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Breaking clinical trial news from ESMO 2023

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Durvalumab and olaparib, AstraZeneca A primary analysis of the DUO-E Phase III trial investigating durvalumab and olaparib in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer showed an improvement in PFS compared to chemotherapy, reducing the risk-of disease progression or death by 45%. Median PFS was 13.8 months compared to 4.9 compared to 22.9%.

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Health Canada gives approval to Enhertu for breast cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The regulatory approval was based on the data obtained from the DESTINY-Breast04 Phase III trial, which was conducted in HR-positive or HR-negative, HER2-low unresectable or metastatic breast cancer patients, who have received one or two prior lines of chemotherapy.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

The approval was based on findings from the international, randomised, open-label Phase III DESTINY-Breast04 clinical trial. Furthermore, Enhertu’s safety profile was in line with prior clinical trials without any new safety concerns detected. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm.

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Pfizer seeks approval from US FDA for Covid-19 treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The latest filing is based on non-clinical and clinical data for Paxlovid and also comprised data from the Phase II/III EPIC-HR clinical trial. Furthermore, findings from the final trial report showed a relative risk decline of 86%.

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Navigating regulatory affairs in biopharma industry requires skilled talent pool: Expert

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Navigating regulatory affairs in the biopharma industry requires a skilled talent pool, according to Benjamin James, HR Leader, Asia-Pacific, Cytiva Lifesciences – a global life sciences (biopharma) company. in 2021 to 5.60 […]

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Specialised Therapeutics’ breast cancer drug gets Philippines FDA approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company claimed that the utmost benefit is reported in hormone-receptor positive (HR+) women and those who commence treatment with Nerlynx within a year of receiving trastuzumab-based therapy. In a Phase III ExteNET clinical trial, neratinib offered a 34% decline in the risk of recurrence and a 2.3%

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US FDA approves expanded indication for Lilly’s breast cancer therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Verzenio along with endocrine therapy (ET) has received approval as an adjuvant treatment for hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-), node-positive, early breast cancer (EBC) adult patients who are at a high recurrence risk.