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Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) assesses OX40 agonist, utomilumab and avelumab immuno-oncology assets alone and in various combinations November 14, 2016 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As part […]

First Presentation of Data from Phase 3 KEYNOTE-045 Study Presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s (SITC) 31 st Annual Meeting November 12, 2016 – KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced results from the pivotal KEYNOTE-045 study investigating the use of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s […]

TECENTRIQ showed significant improvement in overall survival for people regardless of their PD-L1 status Data will be discussed with global health authorities, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) September 1, 2016 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced positive results for TECENTRIQ® from the Phase III study, OAK. The study met […]

XALKORI is the first and only approved biomarker-driven therapy for ROS1-positive advanced NSCLC in the EU Wednesday, August 31, 2016 – “The European Commission’s decision to approve XALKORI for ROS1-positive advanced NSCLC represents an important milestone for patients who previously had limited treatment options” Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the European Commission has approved […]

Propels Pfizer into a leading position in oncology Medivation agrees to transaction valued at $81.50 per Medivation share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately $14 billion Expected to be immediately accretive to Pfizer’s Adjusted Diluted EPS upon closing, approximately $0.05 accretive in first full year after close with additional accretion and growth […]

August 8, 2016 KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) therapy, at a fixed dose of 200 mg every three weeks, for the treatment of patients with recurrent or […]

August 5, 2016 – While the news regarding CheckMate – 026 is disappointing, Bristol-Myers Squibb is proud of all that the company has and aims to accomplish with Opdivo. We are indeed transforming cancer care, and remain committed to bringing the benefit of our medicines to the greatest number of patients across multiple cancers. We […]

Significant Development in the War on Cancer SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 10, 2016– Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced GRAIL, a new company formed to enable cancer screening from a simple blood test. Powered by Illumina sequencing technology, GRAIL will develop a pan-cancer screening test by directly measuring circulating nucleic acids in blood. Detecting cancer at the […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the termination of all Amgen-sponsored clinical studies of rilotumumab in advanced gastric cancer, including the Phase 3 RILOMET-1 and RILOMET-2 studies. Amgen’s decision is based on a planned safety review by the RILOMET-1 independent data monitoring committee that found an increase in the […]

GE Healthcare to offer Caradigm’s Identity and Access Management suite with Omnyx digital pathology solutions to streamline pathology workflows. PITTSBURGH, PA – November 19, 2014 – GE Healthcare, a leader in technology innovation, today announced it will resell Caradigm’s Single Sign-On and Context Management solutions in the United States, Canada, and specific EU countries to […]