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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

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IO agents include the classes of immune checkpoint modulators, cell therapies, bispecific antibodies, oncolytic viruses, therapeutic vaccines, and cytokines. IO therapies come with a hefty price tag, with ICI therapies in the US typically exceeding $100,000, while cell therapies can exceed $400,000.

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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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Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies in Healthcare

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Overt security features are basically security checkpoints that are meant for end users. The examples of unique codes used for such purposes include linear or 2-dimensional barcodes, human- readable combinations of letters / numbers or unique serialized codes that can be written onto an RFID tag or label.

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Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy

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Roche’s closely-watched combination of two checkpoint inhibitors – TIGIT-targeting tiragolumab and PD-L1 drug Tecentriq – has claimed breakthrough status from the FDA. The post Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy appeared first on.

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Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak

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The one-year survival rate with the drug was 73%, compared to 58% in a group receiving standard-of-care – off-label immune checkpoint inhibitors used for other forms of melanoma like Merck & Co’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy (ipilimumab) or chemotherapy with dacarbazine.

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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 has a price tag of $18,760 per vial, which amounts to a weekly dose. The study evaluated the effectiveness of Kimmtrak against two immune checkpoint inhibitors (Merck’s Keytruda and Bristol Myers Squibb’s Yerboy) and the chemotherapy dacarbazine (as per clinician choice) used as conventional treatments for the disease.

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

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Merck is the obvious partner for that ambition as Keytruda is in the ascendency among checkpoint inhibitors for TNBC, having also recently also picked up an FDA approval pre-surgery alongside chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting, as well as in the post-surgery (adjuvant) setting as a monotherapy, to prevent tumours from recurring.

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