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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/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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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.

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Lilly and Amgen Announce Manufacturing Collaboration for COVID-19 Antibody Therapies

The Pharma Data

17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) and Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced a global antibody manufacturing collaboration to significantly increase the supply capacity available for Lilly ‘s potential COVID-19 therapies. Lilly ‘s chief scientific officer and president of Lilly Research Laboratories.

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

The Pharma Data

today announced a label update for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for its indication in first-line advanced urothelial carcinoma (bladder cancer) in the U.S. Continued approval was contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials. Source link: [link].

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FDA Approves

The Pharma Data

Patients should be selected for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for LYNPARZA. As previously reported, there was a statistically significant improvement in rPFS in the full intention-to-treat (ITT) population in the PROpel trial (n=796). 0.45]) and overall survival (OS) (HR=0.30 [95% CI, 0.15-0.59]) In the U.S.,