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

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10), as determined by an FDA-approved test, or in patients who were not eligible for any platinum-containing chemotherapy regardless of PD-L1 status. This indication was approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and duration of response.

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FDA Action Alert: Blueprint, Liquidia, Revance, Rhythm and Merck

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The FDA approved it under the brand name Gavreto on September 4. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) had instituted inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. The data was based on the Phase III KEYNOTE-355 trial. The drug was approved for that indication on November 13. On October 14, Liquidia announced the U.S.

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New Data Show Treatment with Lilly’s Neutralizing Antibodies Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) and Etesevimab (LY-CoV016) Together Reduced Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Death by 70 Percent

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Lilly’s chief scientific officer and president of Lilly Research Laboratories. In the trial, the safety profile of bamlanivimab and etesevimab together was consistent with observations from other Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials evaluating these antibodies. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. have reached record highs.

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Retevmo® (selpercatinib) in Advanced RET Fusion-Positive Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers at 2021 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting

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” In the Phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-001 trial, 32 adult patients with 12 unique RET fusion-positive advanced cancer types were enrolled by the efficacy cutoff date of September 19, 2020 (with follow-up through March 19, 2021). Retevmo was approved based on the Phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-001 trial’s endpoints of ORR and DoR.

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Codon Digest: Injected Gene Editors

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A giant dataset about the rat brain, and how neurons connect to each other, was collected and pooled together from 20 different research laboratories. ” Clinical trials are underway. Read “Musk's brain implant company in search of human trials partner.” Nature Neuroscience. Read You love to see it!

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The Promise of Gas Vesicles

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By 2016, Shapiro had set up a research laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and began to devote his attention entirely to gas vesicles. At least six types of CAR-T cells have already passed through clinical trials and garnered FDA approval.

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FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Locally Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC)

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded label for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) that is not curable by surgery or radiation. Merck has the industry’s largest immuno-oncology clinical research program.