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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years. Could you describe the platform of macrophage biology and cell engineering used by Resolution Therapeutics in developing their cell therapies?

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8 Frequently Asked Questions About Genetic Testing in Clinical Trials

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Genetic testing provides patients with a diagnosis for their illness, helps patients and family members to understand risks of developing new diseases, and can be used to support clinical trial advancement. Can prior genetic testing results be utilized in a trial, or should a new genetic sample be taken before participating?

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: Cell and gene clinical trials advance despite Covid-19…

The Pharma Data

As the pharma industry stands firm in its commitment to advance the sector to fight Covid-19, news has emerged from the European Commission who intend to streamline the development of therapies using genetically modified organisms to treat Covid-19. Regenerative medicine and advanced therapies thriving despite Covid-19 disruption.

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KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Demonstrated Superior Disease-Free Survival (DFS) Compared With Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Following Surgery

The Pharma Data

The trial will continue to evaluate overall survival (OS), a key secondary endpoint. The safety profile of KEYTRUDA in this trial was consistent with that observed in previously reported studies. Roy Baynes, senior vice president and head of global clinical development, chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories.

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

The Pharma Data

MSD (Merck) and Eisai have revealed new data from two trials under the LEAP clinical programme evaluating the combination of MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda and Eisai’s oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor Lenvima. in patients with unresectable or advance melanoma who had previously progressed on an anti-PD-1/L1 therapy.

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Merck Provides Update on Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Once-Weekly Investigational Combination of MK-8507 and Islatravir for the Treatment of People Living with HIV-1

The Pharma Data

At the recommendation of the eDMC, Merck is stopping dosing in the trial, with continued monitoring of study participants. In light of the findings from the MK-8507-013 study, Merck conducted a review of trends in total lymphocyte and CD4+ T-cell counts in company-sponsored clinical trials of ISL across all indications and dosing regimens.

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Could Keytruda/Lenvima Combo Help Treat Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma?

The Pharma Data

and Canada, announced along with Eisai today that it has new investigational data demonstrating positive top-line results from the Phase III KEYNOTE-581/CLEAR trial (Study 307). The trial looked at a combination of Keytruda from Merck and Lenvima from Eisai for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Source link.