Prostate Cancer

FDA Clears J&J’s 2-in-1 Tablet for Prostate Cancer Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies stated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved AKEEGA (niraparib and abiraterone acetate), the first-and-only dual-action tablet combining a PARP inhibitor including abiraterone ace...

VARON Launched the Game-changer in the Field--New VP Series Portable Oxygen Concentrator On July 19, 2023, VARON, a leading oxygen concentrator manufacturer, announced the launch of a game-changer portable oxygen concentrator VP-2.  A new member of the VP series, VP-2 is incorporated with innovative tech...

Gilead To Discontinue Phase III ENHANCE Study of Magrolimab Plus Azacitidine in Higher-Risk MDS Gilead Sciences, Inc. reported that the Phase III ENHANCE study in higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) has been halted due to futility based on a planned analysis. The safety data in this trial are consistent ...

The ASCO Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium, which ended on February 18, 2023, was a three-day scientific and educational meeting designed to provide attendees with in-depth, multidisciplinary analysis of the timely topics in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of GU malignancies. DelveInsight has compiled the sy...

Merck Wins Another FDA Approval for Blockbuster Keytruda Merck & Co arrived just two months after GSK celebrated a positive phase III result with its checkpoint inhibitor Jemperli as a first-line therapy for endometrial cancer. Keytruda (pembrolizumab) from Merck improved progression-free survival (PFS) vers...

Edwards Pascal Precision Transcatheter Mitral And Tricuspid Valve Repair System Receives CE Mark On August 17, 2022, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, an American medical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializes in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. The company announc...

EU Regulator Starts its Review of Cidara Therapeutics’ Candidiasis Therapy Rezafungin The EU regulator has begun its review of Cidara Therapeutics’ once-weekly antifungal rezafungin, with a decision expected next year as a new option for serious, invasive candida infections. The application is based on the ReSTO...

Novartis’ Canakinumab Fails in Phase III Trials for NSCLC Canakinumab's prospects as an anticancer therapy were already dwindling when a third phase III trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) failed to reach its objectives. The most recent setback came from the CANOPY-A study, which included patients with N...

FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Enhertu as First Targeted Therapy for HER2-low Cancer Enhertu, developed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, has been approved by the FDA as the first targeted therapy for HER2-low breast cancer, a new subtype of the disease previously categorized as HER2-negative. It has the potential ...

Byondis Files its HER2-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Trastuzumab Duocarmazine in the US and Europe Byondis has filed for clearance of its HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) trastuzumab duocarmazine in the United States and Europe, setting up a battle with heavyweight competitors Roche and Ast...