FDA has approved the BRACAnalysis CDx test for use as a companion diagnostic to identify men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who are eligible for treatment with Lynparza (olaparib).
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application to FDA, seeking approval for Xpovio (selinexor), its first-in-class, oral selective inhibitor of nuclear export compound, as a new treatment for patients with previously treated multiple myeloma.
Flatiron Health, Foundation Medicine, and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, in partnership with community and academic oncology practices, have launched a novel, low-interventional study to assess and improve clinical trials for patients living with advanced lung cancer.
Five years after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for all men, rates of advanced prostate cancer continued to increase in men 50 and over in the U.S., according to a new study.
Text messages were not effective in reminding breast cancer patients to maintain their aromatase inhibitor regimens, a study conducted by SWOG shows.
The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research, the public charity supporting SWOG Cancer Research Network, is launching the John Crowley, PhD, Award, to encourage statistical excellence in clinical trials.
The University of Chicago Medicine received $10 million to develop personalized therapies for hard-to-treat cancers.
Peter C. Adamson was named global development therapeutic area head of oncology and pediatric innovation at Sanofi. Based in Cambridge, MA, Adamson will lead the global development in cancer, and will work with leaders across therapeutic areas to further pediatric drug development efforts.
Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou was named clinical development leader of Pfizer Oncology and will join Pfizer Sept. 23.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded new grants totaling over $56 million and consisting of 13 academic research recruitment awards and a product development research award.
