EC approves AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso with chemotherapy for EGFR-mutated lung cancer

Pallavi Madhiraju- July 7, 2024 0

AstraZeneca has received approval from the European Commission (EC) to use its cancer drug, Tagrisso (osimertinib), in combination with pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy as a ... Read More

Maverix Medical acquires Cirrus Bio to advance lung cancer diagnosis

Pallavi Madhiraju- March 30, 2024 0

Maverix Medical, a leading lung cancer platform supported by Ajax Health, KKR, and Hologic, Inc., has officially announced its acquisition of Cirrus Bio, a company ... Read More

Roche’s Tecentriq secures FDA approval for small cell lung cancer treatment

pharmanewsdaily- March 30, 2019 0

Roche’s subsidiary, Genentech, has announced a significant breakthrough with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Tecentriq (atezolizumab). This new approval marks a ... Read More

Pfizer’s Lorbrena receives FDA approval for advanced lung cancer treatment

pharmanewsdaily- November 3, 2018 0

Pfizer Inc., a leading US pharmaceutical company, has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Lorbrena (lorlatinib), a groundbreaking treatment for ... Read More

FDA approves Merck’s Keytruda in combination with chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer treatment

pharmanewsdaily- May 14, 2017 0

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Merck’s cancer immunotherapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), in combination with chemotherapy, as a first-line treatment option ... Read More

FDA accelerates review of Novartis’s Zykadia for first-line treatment in lung cancer

pharmanewsdaily- February 25, 2017 0

Novartis AG, a prominent Swiss pharmaceutical company, has received a significant regulatory boost as its lung cancer medication, Zykadia (ceritinib), has been granted a priority ... Read More

Genprex announces promising results for Oncoprex in Phase II lung cancer trial

pharmanewsdaily- January 7, 2017 0

Texas-based biopharmaceutical company Genprex has unveiled positive interim data from an ongoing phase II clinical trial, NCT01455389, for its lung cancer drug candidate, Oncoprex. Conducted ... Read More