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FDA Approves Updated Indication for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Treatment.

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In addition, as part of the label update, this indication has been revised to be for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) who are not eligible for any platinum-containing chemotherapy.

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Q&A: How a partnership between physicians and researchers aims to make cancer drugs safer

Broad Institute

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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Keytruda/Lenvima combo shows promise in hard-to-treat cancers

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However, the combo treatment performed better in certain cancers compared to others, reporting a response in 32.3% In another phase II trial, Keytruda plus Lenvima demonstrated an ORR between 9.7-32.3% of highly-treated ovarian cancer patients and 29% of previously treated TNBC patients. Source link.

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Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Approved in China in Combination With Chemotherapy.

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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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Informed Design of Bioanalytical PCR Assay Testing Parameters

PPD

These treatments use a vector to introduce the desired nucleic acid code to replace or modify protein expression or use cells to alter/restore a specific cell type. Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are one of the fastest growing areas in human therapeutics.

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BioSpace Movers & Shakers, Dec. 18

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Most recently, Cadavid served as senior vice president and Head of Clinical Development at Fulcrum Therapeutics where he led the development of multiple small molecules for the treatment of genetically defined rare diseases. Previously, Mohindru was CFO and CSO of Cara Therapeutics. Earlier, she served as CSO at Curis, Inc.

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Raising Welfare for Lab Rodents

Codon

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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