Keytruda

EISAI now solely responsible for lemborexant Eisai today announced that its U.S. subsidiary has bought out  Purdue Pharma L.P.’s rights in the worldwide collaboration for the development and commercialization of lemborexant, an investigational sleep-wake regulation agent being studied for the treatment of multip...

Keytruda wins FDA nod for treating Kidney Cancer Merck’s Keytruda has recently got the U.S. FDA approval to be administered for Kidney Cancer. The drug Keytruda was approved in combination with Pfizer’s Inlyta for the treatment of advanced renal carcinoma. This therapy could prove to be serious for competition B...

Could a virus be a treatment therapy? Confusing, isn't it? On the face value, it seems no; but on delving deeper, the confusion dissipates. There have been tireless efforts among a section of scientists to convert certain viruses through biotechnology techniques into anti-disease agents to infect and destroy cancer ...

Merck and Eisai has entered into an Oncology Pact worth Up to USD 5.76 Billion Two major pharmaceutical companies (Merck & Eisai) has entered into a USD 5.76 Billion pact to develop and commercialize Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate) both as a monotherapy and an in-combination therapy for treating multiple types of ...

Novo petitions FDA to require copies of Victoza to conduct clinical trials With one drugmaker already trying to pry patent protection off of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Victoza before its 2022 expiration, the insulin specialist has taken new steps to deter copies. The Danish drugmaker has filed a citizen petition arg...

Tesaro and its new med Zejula are on the block, but bidders aren't rushing in Just ahead of the year’s biggest download of cancer data, the maker of a closely watched drug has put itself up for sale, according to The Wall Street Journal. That’s Tesaro, whose PARP inhibitor Zejula won FDA approval in March. That med ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck & Co.) for adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) solid tumors that have progressed following prior treatment and...

Merck beats Q1 estimates as Keytruda sales double Merck is the victim of its own success, judging from its first-quarter report. The company beat sales and earnings estimates, and it upped its guidance for the year, despite some significant suffering from generic competition. Sales of its hit immuno-oncology drug Ke...

EC grants marketing authorisation for Takeda’s Ninlaro capsules The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation for Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Ninlaro capsules. The oral proteasome inhibitor is indicated in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for adult patients with multiple mye...

PD-1and PDL-1 are the next targeted agents in Oncology. These therapies have the enormous potential to treat cancer and have an excellent response in the increasing number of patients. Many experts say that out of all of the therapies, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors look to be the most promising in treating cancer. DelveIns...