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EU approval for Pfizer’s non-small cell lung cancer drug

1 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The drug exhibited marked anti-tumour activity in patients with ROS1-positive advanced NSCLC and met its primary endpoint of ORR. Tumours were tested for ROS1 rearrangements by laboratory-developed break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) (96%) or real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (4%) assay...

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Pfizer to acquire AstraZeneca’s anti-infective business

24 August 2016 | By Pfizer

The agreement includes the rights to the newly approved EU drug zavicefta (ceftazidime-avibactam), the marketed agents merrem/meronem (meropenem) and zinforo (ceftaroline fosamil), and the clinical development assets aztreonam-avibactam (ATM-AVI) and CXL...

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NICE recommends Pfizer’s lung cancer drug after price drop

18 August 2016 | By The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

When initially reviewed, the committee concluded that the drug was too expensive compared to the current standard of care. Pfizer submitted further evidence, including a new patient access scheme that provided the drug at a lower price alongside revised analyses, which the committee then concluded could now be considered value…

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Global dual-drug trial aims to advance HIV treatment

16 August 2016 | By ViiV Healthcare

ViiV Healthcare is undertaking two identical studies as part of a global phase III programme comparing a two-drug regimen of dolutegravir plus lamivudine, with a three-drug regimen of dolutegravir (Tivicay), plus the fixed-dose tablet tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada), to support regulatory filings as a treatment for HIV, for adults who have had…

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Pfizer’s Vyndaqel a success for rare disease

8 August 2016 | By Pfizer

Treatement over varying periods of up to 5.5 years, showed that early stage treatment with Vyndaqel resulted in minimal neurological disease progression, and in preservation of body weight, which often declines as the disease progresses...