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Roche’s Tecentriq nabs a solo OK in first-line lung cancer. But will it gain traction?

It was a long run, but Merck’s Keytruda finally has some company in the previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer monotherapy department. Whether that company represents any real threat to its market share, however, remains to be seen. The FDA Monday green-lighted Roche’s Tecentriq on its own for newly diagnosed, metastatic patients without EGFR or… Read More »

Lynparza (olaparib) Approved by FDA as First-Line Maintenance Treatment with Bevacizumab for HRD-Positive Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Print this page KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 8, 2020 — AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lynparza in combination with bevacizumab as a first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or… Read More »

FDA Approves Zejula (niraparib) as the Only Once-Daily PARP Inhibitor in First-Line Monotherapy Maintenance Treatment for Women with Platinum-Responsive Advanced Ovarian Cancer Regardless of Biomarker Status

Print this page London UK — 29 April 2020 — Dr. Hal Barron, Chief Scientific Officer and President R&D, GSK, said: “Women with advanced ovarian cancer have a five-year survival rate of less than 50%. This expanded indication means that many more women with this devastating disease can receive earlier treatment with Zejula, which can extend… Read More »

Can diet coke cause cancer

Ginger is a can traditional remedy for treating a diet of cancer conditions, such as pain and nausea. What are the health benefits of cucumber water? Sugar-laden fizzy drinks also increase the can of early death from any cause by a fifth – and cancer also fuelling a rise in cancer cases, Harvard experts said.… Read More »

Optical imaging technology may help surgeons better treat cancer, brain diseases

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new tool for medical professionals may help shed more light on tumors in the body and how the brain operates. Purdue University researchers created technology that uses optical imaging to better help surgeons map out tumors in the body and help them understand how certain diseases affect activity in the brain.… Read More »