The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to tinostamustine, a treatment candidate from Purdue…
Margarida Maia, PhD
Margarida is a biochemist (University of Porto, Portugal) with a PhD in biomedical sciences (VIB and KULeuven, Belgium). Her main interest is science communication. She is also passionate about design and the dialogue between art and science.
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Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase) for adults with high-risk…
C4 Therapeutics and Pfizer are teaming up to evaluate whether combining C4’s investigational oral therapy cemsidomide with Pfizer’s approved…
Enrollment is now complete in a Phase 2b clinical trial testing Bpgbio’s BPM31510, a treatment candidate for glioblastoma multiforme…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Rapid spread of rare pancreatic cancer to liver detailed in report
A rapidly growing pancreatic signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive type of pancreatic cancer, was reported to…
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its clinical practice guidelines to include Modeyso (dordaviprone) as an appropriate…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Novocure files for FDA approval of TTFields for pancreatic cancer
Novocure has filed an application asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve its Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields)…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Stenoparib wins FDA fast track status for advanced ovarian cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given fast track status to stenoparib, an experimental treatment Allarity Therapeutics…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Geneseeq’s new blood test may detect early-stage pancreatic cancer
Geneseeq Technology is developing a blood test that uses cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect early-stage…
The European Commission has extended its approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Darzalex (daratumumab) for injection under the skin as…