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BASEL, Switzerland – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of a subcutaneous (SC) formulation of Lunsumio® (mosunetuzumab) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL)...
NEW YORK, NY – Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding points to the possibility of using cholesterol-lowering drugs to...
Philadelphia, PA — In a preclinical study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a novel gene therapy with potentially increased effectiveness and safety for the treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare disease in young children characterized by the deficient activity of a critical enzyme. Without effective treatment, MLD...
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia, accounts for about 15% of adult leukemia cases.¹ One of the rarest types of leukemia, CML starts in the bone marrow and causes a dangerous increase in the numbers of abnormal white blood cells. Although CML treatment has advanced significantly...
TOKYO, Japan — Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4519) announced that it filed a regulatory application with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) on August 29 for the anti-cancer agent/humanized anti-VEGF*1 monoclonal antibody Avastin® for Intravenous Infusion 100mg/4mL, 400mg/16mL [generic name: bevacizumab (genetical recombination)] for neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a new indication...
The filing is based on the results from an investigator-initiated Japanese phase II clinical study evaluating Tecentriq in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, the standard chemotherapy regimen for unresectable thymic carcinoma as first-line treatment Designated as an orphan drug, making it eligible for priority review If approved, Tecentriq would become...
TOKYO, Japan — Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4519) announced today that it launched ELEVIDYS® Intravenous Infusion [generic name: delandistrogene moxeparvovec] (hereinafter, “ELEVIDYS”), which received conditional and time-limited approval on May 13, 2025, following its listing on the national health insurance (NHI) reimbursement price list today, as a regenerative medical product for...
TOKYO, Japan — Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4519) announced that it launched “LUNSUMIO® for intravenous infusion 1 mg” and “LUNSUMIO® for intravenous infusion 30 mg” (generic name: mosunetuzumab (genetical recombination)) (hereafter, LUNSUMIO), antineoplastic agent / anti-CD20/CD3 humanized bispecific antibody for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who have...