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Cancer vaccine shows sustained improvement in survival rates

Drug Discovery World

Cancer vaccine mRNA-4157 (V940) in combination with Keytruda reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 49% in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, according to follow-up data presented at ASCO 2024. Ultimately it will contribute to survival rates improving continually over the next decades and more.”

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Insights into cellular therapies for cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

Stem cell transplants have saved patients’ lives time and time again, which led us to launch our own Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program. Regarding CAR-T cell therapy, could you highlight the promising findings that have been identified in the early stages of drug discovery, as well as potential challenges?

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FDA Approves Treatment for Wider Range of Patients with Heart Failure

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults. Jardiance was originally approved by the FDA in 2014 as a supplement to diet and exercise to improve glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Today, the U.S.

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FDA Approves Verquvo (vericiguat) for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Verquvo (vericiguat) for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction have a high risk for hospitalization after experiencing symptoms of heart failure requiring outpatient IV diuretic treatment or hospitalization. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

The Pharma Data

The top 10 news stories this week are focused on coronavirus vaccines and treatments, as China is set to move ahead with human testing of a potential vaccine that has been created using insect cells, while AstraZeneca has started a clinical trial of its antibody treatment designed to prevent and also treat symptoms of coronavirus.

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Recon: Pfizer, BioNTech submit BLA for COVID vaccine; MHRA approves first drug under Project Orbis

The Pharma Data

. Pfizer-BioNTech files for US approval of COVID-19 vaccine ( Reuters ) ( NYTimes ) ( Politico ) ( Press ). Covid-19 Vaccines Are Wasted as Special Syringes Run Short ( WSJ ). Adcomm splits slightly in favor of FDA approving ChemoCentryx’s rare disease drug ( Endpoints ).

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FDA broadens existing emergency use of Lilly and Incyte’s baricitinib in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring oxygen

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broadened the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for baricitinib to allow for treatment with or without remdesivir, whereas the EUA was previously restricted to use only in combination with remdesivir. percent (24/515) for baricitinib plus remdesivir versus 7.1 Wesley Ely, M.D.,