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Cancer vaccine shows promise in glioblastoma trial
Personalised cancer vaccine increases progression free survival by approximately 50 percent in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
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Sanaria® PfSPZ-CVac vaccine 75 percent effective at preventing malaria
Clinical studies optimising immunisation with Sanaria’s PfSPZ-CVac vaccine resulted in 77 and 75 percent of participants being protected from malaria infection.
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Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm™ authorised in US under accelerated approval
Aduhelm™ (aducanumab-avwa) is the first new treatment approved for Alzheimer’s since 2003 and the first therapy to target the fundamental pathophysiology of the disease – amyloid plaques.
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Imfinzi increases five year survival to 43 percent in Stage III lung cancer trial
New data shows AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) achieved an unprecedented five year survival rate of over 40 percent in patients with Stage III non-small cell lung cancer.
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Chemotherapy-free combination shows potential in lymphocytic leukaemia trial
Imbruvica® (ibrutinib) plus Venclexta®/Venclyxto® (venetoclax) resulted in 95 percent of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients surviving without disease progression for two years.
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Tislelizumab reduces risk of death by 30 percent in oesophageal cancer trial
In a Phase III trial, Novartis’ investigational checkpoint inhibitor tislelizumab improved overall survival in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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Erleada® improves survival without damaging quality of life in prostate cancer trial
Data shows metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer patients treated with Erleada® (apalutamide) were 35 percent less likely to die and had maintained quality of life.
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First patient dosed with multi-variant second-generation COVID-19 vaccine
The first-in-human trial of OSE Immunotherapeutics’ multi-variant, second-generation COVID-19 vaccine has enrolled and dosed its first participant.
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Talquetamab shows promise in multi-drug refractory multiple myeloma patients
New Phase I data shows 65 percent of triple-class and 83 percent of penta-drug refractory multiple myeloma patients responded to talquetamab.
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Pegcetacoplan safe and effective in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria trial
In a Phase III study pegcetacoplan resulted in 86 percent of treatment-naïve paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) patients achieving haemoglobin stabilisation.
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Stem cell therapy shows promise in COVID-19 respiratory distress
JadiCell™ was shown to significantly improve survival in COVID-19 patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and also reduce lung scarring associated with long-COVID-19.
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Why it’s high time for psychedelic drug development
Here, Dr Matthew McMurray and Dr J Andrew Jones of Miami University explain why psychedelic drugs are attracting R&D as potential treatments for neuropsychiatric and degenerative disorders and how their discovery of an in vivo production technique could enable further advancement.
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Dexpramipexole could be a promising treatment for eosinophilic asthma
Oral doses of dexpramipexole lowered eosinophil counts by up to 80 percent and showed signs of improving lung function in a Phase II eosinophilic asthma trial.
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Evinacumab shows promise in severe hypertriglyceridemia trial
The investigational antibody evinacumab was able to lower triglycerides by up to 82 percent in severe hypertriglyceridemia patients with acute pancreatitis.
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First UK patient enrolled in Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy trial
The Phase III trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Pfizer’s PF-06939926 gene therapy in 99 paediatric Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients across 15 countries.
