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Keytruda approved as first-line advanced cervical cancer therapy

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Some cancer cells contain large amounts of PD-L1, which helps them to evade the body’s immune system. The approved treatment regime demonstrated superior overall survival (OS; HR=0.64 [95% CI, 0.50-0.81]; 0.81]; p=0.0001) and progression-free survival (PFS; HR=0.62 [95% CI, 0.50-0.77];

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Phase 2 FIGHT Trial Results Presented at ASCO GI Validate Importance of FGFR2b Overexpression and Reinforce Potential of Bemarituzumab Plus Chemotherapy as a Frontline Targeted Treatment for FGFR2b+ Gastric and GEJ Cancers

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HR (95% CI): 0.68. HR (95% CI): 0.54 (0.33, 0.87). HR (95% CI): 0.44 (0.25, 0.77). HR (95% CI): 0.58; (0.35, 0.95); p=0.027. HR (95% CI): 0.44 (0.25, 0.77). HR (95% CI): 0.58; (0.35, 0.95); p=0.027.

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Pembrolizumab by Merck for Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma): Likelihood of Approval

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Pembrolizumab is under clinical development by Merck and currently in Phase III for Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma). According to GlobalData, Phase III drugs for Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma) have a 53% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Pre-Registration.

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Combination of copanlisib and rituximab significantly increases progression-free survival in patients with relapsed indolent non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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Patients treated with this combination had a decrease in risk of disease progression or death by 48% (HR=0.52, p=0.000002) compared to patients treated with placebo and rituximab, with a median PFS of 21.5 months versus 13.8 Patients must have relapsed after the last rituximab-, rituximab biosimilars-, or anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (e.g.,

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First Anti-PD-1 in Combination With Chemotherapy Approved for the First-Line Treatment of Esophageal and GEJ Carcinoma, Regardless of Histology or PD-L1 Expression

The Pharma Data

For OS and PFS, KEYTRUDA plus FU and cisplatin reduced the risk of death by 27% (HR=0.73 [95% CI, 0.62-0.86]; 0.86]; p<0.0001) and reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 35% (HR=0.65 [95% CI, 0.55-0.76]; for the placebo arm, with a HR of 0.62 (95% CI, 0.49-0.78; for the placebo arm, with a HR of 0.86 (95% CI, 0.68-1.10).

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Roche to present a broad range of data across multiple cancer types at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020

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New integrated analyses from our tumour agnostic Rozlytrek ® (entrectinib) clinical development programme. Data will also be presented for two of our investigational hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer treatments, both of which target the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway, a key driver of cancer cell growth and proliferation.

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Enhertu Approved in the U.S. for the Treatment of Patients With Previously Treated HER2 Positive Advanced Gastric Cancer

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In the DESTINY-Gastric01 trial, patients (n=126) in the Enhertu treatment arm had a 41% reduction in the risk of death versus patients (n=62) treated with chemotherapy (based on a hazard ratio [HR] of 0.59; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.39-0.88; 4.3] (HR=0.47; 95% CI 0.31-0.71) About the Enhertu Clinical Development Program.