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]....
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The midfielder is auctioning off his signed match-worn shirt from Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of our Champions League quarter-final, with all proceeds being used to help fund Dilara Abanoglu’s life-saving surgery. Dilara was diagnosed with Ollier’s Disease – a skeletal disorder which affects...
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,...
Birmingham, UK – Pathological abnormalities associated with motor neurone disease have been identified using a new technique developed at the University of Birmingham. The method will help scientists better understand the changes in the brain that lead to motor neurone disease (MND) and could eventually yield insights that will help...
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...