Thirty six early-career investigators received the the American Society of Hematology 2024 Scholar Awards.
The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for the Lung Cancer Research Program to support innovative, high-impact lung cancer research.
The phase III CheckMate -67T trial, evaluating the subcutaneous formulation of Opdivo (nivolumab) co-formulated with Halozyme’s proprietary recombinant human hyaluronidase (rHuPH20) (herein referred to as “subcutaneous nivolumab”) compared to intravenous Opdivo in patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) who have received prior systemic therapy, demonstrated noninferiority for the co-primary endpoints of Cavgd28 (time-averaged Opdivo serum concentration over 28 days) and Cminss (trough serum concentration at steady state) compared to IV Opdivo.
The World Health Organization cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, has released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer.
Researchers have identified a next-generation BTK degrader that could help overcome treatment resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and related blood cancers.
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein, UCHL1, in highly aggressive neuroendocrine carcinomas and neuroblastoma that could potentially be used as a molecular biomarker for diagnosing these cancers and predicting and monitoring responses to therapy.
Rice University researchers in the lab of chemist Han Xiao have identified a promising new immunological pathway to treat stubborn bone tumors, one of most prevalent forms of metastases in breast cancer patients.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended marketing authorization approval of Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel; ide-cel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Omjjara (momelotinib), a once-a-day, oral JAK1/JAK2 and activin A receptor type 1 (ACVR1) inhibitor. Omjjara is the first authorized medicine in the EU for disease-related splenomegaly (enlarged spleen) or symptoms in adult patients with moderate to severe anemia who have primary myelofibrosis, post polycythaemia vera myelofibrosis or... […]
The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.
