Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have created a laboratory-grown three-dimensional organoid model that is derived from human tissue and designed to advance understanding about how early stages of cancer develop at the gastroesophageal junction.
Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that FDA has acknowledged the company’s resubmission of the Biologics License Application for zolbetuximab, a first-in-class investigational claudin 18.2-targeted monoclonal antibody, for the first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose tumors are CLDN18.2 positive.
