SANTA MONICA, Calif. & TOKYO -Kite, a Gilead Company, and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) today announced that YESCARTA® (axicabtagene ciloleucel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, will be available to patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphomas in Japan through the first treatment center now authorized...
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TOKYO, Japan & BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) and AstraZeneca’s (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) Biologics License Application (BLA) for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) has been accepted in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have received prior...
On the heels of a milestone year, which also happened to be the same as its official launch, Dallas-based Taysha Gene Therapies has secured the exclusive worldwide rights to a clinical-stage gene therapy program that treats a rare inherited genetic disorder. The AAV9 gene therapy Taysha has acquired would be...
Boston, Mass. – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage III or IV clear cell renal cell carcinoma (a form of kidney cancer), generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a personalized cancer vaccine. The vaccines were administered...
Osaka, Japan – The DAPPER study was conducted with the National Cardiovascular Center as the principal investigator, with 294 patients participating from 18 facilities in Japan. In this study, we investigated whether dapagliflozin suppresses urinary albumin excretion, a sensitive marker of kidney damage, and whether it also suppresses cardiovascular events...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Today marks a turning point in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease as Darmiyan, Inc., a leading company in brain health innovation announces the FDA’s approval of its first-in-class (De Novo) clinical test, BrainSee. This approval marks a pivotal advancement in brain health and opens the door to...
HORSHAM, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone (D-VRd) for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). D-VRd is the only anti-CD38 antibody-based regimen with approved indications across newly diagnosed patients, regardless of transplant eligibility. The pivotal Phase...
BEERSE, Belgium – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for the expanded use of DARZALEX®▼ (daratumumab) subcutaneous (SC) formulation in two new indications. The first authorisation of these new indications is for the use of daratumumab SC in...
MECHELEN, Belgium, — Interim results from an ongoing phase 2, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the investigational drug TMC207 for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were published in the New England Journal of Medicine today. TMC207 is being developed by Tibotec BVBA. The data show that the addition of TMC207...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.– INOVIO (NASDAQ: INO), a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and protect people from HPV-related diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases, today announced that peer-reviewed data from a retrospective study investigating the long-term clinical and safety response of patients treated with INO-3107...