The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has approved Amgen’s Mvasi (bevacizumab-awwb) as a biosimilar to Roche/Genentech’s Avastin (bevacizumab) for the treatment of multiple types of cancer, making it the first biosimilar approved in the country for the treatment of cancer.
Torque Therapeutics has come out of stealth mode to launch with a $21 million Series A financing. It is looking to raise another $14 million, according to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) (CKPT)'s Orphan Drug Designation to CK-101 (also known as RX518), the Company’s third-generation epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, for the treatment of EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Merck & Co. has agreed to acquire Rigontec for up to €464 million (about $554 million), in a deal that will expand the cancer immunotherapy franchise of the Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) developer with a three-year-old Bonn University spinout whose technology targets the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) pathway.
Verastem, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSTM), focused on discovering and developing drugs to improve the survival and quality of life of cancer patients, today reported positive top-line results from the Phase 3 DUO study evaluating the efficacy and safety of duvelisib, a first in class oral dual inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-delta and PI3K-gamma, in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).
The European Commission has licensed EUSA Pharma’s Fotivda for the management of adult patients with advanced kidney cancer across the European Union as well as Norway and Iceland.
Cel-Sci said today that for a Phase III trial of its investigational immunotherapy, it inked an agreement with institutional investors for a $3.5 million registered direct offering.
Cynvenio Biosystems has initiated a clinical study to evaluate its LiquidBiopsy ClearID test in combination with NK Score natural killer cell activity to monitor breast cancer patients in the US.
Early asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) will possibly be detectable by plasma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA analysis, according to a new study carried out by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
It is looking unlikely that patients in England and Wales with advanced renal cell carcinoma will be getting routine NHS access to Eisai’s Kisplyx or Eusa Pharma’s Fotivda, after cost regulators issued draft guidelines turning down their use.
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