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.
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.
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
NICE has said Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah cannot be funded by the NHS in adults with an aggressive form of lymphoma, calling for further discussions to get the drug on to the market.