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Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy

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First-line immunotherapy for NSCLC is dominated by Merck & Co’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab), transforming the prospects of some patients and propelling the drug to multibillion-dollar sales. The post Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy appeared first on.

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Grand Rounds February 24, 2023: S2302 Pragmatica-Lung: New Directions for Decreasing Burden and Increasing Inclusion in NCTN Clinical Trials (Konstantin Dragnev, MD; Karen Reckamp, MD, MS)

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S1800A was a Phase II randomized study of ramucirumab plus pembrolizumab versus standard of care for NSCLC patients previously treated with immunotherapy performed within the Lung-MAP platform. Overall survival was significantly improved with a hazard ratio of 0.69, median OS of 14.5

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Immunocore’s Kimmtrak Gets FDA Approval as First Treatment for Rare Eye Cancer and First T Cell Receptor Therapeutic

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Kimmtrak is part of a novel class of bispecific T cell immunotherapies being developed by Immunocore. Kimmtrak has a price tag of $18,760 per vial, which amounts to a weekly dose. Kimmtrak has also become the first bispecific T cell engager to be FDA-approved for the treatment of a solid tumor.

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FDA gives AbbVie’s c-Met lung cancer ADC a breakthrough tag

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Teliso-V is currently in a 233-patient phase 2 study (LUMINOSITY) involving subjects with c-Met-positive, non-squamous NSCLC as a second- or third-line treatment after chemotherapy, immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors or drugs targeted at specific mutations. Preliminary results from that study showed a 53.8%

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bluebird bio to split into oncology and gene therapy specialists

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million price tag. On the oncology side, bluebird has also strengthened its board with the appointment of Dr Ramy Ibrahim, a high-profile leader in clinical development in immunotherapy and cell therapy. Zynteglo is already in beta-thalassemia in Europe, where the company will seek to expand access despite its hefty $1.8

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Bristol Myers Squibb pays $475 million for exclusive rights to Dragonfly Therapeutics' IL-12 immunotherapy programme

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Bristol Myers Squibb has scooped up the sole rights to the interleukin-12 (IL-12) immunotherapy programme of Massachusetts-based biotech Dragonfly Therapeutics, handing over $475 million for the privilege.

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Scientists turn cancer cells into anticancer agents

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“Our team has pursued a simple idea: to take cancer cells and transform them into cancer killers and vaccines,” said corresponding author Shah, who is also Director of the Center for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy and Vice Chair of research in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s. .