Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Nov 29, 2024

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cancer, accounting for approximately 85% of the total lung cancers in the United States. Almost 500K cases in the 7MM were diagnosed in 2022 alone. Moreover, significant deaths were recorded at the end of the same year. Analysis indicates that the most common ge...

Nov 29, 2024

Lung cancer was the most prevalent cancer globally, with 2.5 million new cases, representing 12.4% of all new cancer diagnoses. NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for over 85% of all cases. As per the latest estimates, the total incident cases of NSCLC in the 7MM were approximately 500K cases ...

Jul 09, 2024

Lilly Strengthens IBD Treatment Portfolio with Morphic Acquisition Eli Lilly and Company and Morphic Holding, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Morphic, a biopharmaceutical company developing oral integrin therapies for serious chronic diseases. Lilly will initiate a tender offer to acqu...

Apr 15, 2024

ENHERTU lies at the core of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s objectives for advancing in oncology. This collaboration has notably broadened the antibody-drug conjugates impact in the United States. On April 5, 2024, the FDA approved ENHERTU to treat HER2-positive solid tumors in adults who have received previous sy...

May 23, 2023

FDA Approves RINVOQ as a Once-Daily Pill for Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease AbbVie announced that the FDA had approved RINVOQ® (upadacitinib) for treating people with moderately to highly active Crohn's disease who have had an unsatisfactory response or intolerance to one or more TNF blockers. Thi...

Dec 06, 2022

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to AUM302 for Neuroblastoma A global clinical-stage biotech company, AUM Biosciences, focused on discovering and developing precision oncology therapeutics, declared that the U.S. FDA has permitted Orphan Drug Designation for AUM302. For the treatment of neuroblastoma, AUM302 i...

Nov 29, 2022

C4X Discovery Holdings and AstraZeneca Signs Exclusive USD 402 Million Global License C4X Discovery Holdings has signed an exclusive global license with AstraZeneca worth up to USD 402 million for the development and commercialization of the NRF2 Activator program. The agreement will allow AstraZeneca to develop...

Nov 25, 2022

Lung Cancer presents a heavy health and economic burden in Asia, being the most common form of cancer, with 60% of the world’s lung cancers being diagnosed there. Lung cancer is also present in more than 30% of non-smokers in Asia, specifically in adenocarcinomas, which is a subtype largely defined by oncogenic dri...

Nov 15, 2022

Genentech’s gantenerumab Fails in Phase III Trial for Alzheimer’s Disease In yet another setback for an amyloid-targeting drug, Roche's Genentech division has reported disappointing top-line results from its highly anticipated phase III trial of gantenerumab in early Alzheimer's disease. The failure is entirely ...

Oct 11, 2022

Merck’s Sotatercept Clears Phase III Trial Merck’s USD 11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron last year was based on the promise of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) candidate sotatercept, which has recently met the mark in a much-anticipated phase III trial. The STELLAR trial found that adding the activin re...