FDA granted orphan drug designation to ADXS-HPV for the treatment of stage II-IV invasive cervical cancer. ADXS-HPV is an immunotherapy drug candidate, developed by Advaxis Inc., which is designed to target cells expressing the HPV gene E7. Expression of the E7 gene from high-risk HPV variants is responsible for the transformation of infected cells into...
The American Cancer Society’s 2026 annual statistics report trumpets a symbolic milestone for oncology—for the first time, the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined has reached 70% for people diagnosed between 2015 and 2021 in the U.S.
