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May 26, 2023

ASCO: After lung cancer fails, Roche's faith in TIGIT rewarded as tiragolumab shows signs of life in liver cancer


EU regulators recommend yanking authorization for Novartis' sickle cell med Adakveo after phase 3 miss


Neuralink nabs long-sought FDA nod to begin human trials of brain-computer interface


ASCO: Regeneron's Opdualag rival records double the historical response rate in melanoma


ASCO: BMS pitches Breyanzi as the first CAR-T for CLL. But will a single-arm trial persuade the FDA?

 

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ASCO: After lung cancer fails, Roche's faith in TIGIT rewarded as tiragolumab shows signs of life in liver cancer

Roche's faith in TIGIT may have finally been rewarded, as tiragolumab shows signs of efficacy in liver cancer.
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EU regulators recommend yanking authorization for Novartis' sickle cell med Adakveo after phase 3 miss

After Novartis’ sickle cell disease medicine Adakveo flopped in a phase 3 trial, European regulators promised to take a closer look at its prior approval. Now, the re-examination has come back with a recommendation to revoke authorization.

Neuralink nabs long-sought FDA nod to begin human trials of brain-computer interface

In spite of a wave of news reports suggesting that more delays were on the horizon, almost exactly six months after Elon Musk said his neurotech company Neuralink was half a year away from beginning human trials of its flagship brain implant, the company has achieved that goal.

ASCO: Regeneron's Opdualag rival records double the historical response rate in melanoma

Regeneron believes its LAG-3 inhibitor and PD-1 inhibitor combo for patients with advanced melanoma could serve as a rival to Bristol Myer Squibb’s Opdualag, although a significant portion of patients discontinued treatment in a phase 1 study.

ASCO: BMS pitches Breyanzi as the first CAR-T for CLL. But will a single-arm trial persuade the FDA?

Bristol Myers Squibb's Breyanzi is the first CAR-T drug to deliver a positive readout in chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a pivotal multicenter study. But the study's small size and its single-arm nature might raise uncertainties for drug regulators.

'Quite science fiction': Brain-spine interface system helps man with paralysis walk again

After a motorbike accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Gert-Jan wished to walk again. Now, with the help of a "digital bridge" that connects his brain to his spinal cord, he can.

While Pfizer, BioNTech agree to cut COVID vaccine supply to Europe, Moderna sets up shop in China

Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to reduce their supply of COVID-19 vaccines to the EU by 35%, according to a report from Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Moderna is looking to boost its vaccine sales in China, establishing a unit based in Shanghai.

UK government pledges to reverse flagging trials takeup as part of £650M life sciences 'war chest'

The U.K. government has pledged that a chunk of the 650 million pound sterling ($803 million) funding package assigned to boost the country’s life sciences industry will go toward reversing the slowdown in clinical trial uptake.
 
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