Alta Sciences

APRIL 4, 2025

Getting to the Heart of Science: How Clinical Research Saved My Life and Continues to Inspire Me pmjackson Fri, 04/04/2025 - 18:01 By Josiah Liang, Research Laboratory Technician, Clinical Diagnostic and Central Laboratory Services. How Clinical Research Saved My Life I was born in 2000.

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JULY 6, 2021

accelerated approval indication for KEYTRUDA for the treatment of patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 [combined positive score (CPS ? About KEYTRUDA ® (pembrolizumab) Injection, 100 mg.

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JULY 8, 2021

KEYTRUDA Is Now Approved for the Treatment of Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic or Locally Advanced cSCC That Is Not Curable by Surgery or Radiation. Merck has the industry’s largest immuno-oncology clinical research program. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS

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MARCH 23, 2021

First Anti-PD-1 in Combination With Chemotherapy Approved for the First-Line Treatment of Esophageal and GEJ Carcinoma, Regardless of Histology or PD-L1 Expression. We are committed to putting patients first and continuing our research to help advance new approaches to potentially extend the lives of people with cancer.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Based on an interim analysis conducted by an independent Data Monitoring Committee, KEYTRUDA monotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningfully improvement in DFS compared with placebo. Europe and Japan in combination with axitinib for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced RCC.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

The FDA’s acceptance of our application adds to our momentum of advancing new treatment options to address the most challenging cancers facing women,” said Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, vice president, clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. Merck has the industry’s largest immuno-oncology clinical research program.

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MARCH 16, 2021

inhibitor belzutifan (pronounced bell-ZOO-ti-fan), a novel investigational candidate in Merck’s oncology pipeline, for the potential treatment of patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease-associated renal cell carcinoma (RCC), not requiring immediate surgery. For more information about our oncology clinical trials, Source link:[link].

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MARCH 17, 2021

This approval is based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 KEYNOTE-204 trial, in which KEYTRUDA monotherapy demonstrated a significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared with brentuximab vedotin (BV), a commonly used treatment. KEYTRUDA reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 35% (HR=0.65 [95% CI, 0.48-0.88];

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JUNE 29, 2021

KEYTRUDA is Now Approved in Combination With Platinum- and Fluoropyrimidine-Based Chemotherapy As First-Line Treatment for Certain Patients With Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Esophageal Carcinoma or HER2-Negative GEJ Adenocarcinoma Whose Tumors Express PD-L1 (CPS ?10).

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JULY 15, 2021

Given the high rates of recurrence within the first five years of diagnosis, patients with high-risk early-stage TNBC need new treatment options,” said Dr. Peter Schmid, lead, Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine, Barts Cancer Institute in London, England. Merck has the industry’s largest immuno-oncology clinical research program.

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JUNE 25, 2021

We hope to build on this important research and provide new treatment options to kidney cancer patients.”. “As The late-breaking results will be presented in the Plenary session of the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Abstract #LBA5) on Sunday, June 6, 2021. No treatment-related deaths occurred.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

First Anti-PD-1 Regimen Approved in China for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Esophageal or GEJ Cancer, Regardless of Histology or PD-L1 Expression. KEYTRUDA Is Now Approved for Eight Indications Across Five Different Types of Cancer in China. KEYTRUDA Is Now Approved for Eight Indications Across Five Different Types of Cancer in China.

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JULY 22, 2021

Immunotherapy and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Combination Approved for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma That is Not Microsatellite Instability-High or Mismatch Repair Deficient, Who Have Disease Progression Following Prior Systemic Therapy in Any Setting and Are Not Candidates for Curative Surgery or Radiation.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Molnupiravir has been shown to be active in several preclinical models of SARS-CoV-2, including for prophylaxis, treatment, and prevention of transmission, as well as SARS-CoV-1 and MERS. Ridgeback markets Ebanga TM for the treatment of Ebola and has a late-stage development pipeline which includes molnupiravir for the treatment of COVID-19.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.

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Codon

JULY 21, 2024

As the biotechnologist Alex Telford writes , “Without mouse models, we may never have developed polio and meningitis vaccines, organ transplants, GLP-1 drugs, gene therapies , or any other number of transformative treatments.” Another part of providing research animals with a good life is granting them a good death.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Triple-negative carcinoma grows and spreads faster than other sorts of carcinoma and consequently features a worse prognosis,” said Dr. Vicki Goodman, vice chairman , clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. Importantly, this treatment regimen are often utilized in combination with different chemotherapy agents.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The study, IMPOWER 22, will evaluate the efficacy and safety of islatravir — Merck’s novel investigational nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor (NRTTI) under evaluation for both treatment and prevention — and is anticipated to begin by early 2021.

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Broad Institute

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For some patients, this treatment results in striking and long-lasting remission — but for a subset, it triggers complications ranging from mild rash to potentially deadly brain and heart inflammation. With immunotherapy, it awakens your immune system in a way that’s like a fire in a bush — it doesn’t stop.

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