Astellas now has a pair of studies backing the use of its Claudin 18.2 targeting antibody zolbetuximab in gastric cancer, setting up regulatory filings and consolidating i
Astellas has confirmed it is out in front among developers of drugs targeting claudin 18.2, after a second phase 3 trial of zolbetuximab hit its objectives.
Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo has been recommended as a treatment for around 3,000 people with rare forms of gastro-oesophageal cancer via the NHS in England and Wales.
Astellas Pharma's zolbetuximab – currently leading an expanding pack of drugs targeting claudin 18.2 – has shown efficacy in the first of a pair of phase 3 trials of gastric or gastroesopha
Merck & Co's Keytruda become the first cancer immunotherapy to be approved as a first-line oesophageal cancer treatment in the EU earlier this year, but will now face competition from B
A peptide vaccine developed by Australia's Imugene has reduced tumour size in around half of patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer in a phase 2 trial