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Immunotherapy drug achieves trial-first in fifty years

30 January 2024 | By Catherine Eckford (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Major findings from a Phase III trial show that using immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab post-surgery extended survival and delayed disease recurrence in kidney cancer.

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Re-engineering proteins to develop novel immunotherapies

13 July 2023 | By Jessicca Rege (Alkermes)

Jessicca Rege of Alkermes provides insights into how protein engineering approaches have led to the development of novel therapies that harness the immune system’s capabilities to fight cancer.

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Two new developments in kidney cancer treatments

15 February 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Studies suggest there are better treatment options than sunitinib for kidney cancers; cabozantinib in metastatic papillary kidney cancer and lenvatinib/pembrolizumab for renal cell carcinoma.

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NICE recommends avelumab and axitinib to treat renal cell carcinoma

31 July 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Bavencio (avelumab) and Inlyta (axitinib) are recommended by NICE for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, available on the Cancer Drugs Fund.

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FDA approves first biosimilar for the treatment of cancer

15 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Mvasi, a biosimilar to the cancer drug Avastin, is approved for certain colorectal, lung, brain, kidney and cervical cancers…

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Scotland approves Ipsen’s cabozantinib to treat kidney cancer

14 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The SMC endorses routine prescribing across NHS Scotland of Ipsen’s cabozantinib, offering a new therapy option to help battle kidney cancer.

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NICE approves former CDF kidney cancer drug for NHS use

12 January 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Editor

Everolimus (Afinitor, Novartis) is now recommended to be available on the NHS as a treatment option for some patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma...

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K is for Kidney

28 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor

K is for Kidney - the next instalment of our daily pharmaceutical alphabet bringing you up to date with all the latest research...

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NICE recommends ‘breakthrough’ drug nivolumab for advanced renal cell cancer

21 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Nivolumab is an intravenous drug, a form of immunotherapy that works by harnessing the power of the patient’s own immune system to destroy the cancer cells...

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Ipsen’s kidney cancer drug receives positive CHMP and ‘Promising Innovative Medicine’ status

25 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Ipsen announced that CHMP & EMA have provided a positive opinion for Cabometyx for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in adults...

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