Ovarian Cancer

Enhertu Receives US Approval as First HER2-focused Treatment for Metastatic Solid Tumors, Independent of Tumor Origin AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has gained approval in the United States for treating adult patients with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) so...

Bayer’s AskBio initiates Phase II GenePHIT trial in Congestive Heart Failure Merck, also recognized as MSD in regions beyond the United States and Canada, has officially announced that the FDA has approved for the use of KEYTRUDA, Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, in conjunction with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for treatin...

AbbVie Presents Results from Phase III CANOVA Study of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma AbbVie has released findings from its Phase III CANOVA trial, which assessed the safety and effectiveness of venetoclax (marketed as VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO®) in combination with dexamethasone ...

Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. for USD 1.35 Billion While its rumored acquisition of Seagen has yet to materialize, Merck & Co has continued to bolster its pipeline with smaller transactions, the most recent of which was a USD 1.35 billion agreement to acquire Imago BioSciences and its bomedemstat ...

Amgen Reveals the Top-line Result of its CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in Lung Cancer The top-line result of Amgen's CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in lung cancer was presented in abstract form at ESMO two weeks ago, showing a 34% improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to chemotherapy. The fu...

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to VB-111 for Platinium-resistant Ovarian Cancer The FDA has given VBL Therapeutics’ VB-111 (ofranergene obadenovec), a targeted anticancer viral gene therapy, fast track designation for use as a viable therapeutic option in patients with platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer. VB...

FDA Approves Yescarta as a First CAR T-cell Therapy for Initial Treatment of R/R Large B-cell Lymphoma Until now, existing CAR-T therapies have been reserved for patients with blood cancer who have tried multiple treatments. The FDA has approved Yescarta, a CD19-directed CAR-T therapy developed by Gilead Science...

Although COVID-19 continued to dominate headlines in 2021, pharmaceutical companies did not cease developing new treatments this year. The US Food and Drug Administration maintained a rapid rate of new drug approvals this year, all while managing the urgent examination of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines un...

Roche Set to Compete With Biogen and Novartis in the SMA Market With its First Oral Therapy  The US FDA has recommended the use of Evrysdi (risdiplam), a candidate of Genentech, a Roche company, for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease resulting in muscle atrophy, in adults and...

Merck Collaborates with Dewpoint Therapeutics to Cure HIV with Condensates   Merck has forged a collaboration with Boston-based Dewpoint Therapeutics to treat HIV using Dewpoint’s proprietary platform for condensate-based drug discovery.Under the terms of the agreement, Dewpoint is eligible for receiving ...