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Transforming cancer treatment for greatest impact

Drug Target Review

Could you provide insights into the driving factors behind exploring novel treatments for cancer types? Could you provide further details on how this phenomenon could impact broader treatment outcomes? What aspects prompted this research direction? The concept of the ‘abscopal effect’ in the 4T1 tumour model is intriguing.

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FDA Advisory Committee Review of 2021

Eye on FDA

One meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee is set for February 10 to discuss a new application for the proposed treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC. But before heading into 2022, it is perhaps time to take stock of AdComms and what they did or did not do during 2021. Fewer Meetings.

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What They Said – FDA Press Releases Mid-2021

Eye on FDA

But here is what we see looking at the first 6 months 2021, and comparing it to mid-years past. Last year the agency issued over 400 releases on a range of topics (65 percent of releases were related to COVID-190. Of the 153, only 33 of them were translated into Spanish.

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Nearly 15% of School-Age Children in U.S. Have Received Mental Health Treatment

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 -- About one in every seven American kids aged 5 to 17 underwent some form of mental health treatment in 2021, the latest year for which statistics are available. So finds a new report from researchers at the U.S. Centers for.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

These therapies have broadened treatment options for patients to expand beyond the more traditional small molecule drug alternatives. ADCs have the potential to redress the poor balance between safety and efficacy seen with traditional cancer treatment options.

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Digital brain biomarker start-up Monument Therapeutics appoints Acacia and Arakis founder Julian Gilbert to Board

Drug Discovery Today

Manchester, UK, August 11, 2021: Monument Therapeutics, a stratified medicine company, today announced Monument Therapeutics the appointment of Dr Julian Gilbert to its Board as a Non-Executive Director.

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Receipt of Opioid Use Disorder Treatments Prior to Fatal Overdoses and Comparison to No Treatment

Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog

Receipt of Opioid Use Disorder Treatments Prior to Fatal Overdoses and Comparison to No Treatment "The findings revealed that exposures to MOUD, even if not continued throughout the six-month exposure period was associated with reduced risk of a fatal poisoning compared to non-MOUD forms of treatment and no treatment exposure.