A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee is recommending expanded approval for Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib), an oral therapy used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a type…
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PANCREATIC CANCER
Zoldonrasib trial aims to extend survival in advanced pancreatic cancer
Dosing has begun in a global clinical trial testing Revolution Medicines‘ RAS(ON) inhibitor candidate zoldonrasib as a first-line treatment for advanced pancreatic ductal carcinoma…
Starting the electrical therapy Optune Gio during radiation therapy and chemotherapy, rather than after it as indicated, did not extend survival in people with newly…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Targeted drug shrinks hard-to-treat ovarian tumors, early data show
Weekly treatment with Context Therapeutics’ CTIM-76 was generally well tolerated and shrank tumors in some people with heavily pretreated platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according…
Adults in the U.S. now have a new generic drug option — Bortezomib for Injection, an equivalent of the approved medication Velcade (bortezomib) —…
Nearly two-thirds of adults ages 80 and older with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), two related types of…
NeuExcell Therapeutics‘ investigational gene therapy, NXL-004, showed a potential survival benefit in a small group of people with recurrent malignant glioma in an…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Cellxlife gains license to ovarian cancer vaccine in clinical trials
Cellxlife signed a licensing agreement for a cell-based vaccine from Mayo Clinic that aims to teach the body’s immune system to recognize and…
Tecvayli (teclistamab) extended survival and kept disease under control longer than standard treatments in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, meaning the…
Adding iadademstat, an experimental blood cancer drug, to standard of care treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) appeared to be safe and effective in…
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