30-Day Your Cancer Game Plan Challenge Helps Those Impacted by Cancer and the Patient Organizations That Support Them KENILWORTH, N.J. January 31, 2018 –(BUSINESS WIRE)–With an estimated 1.6 million Americans diagnosed in 2017 alone, cancer not only impacts those diagnosed but their friends and family as well. In recognition of World Cancer Day on Sunday, […]
Phase 1/2 Study Planned for 2018 FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 18, 2018– Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), announced it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration with Pfizer, Inc. to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational combination of Yescarta™ (axicabtagene ciloleucel) and Pfizer’s utomilumab, a fully humanized 4-1BB agonist monoclonal antibody, in patients with […]
Lynparza is the first and only PARP inhibitor approved for use beyond ovarian cancer Lynparza reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 42% compared to standard of care chemotherapy 12 January 2018 – AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (Merck: known as MSD outside the US and Canada) today announced that […]
Companies also announce submission of dupilumab supplemental BLA for uncontrolled, persistent asthma Paris and Tarrytown, N.Y. – January 8, 2018 – Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) will accelerate and expand investment for the clinical development of the PD-1 (programmed cell death protein 1) antibody cemiplimab in oncology and dupilumab in Type 2 allergic diseases. […]
Companies aim to develop jointly-branded clinical decision support software for faster, more accurate, more confident decision-making, enabling earlier diagnosis and individualised treatment Partnership will apply advanced analytics to in-vivo data from GE’s medical imaging and monitoring equipment with in-vitro data from Roche’s biomarker, tissue pathology, genomics and sequencing portfolio Basel, 08 January 2018 – Roche […]
Companies join forces to advance predictive and prescriptive recommendations for people with diabetes INDIANAPOLIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Livongo Health, a leading consumer digital health company focused on empowering all people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, today announced a strategic collaboration to study real-world evidence and […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Viviane Tabar, MD, has been named the new Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Dr. Tabar has been a vital faculty member at MSK for more than 15 years and is currently the Theresa C. Feng Chair for Neurosurgical Oncology […]
Vancouver, BC – 16 Nov 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Vancouver-based company Fusion Genomics selected IBM’s cloud capabilities to help advance Fusion’s ability to detect pandemics before they happen. Fusion Genomics has developed disruptive DNA and RNA technology that it believes can positively identify infectious diseases and enhance the surveillance of emerging pathogens […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the authorization of MSK-IMPACT™ (which stands for integrated mutation profiling of actionable cancer targets), a high throughput, targeted-DNA-sequencing panel for somatic mutations. Created by the Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), MSK-IMPACT is a […]
ABILIFY MYCITE (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) is a drug-device combination product comprised of Otsuka’s oral aripiprazole tablets embedded with an Ingestible Event Marker (IEM) sensor. The ABILIFY MYCITE System includes: ABILIFY MYCITE, the MYCITE® Patch (wearable sensor); the MYCITE APP (a smartphone application); and web-based portals for healthcare providers and caregivers1 The system records medication […]