Sonnet Biotherapeutics is now testing its immunotherapy SON-1010, in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab), in more patients — and soon, at…
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Johnson & Johnson‘s Darzalex (daratumumab) is now the first approved treatment for high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) in the European Union (EU). SMM…
More people in Canada with the rare blood cancer Ph+ CML — fully, Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia — in the…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Early results ‘extremely positive’ for pancreatic cancer treatment combo
A clinical trial has revealed encouraging results for people with metastatic pancreatic cancer who received Ampligen (rintatolimod) alongside Imfinzi (durvalumab). Nearly two-thirds of…
A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending that the daily oral therapy Voranigo (vorasidenib) be approved in the European Union to treat…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Intervenn’s noninvasive ovarian cancer test to hit market this fall
A noninvasive diagnostic test to help distinguish ovarian cancer from benign pelvic masses will be available this fall. GlycoKnow Ovarian received a proprietary laboratory…
Two combination therapies using Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) — designed to treat adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma — have been approved in the…
The European Commission has approved Autolus Therapeutics’ cell therapy Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) as a treatment for B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), an aggressive…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Verastem’s VS-7375 oral therapy on FDA fast track for pancreatic cancer
The experimental oral medication VS-7375 has been granted fast track designation for advanced pancreatic cancer in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
A study found that analyzing levels of immune cells and related molecules in the bloodstream of people with glioma can accurately distinguish between different…
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