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The end-of-life care conundrum

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Over recent years, there has been a growing consensus that using chemotherapy and aggressive treatments towards the end-of-life should be avoided, where possible, due to the lower quality of life reported. Once no cure can be found for a patient’s condition, decisions must be made about what is the most suitable path forwards.

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Intratumoural viral delivery improves glioblastoma survival

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The viral therapy “aims to awaken the patient’s immune system and trigger a healing from within,” Dr Fueyo commented. After injection, patients that respond well develop inflammation inside the tumour, triggering an immune response that first kills the virus.” This makes it difficult to treat the cancer with immunotherapy.

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

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He discusses why NK cell therapy’s ability to generate ‘synthetic immunity’ in the body means this modality holds potential as an anti-cancer treatment. We specialise in the development of new cutting-edge immunotherapies , based on the use of therapeutic antibodies capable of activating the immune system to fight cancer.

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AstraZeneca to acquire TeneoTwo and its blood-cancer therapeutic

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By binding to both CD19, an antigen expressed on B-cells, and to the CD3 receptor on T-cells, TNB-486 activates and recruits T-cells to CD19-expressing tumours where they can elicit an immune response. “By The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory clearances.

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Sobi gets EU nod for Doptelet in rare blood disorder ITP

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Sweden’s Sobi has secured EU approval for Doptelet in primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an indication that the company expects to accelerate sales of the drug. Sobi acquired Doptelet via its $915 million takeover of Dova Pharmaceuticals in 2019, adding to its haematology and rare disease franchise.

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Novartis extends Kaiku digital patient monitoring partnership

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Kaiku’s DPPM platform has also attracted the attention of other big pharma groups, including Roche which has been working with the company since 2019 on personalised support modules for patients taking its PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab).

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MacroGenics’ HER2 breast cancer drug Margenza approved in US

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Margenza (margetuximab) won FDA approval in combination with chemotherapy to treat metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer after at least two previous rounds of therapy. The median progression-free survival (PFS) of patients treated with Margenza and chemotherapy was 5.8 months in patients treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy.