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IL-6 drugs do work in COVID-19, says UK, as it plans NHS use

New data means that IL-6 drugs from Roche and Sanofi that had been all-but written off as coronavirus therapies will now be offered routinely to COVID-19 patients in intensive care in the

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Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy

Roche’s closely-watched combination of two checkpoint inhibitors – TIGIT-targeting tiragolumab and PD-L1 drug Tecentriq – has claimed breakthrough status from the FDA.

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Roche set to file ophthalmology drug faricimab in DME

Roche looks set to mount a challenge to Bayer’s ophthalmology drug Eylea in 2021 after its faricimab antibody showed comparable results in diabetic macular oedema (DME) but with half the in

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Roche claims EU okay for Herceptin/Perjeta combination Phesg...

Roche has secured EU approval for Phesgo, a fixed-dose combination of its breast cancer drugs Herceptin and Perjeta that is easier and cheaper to administer to patients – and also provides

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EUSA Pharma hopes IL-6 drug will succeed in COVID-19 where r...

UK-based EUSA Pharma has begun a late-stage trial of its antibody siltuximab in COVID-19, hoping that the IL-6 inhibitor will succeed where class rivals from Roche and Sanofi/Regeneron have

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