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Gilead’s $21 billion purchase of Immunomedics and its potential blockbuster Trodelvy continues to pay off, as the drug has now been approved by the FDA for triple-negative breast cancer. . months in patients treated with chemotherapy. California-based Gilead had already announced its strong intentions in oncology in 2017 with its $11.9
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Merck & Co has voluntarily withdrawn its Keytruda immunotherapy from a lung cancer niche in the US, amid a crackdown by the FDA on drugs approved without the required post-marketing data. Merck & Co said it had withdrawn the indication after consultation with the FDA and is working to complete the process over the coming weeks.
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AZ is seeking to use Lynparza in patients who had also been previously treated with the chemotherapy drug docetaxel, but NICE has concluded that the application failed to provide evidence of the PARP inhibitor’s value compared to standard therapy.
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