Roche

Jun 10, 2025

A new era in lymphoma therapy began in 2023 when AbbVie and Genmab’s EPKINLY/TEPKINLY became the first CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody approved in the US for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL). This groundbreaking approval marked a major milestone in immunother...

Nov 29, 2024

Lung cancer, to date, remains the leading cause of death worldwide, however, the epidemiological analysis depicts varying NSCLC incidence all over the world. In 2022, there were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million cancer-related deaths. The number of people living for at least five years after ...

Aug 20, 2024

A rare muscle disorder, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), approximately affects 1 in 3,500 male births globally. In 2023, the total number of prevalent cases of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the 7MM (The US, EU5, and Japan) was around 31,400. The United States encompasses the highest prevalent population of Duche...

Aug 13, 2024

For most of the last century, breast cancer was categorized only by its location in the body; as a result, treatment results varied significantly. Patients with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer were traditionally treated with conventional chemotherapy regimens until trastuzumab became available. In September 1998, th...

Aug 08, 2024

HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer is the most prevalent form of breast cancer. This type accounts for a higher percentage among all breast cancers. Hormone receptors are proteins that receive hormone signals and cue the cancer cells to grow. If breast cancer cells get signals from the hormone estrogen that could promote tumo...

Aug 08, 2024

More than a dozen companies have shifted their focus toward the development of HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer drugs. Some of them are Regor Therapeutics, Seagen Inc., CytomX Therapeutics, Taizhou EOC Pharma, Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Tyme, Inc., Seagen Inc.,...

Aug 08, 2024

Breast cancer is not a single disease leading to abnormal cell division in breast tissues. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Each year, it affects over 2 million women globally and is the most significant cause of death among women.  According to DelveInsight’s estimates, there were aro...

Mar 01, 2024

Individuals suffering from food allergies now have access to a medication that can potentially avert serious consequences. This medication, which has been available for twenty years, has received approval from the FDA. Xolair (omalizumab) by Roche and Novartis is the first food allergy treatment sanctioned to dimin...

Feb 20, 2024

FDA Approves Xolair as First and Only Medicine for Children and Adults with One or More Food Allergies Roche has announced that the FDA has approved Xolair® (omalizumab) to mitigate allergic responses, such as anaphylaxis, that may arise from accidental exposure to various foods in both adult and pediatric patie...

Feb 16, 2024

China has become the first nation to approve Roche’s crovalimab, a paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) treatment. Unlike AstraZeneca’s infused treatments Soliris and Ultomiris, crovalimab is administered subcutaneously. Developed by Roche’s subsidiary Chugai Pharmaceutical, crovalimab is a humanized complemen...