Blocking the activity of a protein called FGFR2 may prevent some pancreatic cancers from developing, a study in mice indicated. The study, “…
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CAN-2409 (aglatimagene besadenovec), Candel Therapeutics‘ investigational immunotherapy, was safe and demonstrated potential survival benefits in patients with high-grade glioma, an aggressive type of…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Trial: Relacorilant aids survival in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer
Adding relacorilant to standard chemotherapy was shown to extend survival among people with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, meeting the primary endpoint, or goal, of a…
A CAR T-cell therapy manufactured in mainland China has been successfully deployed for the first time in Hong Kong to treat a man with myeloma,…
The first patient has been dosed in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing ICP-248 (mesutoclax) in combination with orelabrutinib in adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Cabometyx wins FDA approval for treating certain pancreatic cancers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its approval to the oral medication Cabometyx (cabozantinib) as a treatment for certain types of…
Combining VXM01, an experimental anticancer vaccine, with Bavencio (avelumab), which activates the immune system to attack cancer cells, was well tolerated in a…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Nemvaleukin plus Keytruda fails in Phase 3 trial in ovarian cancer
Interim data from a Phase 3 trial failed to show that a combination of nemvaleukin, an experimental immune-modulating therapy, and Keytruda (pembrolizumab) could outperform standard…
A personalized cancer vaccine called PGV001 showed potential in combating several types of cancer, both solid tumors and blood malignancies like myeloma, in a…
Orca-T, Orca Bio‘s investigational allogeneic stem cell transplant for treating blood cell cancers, more than doubled the rate of survival free from moderate…
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