Tag: immunotherapy
Scientists behind Game-Changing Cancer Immunotherapies Win Nobel Medicine Prize
By Simon Johnson and Kate Kelland
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters)
American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday...
AbbVie Doubles Down on Cancer Project with Biotech Group Argenx
BRUSSELS (Reuters)
Biotech group Argenx said on Wednesday U.S. pharma group AbbVie had exercised an exclusive option to develop and commercialize one of its...
Study Preserves Hopes for Roche’s Tecentriq in Lung Cancer
By John Miller
ZURICH (Reuters)
Swiss drugmaker Roche's hopes of having the first immunotherapy cocktail to be approved as an initial treatment for an aggressive form...
Merck’s Keytruda Shows Promise in Treating Advanced Melanoma
(Reuters)
Merck & Co Inc said on Monday long-term data from its cancer immunotherapy Keytruda showed promise in treating advanced melanoma patients, a day...
Mixed Results for Bristol/Nektar Combination in Cancer Trial
Chicago (Reuters)
Mixed results over the weekend from closely watched studies combining Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's cancer immunotherapy with Nektar Therapeutics experimental drug NKTR-214, led...
Merck’s Keytruda Extends Lung Cancer Survival in Two Trials
By Deena Beasley
CHICAGO (Reuters)
Merck & Co's immunotherapy Keytruda improved survival as a stand-alone treatment for newly-diagnosed lung cancer patients and with chemotherapy for...
