Roche is eyeing a new use for its checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy Tecentriq after it posted results showing it extended patients’ lives by an extra two months compared with chemotherapy
The European Commission has approved AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug Imfinzi (durvalumab) in a kind of lung cancer that was previously only treatable with chemotherapy.
Australian biotech Immutep has begun a clinical trial partnership with Germany’s Merck KGaA and Pfizer to develop a new cancer immunotherapy combination therapy.
England’s High Court has ruled it is lawful to use Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab) in an unlicensed use in wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) instead of more expensive approved drugs
Roche has launched a blood test that can identify 70 of the most commonly mutated genes in solid tumours, as the company seeks to make more medicine more personalised.