LORENZ STUDER, director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, was named a fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.
UbiVac formed a collaboration with Janssen Biotech Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to develop new preclinical and clinical versions of UbiVac's proprietary DRibble immunotherapy for use in preclinical studies of oral cancer.
Aspen Park Pharmaceuticals Inc. acquired worldwide rights to APP-111, first-in-class oral, antitubulin targeting agent for the potential treatment for the form of castration resistant prostate cancer, from The Ohio State University, through the Ohio State Innovation Foundation.
FDA approved Varubi (rolapitant) to prevent delayed phase chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month. For further information, contact the principal investigator listed.
Telotristat etiprate showed clinical benefit in treating carcinoid syndrome in cancer patients not adequately controlled by long-acting somatostatin analog therapy, the current standard of care, according to data from the phase III TELESTAR study.
A phase II study of Cyramza (ramucirumab) in combination with docetaxel met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant increase in progression-free survival for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who failed prior platinum-based therapy.
Two separate papers published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that imetelstat demonstrated disease-modifying activities in phase II studies of myelofibrosis and essential thrombocythemia.
OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. presented results from additional exploratory analyses of the phase III SYNERGY trial, demonstrating that custirsen treatment significantly lowered serum clusterin levels from baseline in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
Novartis announced results of a phase III study showing Afinitor (everolimus) tablets reduced the risk of progression by 52 percent (HR=0.48; 95% CI, 0.35-0.67; p<0.00001) compared to placebo in patients with advanced, progressive, nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumors of gastrointestinal or lung origin.
