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Oncolytic viruses: past and present

European Pharmaceutical Review

This strategy has failed to gain a foothold in the past as the patient’s immune system interferes, destroying the unprotected oncolytic viruses. After surgery, strategic combinations of radiotherapy, chemotherapy like temozolomide, and other forms of treatment, such as immunotherapy or the use of an electric field cap, are employed.

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Opdivo and chemotherapy combo increases survival in lung cancer patients

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Lung cancer drug Opdivo administered with chemotherapy has been shown to boost survival rates in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Some cancer cells contain large amounts of PD-L1, which helps them to evade the body’s immune system.

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Serplulimab increases survival in small cell lung cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

A Phase III trial from Shanghai Henlius Biotech is the first study to suggest that the programmed cell death (PD) 1 receptor immune checkpoint inhibitor Hansizhuang (serplulimab) plus chemotherapy can markedly improve survival for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) patients. A follow-up after 12.3 percent and 7.9

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Nivolumab plus chemo provides one-year PFS in 94 percent lymphoma patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

Ninety-four percent of advanced stage (3 or 4) classic Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with nivolumab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor plus AVD chemotherapy (N-AVD) had one-year progression-free survival (PFS), according to Phase III trial results. Then 487 were part of the BV-AVD group.

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At ESMO, three studies show promise of antibody-drug conjugates in breast cancer

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pharmaphorum sat down with Sunil Verma, global head of oncology, medical, at AstraZeneca, to discuss three studies that were presented at the show, which demonstrate a few of the ways oncology is advancing through precision medicine and targeted therapies. And once it’s present there, it’s taken up by the cancer cell.

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NICE recommends BMS’ combination therapy for gastroesophageal cancer

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK has recommended Bristol Myers Squibb ’s (BMS) nivolumab (Opdivo) plus chemotherapy as an option for patients with advanced or metastatic gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction or oesophageal adenocarcinoma. The PD-1 protein can switch off the immune system of the body.

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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. percent.