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ESMO 2022: shrinking market for Trodelvy, with fierce ADC competition

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Hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer accounts for approximately 70% of all breast cancers, with close to 40,000 new cases diagnosed each year worldwide. Trop-2 is highly expressed across multiple cancer types, with expression detected in more than 90% of breast cancers.

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Disappointment as Lynparza fails colorectal cancer test

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Merck said the LYNK-003 rial of Lynparza (olaparib) given as either a monotherapy or in combination with Roche’s CD20-targeting antibody Avastin (bevacizumab) in advanced colorectal cancer has been halted, as a look at the unblinded data showed little chance of a positive result.

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Surrogate Endpoints: How to Choose the Best One for Your Rare Disease Trial

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Symptoms and Etiology: Caused by an overproduction of growth hormone, acromegaly primarily affects adults. By reducing the amount of growth hormone in the blood, progressive enlargement of bones should be slowed. By reducing the amount of growth hormone in the blood, progressive enlargement of bones should be slowed.

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Sandoz’s Jubbonti and Wyost Approved as First Interchangeable Biosimilars to Amgen’s Bone Drugs Prolia and Xgeva

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Denosumab is a RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa beta ligand) monoclonal antibody that blocks the ability of RANKL to bind to its receptor RANK. Jubbonti is the first interchangeable biosimilar approved to treat osteoporosis and increase bone mass.

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What Innovative Treatments For Metastatic Breast Cancer are being developed?

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CDK4/6 inhibitors are used alongside hormone therapy. There are antibody drugs targetting those cells that are already FDA approved and there are antibody drugs still in trials. There are antibody drugs targetting those cells that are already FDA approved and there are antibody drugs still in trials.

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World Lupus Day 2023 and Novel Investigational Drugs for Lupus

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The exact cause of lupus is not entirely understood, but it is thought to be from a combination of genetic, environmental and hormonal factors. GSK’s Benlysta (belimumab) is a monoclonal antibody that was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011 for the treatment of SLE.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

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According to the trial data, Enhertu lowered disease progression or mortality risk by 50% compared with chemotherapy according to the physician’s choice in HER2-low metastatic breast cancer patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive disease or HR-negative disease. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm.