The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast-track designation to STX-0712, an experimental therapy Solu Therapeutics is…
Marisa Horak, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Horak, MS
PANCREATIC CANCER
New chemotherapy delivery method scores FDA orphan drug status
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to an experimental delivery method for the chemotherapy…
An experimental therapy designed to mimic vitamin B12 and deliver a toxic molecule to tumor cells showed promise as a…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Vaccine plus Keytruda bests standard care for hard-to-treat ovarian cancer
The experimental cancer vaccine Tedopi (OSE2101), when given in combination with the approved injection therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab), outperforms…
For World Blood Cancer Day this May 28 — a day when advocates around the globe…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Oral namodenoson for pancreatic cancer to advance in clinical testing
Following “encouraging findings” from an early study, Can-Fite Biopharma is planning…
A Phase 1 clinical trial testing TLX101-Tx, Telix Pharmaceuticals‘ experimental treatment for glioblastoma (an aggressive form of glioma),…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
New therapy bests chemo at improving survival in endometrial cancer
A large clinical trial testing Merck’s therapy candidate sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT) in people with hard-to-treat endometrial cancer has achieved…
A Phase 1 clinical trial testing the experimental therapy KLN-1010 in people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma has…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new combination therapy — Inqovi (decitabine and cedazuridine) plus Venclexta…