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AbbVie suffers fresh setback with lung cancer drug Rova-T

AbbVie has suffered a further setback with its oncology drug Rova-T, after early data from a lung cancer trial suggested that patients were living longer when treated with standard therapy.

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NHS funds BMS' Opdivo to prevent skin cancer returning

NICE has recommended interim NHS funding for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer immunotherapy, Opdivo to prevent early stage skin cancer from recurring, overturning a decision earlier this year

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Astellas scores first US blood cancer approval with Xospata

The FDA has approved Astellas’ Xospata for certain patients with acute myeloid leukaemia – the company’s first drug approved in blood cancer.

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NICE approves Bayer’s liver cancer drug

NICE has given Bayer’s advanced liver cancer therapy Stivarga (regorafenib) the go-ahead after it undertook a rapid review following earlier guidance that rejected the drug.

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