Novartis’ attempt to treat cancer with the anti-inflammatory drug canakinumab was always a long shot, but it’s nevertheless a disappointing feeling when things don’t work out.
Merck & Co has voluntarily withdrawn its Keytruda immunotherapy from a lung cancer niche in the US, amid a crackdown by the FDA on drugs approved without the required post-marketing dat
NICE has recommended moving Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) from interim funding arrangements to regular NHS reimbursement for certain previously treated breast cancer patients.
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.