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DORVAL, QC – Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. is pleased to announce that Health Canada has approved Ilaris®  (canakinumab) for the treatment of active Still’s disease, including adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD)[1]. AOSD is a rare form of inflammatory arthritis that can be a complex disease with variable presentation and potentially life-threatening complications[2]....
San Diego — Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, begins a monthlong celebration of its 25th anniversary. A quarter-century after its founding in San Diego in April 1998, the company is commemorating its anniversary by celebrating its employees, customers, and entire stakeholder ecosystem,...
BEERSE, Belgium – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced new data from the fixed-duration cohort of the investigational Phase 2 CAPTIVATE study (PCYC-1142), showing 95 percent of patients treated with fixed duration combined IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) plus venetoclax were alive and progression-free at two years [1]. Deep remissions...
POSEIDON was a Phase III trial of AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) plus platinum-based chemotherapy or Imfinzi, tremelimumab and chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in the 1st-line treatment of patients with Stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Positive high-level results from the final analysis of POSEIDON showed the combination of Imfinzi, tremelimumab and chemotherapy demonstrated...
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in China for the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), in combination with standard of care platinum chemotherapy (etoposide plus a choice of either carboplatin or cisplatin). The approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration was based on positive results...
Positive high-level results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed Imfinzi (durvalumab), in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy, demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival (OS) benefit versus chemotherapy alone as a 1st-line treatment for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC). At a predefined interim analysis, the Independent Data Monitoring...
WILMINGTON, Del. — Positive results from the EMERALD-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) in combination with TACE and bevacizumab demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) compared to TACE alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) eligible for embolization....
LUND, Sweden — Hansa Biopharma today announced full results from the 16-HMedIdeS-12 phase 2 trial in patients with antibody mediated rejection (AMR) episodes following a kidney transplant demonstrating that imlifidase significantly reduced donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) within the first five days of treatment. In the trial, the primary endpoint was the...
Los Angeles, Calif. — Immix Biopharma, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company trailblazing cell therapies in autoimmune disease, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug designation to NXC-201 for the treatment of AL Amyloidosis. “European Union orphan drug designation for NXC-201 represents an important milestone in our...