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
Merck & Co will voluntarily withdraw a US marketing approval for cancer immunotherapy blockbuster Keytruda in gastric cancer, after studies intended to confirm its efficacy in this sett
Sanofi is still plugging away with its oral BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib in multiple sclerosis, but has decided to abandon efforts to develop the drug for neuromuscular diso
In the newest episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, editor-in-chief Jonah Comstock speaks with Jameka Hill, senior director of clinical trial health equity at Moderna.