to offer . On July 30, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved Progenics Pharmaceuticals iobenguane I for adult and pediatric patient...

Jan 09, 2018

Key to new Cancer drugs discovered in bacterial genomes Achievement is made by the scientists of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Florida campus who had previously discovered LNM E1 compound used to kill prostate cancer. This time they have unlocked the capability of LNM family molecules by “mining” the in...

Dec 14, 2017

Positive Phase 2 data for Roche’s lymphoma ADC Roche’s antibody-drug conjugate for non-Hodgkin lymphoma polatuzumab has already received breakthrough designation from the USFDA and priority medicine status in the EU, and the expectations for the same are running pretty high. Phase 2 data presented by the company at...

Nov 24, 2017

Cluster of differentiation 40 or CD40 is a co-stimulatory protein found on the antigen presenting cells of the immune system. Agonistic CD40 molecules which include monoclonal antibodies (mAb) offer a new therapeutic option with the potential to generate anticancer immunity by various mechanisms. CD40 is a TNF recep...

Nov 07, 2017

Teva looks to sell generics in China through joint venture with Guangzhou Pharma As the world’s largest generics maker, Teva still doesn’t have much of a presence in China, even though it is a country relies heavily on generics. The Israeli company is looking to remedy that as Teva has said it “has no agreement with...

Nov 03, 2017

AstraZeneca and Incyte are about to enter into Clinical Trial Collaboration in Early Lung Cancer The exclusive collaboration for the study population allows the two companies to conduct a Phase 3 trial. Aim of this study is to evaluate patients with locally-advanced (Stage III), unresectable non-small cell lung c...