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Gilead tags Merck for first-line triple negative breast cancer trial

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Hopefully a new standard of care for the aggressive disease, according to partners Gilead Sciences and Merck & Co. Gilead is sponsoring the new study to see if adding Trodelvy can be an alternative chemo when added to Keytruda in the first-line treatment of advanced TNBC, in the hope of moving the ADC up the treatment pathway.

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Oslo Medicines Initiative asks how to balance innovation incentivisation with security of access

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This evolution is leading to additional health benefits and health gains, but they are accompanied by major concerns, as very high price tags raise questions about their affordability.”. In recent years, revolutionary medicines have come with price tags to match, but this is simply a symptom of our current model.

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Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy

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TIGIT is very much among the front runners however, and Roche is being closely pursued by other drug developers including Merck & Co with MK-7684 and Gilead/Arcus, which are also in mid-stage testing, as well as iTeos Therapeutics and Mereo BioPharma. Meanwhile, drugs targeting TIM-3, LAG3, VISTA and STING also coming through development.

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Pharma By The Numbers: A Retrospective Look at the Industry and 20 Years of Xtalks History

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In the span of two years, there was a flurry of these types of David-and-Goliath acquisitions, including Johnson & Johnson buying Actelion , Gilead Sciences gaining Kite Pharma and Takeda Pharmaceutical acquiring Shire. In 2019, BMS acquired Celgene in a $74 billion deal.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

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billion, primarily driven by Pfizer CentreOne, Pfizer’s contract manufacturing operation, reflecting sales of legacy Upjohn products to Viatris (4) and remdesivir to Gilead Sciences Inc., Hospital products, which grew 10% operationally to $2.3 down 7%, which reflects relatively stable U.S. View source version on businesswire.com : [link].