First immunotherapy recommended for advanced cervical cancer
Final draft guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended immunotherapy pembrolizumab drug for advanced cervical cancer.
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Final draft guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended immunotherapy pembrolizumab drug for advanced cervical cancer.
The European Commission has approved Libtayo® for cervical cancer and disease progression while on or after platinum-based chemotherapy, due to positive Phase III trial results.
EPR’s Anna Begley summarises some of the key results from trials of Merck’s Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) cancer treatment.
A Phase III trial evaluating Libtayo® (cemiplimab) monotherapy in advanced cervical cancer has been stopped early due to a positive result on overall survival.
Novel programmed cell death protein 1 immunotherapies for cervical cancer have demonstrated success in two Phase II clinical trials in the US.
The cervical dysplasia drug-device product, APL-1702 (Cevira®), offers an alternative to surgery and has been approved to start a clinical trial in China and several other countries.
A study investigating the effectiveness of HPV vaccines has revealed that a single dose is as successful at preventing cervical cancer as multiple doses.
Analysis of the designs of Phase II and III efficacy trials for HPV vaccines suggest they overstated their effectiveness against cervical cancer, according to researchers.
A recent report has predicted that the cervical cancer vaccine market will increase to $6bn by the end of the forecast period.
2 June 2013 | By Roche
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