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EU treatment milestone as dostarlimab approved for eligible patients with endometrial cancer

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Dostarlimab (brand name Jemperli) has been granted marketing authorisation by the European Commission (EC) in combination with carboplatin-paclitaxel (chemotherapy) for certain types of endometrial cancer, its manufacturer GSK has announced.

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Prednisone for dogs: Dosage, side effects, and safety

The Checkup by Singlecare

Prednisone is usually used as an add-on treatment to chemotherapy drugs or as a palliative treatment for advanced cancers. Of the lymphatic cancers, lymphoma is common, representing about 15% to 20% of cancers diagnosed in dogs every year. Lymphatic cancer cells have corticosteroid receptors that induce those cells to die.

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EC approves Libtayo® for metastatic cervical cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

s Libtayo ® (cemiplimab) for adults with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer and disease progression while on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. “Libtayo ® was the first programmed cell death protein (PD)-1 inhibitor to demonstrate significant improvements in survival compared to chemotherapy in a Phase III trial.