OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today positive survival results from the final analysis of the phase II Borealis-2 trial of apatorsen in combination with docetaxel treatment that enrolled 200 patients with metastatic bladder cancer whose disease had progressed following first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
The College of American Pathologists, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing for patients with gastroesophageal cancers.
NCI CTEP approved the following clinical research studies last month. For further information, contact the principal investigator listed.
Nektar Therapeutics announced that new phase I clinical data for Nektar's lead immuno-oncology agent, NKTR-214, were presented at the SITC 2016 Annual Meeting.
Janssen Biotech said FDA approved Nov. 21 daratumumab (Darzalex) in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone, or bortezomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy.
Merck announced that the phase III KEYNOTE-045 trial investigating the use of Keytruda (pembrolizumab), the company's anti-PD-1 therapy, in patients with previously treated advanced urothelial cancer, met the primary endpoint of overall survival.
Array BioPharma and Pierre Fabre announced new results from the pivotal phase III COLUMBUS trial of binimetinib plus encorafenib (bini/enco) treatment in BRAF-mutant melanoma patients at the Society for Melanoma Research Annual Congress.
Earlier this year, billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong created considerable confusion by launching a cancer “moonshot” program at the same time that President Barack Obama announced an initiative that went by pretty much the same name.
The House and Senate leadership postponed appropriations for fiscal 2017 in favor of a second continuing resolution that runs through March 31, 2017.
In an in-depth interview with The Cancer Letter, an FDA official clarified the agency's criteria for approval of drugs that target PD-1 and PD-L1.
