Drug Discovery World

MARCH 7, 2023

Linda Powers, CEO, Northwest Biotherapeutics Powers has served as the Chairman of NW Bio since 2007, and as CEO since 2011. Powers taught for more than six years at the National Institutes of Health, on medical product development and commercialisation, and at Georgetown Law School as an adjunct professor.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Until recently, the FDA relied on a monograph process through which firms could bring OTC drugs to market without FDA approval so long as it adhered to pre-set terms under the monograph. Finally, the committee came up with a list of recommendations for the structure of additional trials, listed in the meeting minutes.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

By Allessandra DiCorato October 11, 2023 In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer. By then, a few cancer immunotherapies had entered clinical trials and only a handful had been approved by the FDA.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 17, 2021

Applications based on positive results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -648 trial, in which both Opdivo -based combinations demonstrated a significant survival benefit over chemotherapy alone. Bristol Myers Squibb thanks the patients and investigators involved in the CheckMate -648 trial. On March 25, 2011, the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

CheckMate -743 remains the only Phase 3 trial to show a survival benefit with first-line immunotherapy treatment in patients with MPM. First-line nivolumab + cabozantinib vs sunitinib in patients (pts) with advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC) in subgroups based on prior nephrectomy in the CheckMate 9ER trial. Dr. Camillo Porta.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 11, 2020

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced the Phase 3 CheckMate -577 trial evaluating Opdivo (nivolumab) as an adjuvant therapy for patients with resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer met its primary endpoint of disease-free survival (DFS) at a pre-specified interim analysis.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 21, 2023

Strikingly, a strong genetic link between target and disease biology is emerging as a predictor for success in clinical trials. 2,3 This is exemplified by drugs that target disease-specific genes or genetically distinct patient subsets which are more likely to succeed in demonstrating efficacy in clinical development.

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