STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
BARCELONA, Spain — Patients with advanced cancers often develop a secondary condition that causes them to shed weight, making it even harder to tolerate their cancer treatments. Called cachexia, it’s an under-recognized syndrome that researchers are still trying to tease out, and one that’s attracting more interest from drugmakers.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
ESMO 2024 began on Friday 13th September. Prof Andres Cervantes discussed how building trust has been a several generation development, following five decades of effort in the oncological space.
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STAT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
BARCELONA, Spain — A widely used immunotherapy approach helped stave off disease progression in patients with a type of anal tumor, researchers reported Saturday, potentially setting up the drug for approval in a cancer that’s largely caused by human papillomavirus. The Phase 3 trial tested the PD-1 targeting antibody retifanlimab in combination with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
An ESMO 2024 presentation explores the growing role of the gut microbiome in immunotherapy response, emerging diagnostic tools such as PCR chips, and innovative therapies such as fecal microbiota transplantation and microbiome-preserving strategies to improve patient outcomes.
Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay
Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
In 2021, the FDA blasted Merck for using a premature endpoint to pursue a Keytruda approval in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). | In 2021, the FDA blasted Merck for using premature data to pursue a Keytruda approval in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. Now, the PD-1 inhibitor has gold-standard overall survival data to back its case.
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
Not only do diverse clinical cohorts improve the strength of the data, but it improves public trust in clinicians and the medical system as a whole.
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Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
The gut and intratumoral microbiota influence cancer development, progression, and treatment responses, highlighting the potential for treatment strategies that leverage these microbial interactions to enhance cancer therapies.
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
Check out this recap of articles published on our sister sites during the past week.
Fierce Pharma
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi recently became the first PD-1/L1 inhibitor to deliver a patient survival win in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). | AstraZeneca’s detailed data show exactly how Imfinzi became the first PD-1/L1 inhibitor to deliver a patient survival win in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. But the win came from a perioperative regimen, a trial design that’s been criticized by the FDA in lung cancer.
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