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Immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells
Researchers have recently discovered an immunotherapy that uses existing cancer drugs in a whole new way...
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Uncovering the cause of immunotherapy resistance in tumours
Scientists have uncovered a key factor in the development of immunotherapy resistance in the case of cutaneous melanoma. This could potentially lead to future improvements in cancer therapy.
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Sandoz receives EU approval for Erelzi (biosimilar etanercept)
The European Commission (EC) has approved Sandoz’ (a Novartis division) Erelzi (biosimilar etanercept) for use in Europe, to treat inflammatory diseases...
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Collaboration is ‘game changer’ in delivering cell and gene therapies
Collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry, patients and health regulators will be a ‘game changer’ in delivering exciting new cell and gene therapies to treat conditions like cancer and vision loss.
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Roche receives FDA approval for bladder cancer biomarker assay
5 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
The FDA has approved Roche’s biomarker assay as a complementary diagnostic to provide PD-L1 status for patients with urothelial carcinoma...
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How Panacea is paving the way for vaccine immunotherapies
29 March 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
We caught up with the CEO & CSO of Panacea for the latest on vaccine immunotherapies - "As a scientist, as long as you are observant and persistent, you may come up with breakthrough discoveries"
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Immunotherapy treatment fast-tracked under UK’s access to medicines scheme
2 February 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Digital Editor
From today, UK patients with an incurable form of bladder cancer can access the new immunotherapy, atezolizumab, following a positive Scientific Opinion...
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Up to 10-fold increase in assay sensitivity – discover Morffi™ at MEDICA 2016
3 November 2016 | By BBI Solutions
BBI Solutions will be showcasing its Morffi™ signal enhancement technology on Stand F26 in Hall 1 at MEDICA 2016...
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‘Game-changing’ immunotherapy doubles head and neck cancer survival
10 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
An immunotherapy drug has been hailed as a ‘game changer’ after being found to greatly improve survival for patients with relapsed head and neck cancer...
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BBI Solutions launches innovative conjugate blocking technology that enhances signal intensity for lateral flow immunoassays
23 September 2016 | By BBI Solutions
BBI Solutions has launched Morffi™, a novel conjugate blocking technology that enhances signal intensity and improves the sensitivity of lateral flow immunoassays, at the Lateral Flow Test Development seminar in Seattle, USA, on the 20th September...
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Cancer immunotherapy drugs linked to autoimmune diseases
24 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Some cancer patients taking the immunotherapy drugs ipilimumab and nivolumab may be at a higher-than-normal risk of developing autoimmune diseases...
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Chemo may boost immunotherapy power in ovarian cancer
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A study has found that women with ovarian cancer may benefit more from immunotherapy drug treatments if they are given straight after chemotherapy...
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Study describes extraordinarily potent mRNA cancer immunotherapy
2 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
BioNTech has announced the publication of a study that describes the first example of a clinically relevant and systemic mRNA cancer immunotherapy...
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Positive interim review in ongoing AML WT1 T cell clinical trial
14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult has announced a positive interim review of a Phase I/II trial using WT1-TCR t-cell therapy to target acute myeloid leukaemia...
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Forecasting in dynamic Oncology Markets
14 March 2016 | By Black Swan Analysis
Two big things struck me as interesting during an Innovations in Oncology Conference in Edinburgh this month...
