Biologic demonstrates durable tumour regression in rectal cancer
The updated, longer-term Phase II trial results suggest that the antibody therapy could offer a novel approach for treating advanced rectal cancer.
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The updated, longer-term Phase II trial results suggest that the antibody therapy could offer a novel approach for treating advanced rectal cancer.
The EC’s approval of the immuno-oncology treatment “will define a new standard of care for certain patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in the EU,” says principal investigator of the RUBY trial.
The first new treatment option approved for mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in decades has been authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The largest head-to-head trial of PD-1 inhibitors for non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer suggested dostarlimab with chemo aided survival.
GSK receives FDA accelerated approval for Jemperli for adults with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced solid tumours.
Jemperli (dostarlimab) was granted accelerated approval after 42.3 percent recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer patients with deficient mismatch repair responded in a trial.
The EMA’s committee adopted positive opinions of six medications, including two orphan drugs, and concluded its review of the use of REGN-COV2 – an investigational antibody therapy for COVID-19.