Riociguat may be a useful option for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in whom phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5i) treatment is insufficient, according to the results of a recent study published in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Researchers evaluated clinical improvement, defined as an absence of clinical worsening and prespecified improvements in...
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) is pleased to announce that on March 5, 2024, the Institut National d’Excellence en Santé et en Services Sociaux (INESSS) recommended Columvi® (glofitamab for injection) for public reimbursement. This recommendation follows the recent positive recommendation from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and...
Roche Diagnostics today announced the launch of a new tuberculosis test for South Africa. Worldwide, South Africa is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of tuberculosis. The new kit detects different species of Mycobacterium from human sputum samples using the LightCycler® 2.0 Instrument. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in...
Basel – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the decision to discontinue dosing in the Phase III GENERATION HD1 study of tominersen in manifest Huntington’s disease (HD). The decision was based on the results of a pre-planned review of the data from the Phase III study conducted by...
Basel – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the VENTANA MMR RxDx Panel for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer patients. MMR is a molecular mechanism that functions to correct certain errors that can spontaneously occur during DNA replication. Testing can...
Basel, Switzerland – After a lackluster data leak in 2023, Roche’s Genentech is turning the tables with positive Phase III data for its anti-TIGIT immunotherapy. The subsidiary revealed study results Tuesday in an abstract at this week’s American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. In patients with esophageal squamous...
Basel – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Evrysdi™ (risdiplam) for the treatment of 5q spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in patients two months of age and older, with a clinical diagnosis of SMA Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 or with...
Basel – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced new 2-year data from Part 2 of FIREFISH, a Phase 2/3 global study evaluating Evrysdi™ (risdiplam) in infants aged 1-7 months at enrollment with symptomatic Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The data showed Evrysdi continued to improve motor function between...
Manchester, UK – Babies and toddlers with a rare and fatal genetic condition can now receive life-saving treatment on the NHS for the first time. This follows clinical research studies first carried out at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at Royal...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & LEICESTER, England — RS Oncology (RSO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapies to eradicate mesothelioma and other diseases, today announced the successful dosing of the first patient in the Phase 2 dose expansion portion of its United Kingdom multicenter study (MITOPE; NCT05278975). Malignant pleural effusion...