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New Frontline BTK Inhibitor Strategy Gains FDA Approval in Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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Acalabrutinib had previously received approval in 2017 as a single agent for this same indication. Because of its aggressive nature, MCL is typically treated with combination chemotherapy at diagnosis. The recent application was granted both priority review and orphan drug designation.

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Investigating the Pharmacist’s Role in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Patients With Cancer

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In the 2017 book The Big Picture , author Sean Carroll seamlessly blends the scientific with the philosophical and comments that “life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore. Dutton; 2017. REFERENCES 1. The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself.

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Efficacy and Safety in CPX-351 vs 7+3 in Adults Younger Than 60 Years With AML-MRC or t-AML

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Methods Patients aged 18 to 59 years with t-AML or AML-MRC treated with CPX-351 or 7+3 as induction chemotherapy between 2015 and 2022 at 3 National Cancer Institute–designated cancer centers were included. 4 These findings led to the 2017 FDA approval of CPX-351 for adult patients with t-AML or AML-MRC. Author Disclosures Brian A.

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NK cell immunotherapy: what’s next in clinical development?

European Pharmaceutical Review

IPH5201 is being investigated in a Phase II trial, MATISSE, in combination with durvalumab (anti-PD-L1) and chemotherapy, in patients with resectable early-stage NSCLC. In 2007, he became in charge for business development and in 2017, also became responsible of the portfolio strategy.

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Unpleasant truth: the pandemic, record debt and our opportunity for sustainability

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In England for instance, the introduction of a biosimilar to prevent neutropenia in patients undergoing chemotherapy, resulted in a number of Strategic Health Authorities reassessing their guidance relating to this medicine. 2017;(13):47-64. Available at [link] [Last accessed: September 2020]. 10 Wait S, Han D, Muthu V, et al.

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The potential of bispecific antibodies in blood cancer care and beyond

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Bespoke, personalised blood cancer treatment was revolutionised by the approval of the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in 2017, and they continue to offer an improved quality of life for many patients. They are] administered by the same nurses who would normally give chemotherapy’, Dr Tucker says.

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GSK hits another oncology hurdle as Zejula use is limited again

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The narrower label for Zejula (niraparib) means it can only be used as second-line maintenance therapy after platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with these cancers whose tumours carry a germline BRCA mutation – around 15% of the population. The post GSK hits another oncology hurdle as Zejula use is limited again appeared first on.