NSCLC

Dec 13, 2024

AstraZeneca has secured another approval for its cancer blockbuster IMFINZI (durvalumab), as the FDA has approved the PD-L1 inhibitor for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) whose disease has not progressed following concurrent chemotherapy and radiation. This approval makes IMFINZI the ...

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, to date, remains the leading cause of death worldwide, however, the epidemiological analysis depicts varying NSCLC incidence all over the world. In 2022, there were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million cancer-related deaths. The number of people living for at least five years after ...

Nov 29, 2024

The treatment options for  Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) have been flooded in recent years due to improved methods of molecular profiling and better diagnostic tools. The new molecular biomarkers, with their efficacious treatments for NSCLC, have changed the lives of patients where the clinical prognosis was v...

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 ...

Nov 29, 2024

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022, there were approximately 2.5 million new cases of lung cancer globally, which accounted for 12.4% of all newly diagnosed cancer cases. Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common and deadly malignancies worldwide, with significant contributions to gl...

Oct 22, 2024

Gilead and Merck Reports Phase II Data Showing that Switching to a Once-Weekly Oral Combination of Islatravir and Lenacapavir Maintained Viral Suppression in Adults Through 48 Weeks Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Merck have shared new findings from a Phase II clinical trial assessing the experimental combination of i...

Oct 15, 2024

Astellas & AviadoBio Sign Exclusive Deal for Gene Therapy AVB-101 in Frontotemporal Dementia AviadoBio Ltd. and Astellas Pharma Inc. have announced a strategic partnership under an exclusive option and license agreement for AVB-101, an investigational AAV-based gene therapy currently in Phase I/II developmen...

Oct 08, 2024

FDA Approves Perioperative OPDIVO Plus Chemotherapy for Resectable NSCLC The FDA has granted approval to Bristol Myers Squibb’s OPDIVO (nivolumab) for the treatment of adult patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), specifically targeting tumors that are 4 cm or larger or node-positive and hav...

Sep 23, 2024

Better late than never for FDA approval of the first subcutaneous PD-L1 inhibitor—Roche’s TECENTRIQ HYBREZA—after manufacturing delays disrupted the company’s initial launch plans last year. The FDA was originally set to decide on TECENTRIQ’s under-the-skin formulation in September, but Roche’s delivery technolo...