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Amgen in $1.9bn swoop for Five Prime and its gastric cancer ...

Amgen is to buy US biotech Five Prime Therapeutics for around $1.9 billion, adding a potential gastric cancer drug to its pipeline.

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Merck & Co axes Keytruda lung cancer niche amid FDA crackdow...

Merck & Co has voluntarily withdrawn its Keytruda immunotherapy from a lung cancer niche in the US, amid a crackdown by the FDA on drugs approved without the required post-marketing dat

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NICE okays regular NHS funding for Novartis' breast cancer d...

NICE has recommended moving Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) from interim funding arrangements to regular NHS reimbursement for certain previously treated breast cancer patients.

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Limited access to cancer biomarker testing in Europe, report...

There is limited access to biomarker testing for cancer in Europe, despite the huge potential of the technology to improve outcomes, according to a new report.

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FDA to quickly review Incyte's Jakafi in chronic GVHD

The FDA is to begin a fast review of Incyte’s Jakafi (ruxolitinib) for patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which cannot be treated with steroids.

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