Oncology
Excerpt from the Press Release: ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 31, 2021– Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced its partner Ipsen received approval from the European Commission (EC) for CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) in combination with OPDIVO® (nivolumab) as a first-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This approval allows for the marketing of CABOMETYX in combination with…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Solid tumors comprise about 90% of all newly diagnosed cancer cases and cancer deaths according to an annual report from the National Cancer Institute. Despite the relative “ease” of surgical resection of such tumors, there lies significant risk in the recurrence of…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Exacis Biotherapeutics Inc., a development-stage immuno-oncology company working to democratize access to the most advanced and effective cancer treatments, today announced several important steps in the preclinical development of its ExaNK™ engineered NK cell-therapy candidates. ExaNK™ cells are generated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that are made using mRNA-based cell-reprogramming and gene-editing…
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Excerpt from the Article: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has revised its existing lung cancer screening recommendations with two major changes – its new guidance lowers screening age and incorporates patients with a shorter smoking history. Published today in JAMA, the new recommendation now calls for patients between ages 50 and 80 who…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — GT Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTBP), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of its disruptive, target-directed Natural Killer (NK) cell engager immunotherapy protein biologic platform technology: TriKE™ for cancer and infectious diseases, today announced the addition of a new…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: OXFORDSHIRE, England and CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. and ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Immunocore (Nasdaq: IMCR), a late-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel class of T cell receptor (TCR) bispecific immunotherapies designed to treat a broad range of diseases, including cancer, infectious and autoimmune disease, today…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have designed a next-generation drug, called SBP-7455, which holds promise as a treatment for triple-negative breast cancer—an aggressive cancer with limited treatment options. The drug blocks a cellular recycling process called autophagy, which cancer cells hijack as a way to resist treatment.…
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Excerpt from the Article: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania offers guidance – BI-RADS scoring and follow-up recommendations – for unilateral axillary lymphadenopathies seen on breast MRI in women who have received the vaccine. The baseline breast MRI of a 48-year-old woman who has the BRCA1 mutation, as well as a strong family history…
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Excerpt from the Article: Hormone therapy is only effective in roughly half of estrogen receptor-positive cancers. Being able to identify patients that will not respond could save valuable treatment time. The answer to whether hormone replacement therapy will work for a woman with breast cancer likely comes down to whether her estrogen receptors are working…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: Toronto – (February 4, 2021) The results of a Phase III randomized clinical trial have shown that when it comes to detecting clinically significant prostate cancer, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with targeted biopsies (MRI-TBx) matches the current standard and brings a multitude of advantages. The PRostate Evaluation for Clinically Important…
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