An “immuno-gene” therapy that turns a virus into a cancer-fighting agent has received a fast-track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The…
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GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
FDA approves Keytruda for hard-to-treat gynecological cancers
People in the U.S. with certain gynecological cancers that are resistant to first-line chemotherapies now have a new treatment option: The U.S. Food and Drug…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing an application from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) seeking approval of its investigational oral therapy iberdomide…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the combination of two oral therapies, Venclexta (venetoclax) and Calquence (acalabrutinib), for previously untreated adults with…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Pancreatic cancer growth tied to cells’ self-eating process
A cellular recycling process called autophagy helps determine whether pancreatic cancer cells grow quickly or hunker into survival mode to resist treatment, a study…
Telix Pharmaceuticals has submitted an application to European regulators seeking approval for TLX101-Px, the company’s experimental imaging agent designed to help guide treatment decisions…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Elenagen helps women with ovarian cancer live 1 year longer
Adding Elenagen, Curelab Oncology’s experimental anticancer medication, to gemcitabine chemotherapy may help women with treatment-resistant ovarian cancer live significantly longer. Those are the results…
A new, ultrasensitive blood test checks for cancer cells remaining in the body after multiple myeloma treatment using blood samples instead of more invasive bone…
Enrollment is now complete for an early clinical study assessing the safety and tolerability of SENTI-202, Senti Biosciences’ cell therapy candidate for adults with…
PANCREATIC CANCER
FDA approves electrical field therapy Optune Pax for pancreatic cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novocure’s Optune Pax, a type of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy, as a treatment for…
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