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STAT+: An exit interview with Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Giovanni Caforio

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But Bristol stumbled in 2016 when its immunotherapy Opdivo failed to help patients with non-small cell cancer more than chemotherapy. Opdivo remained a big seller, but its failure allowed Merck’s rival Keytruda to move into position to become the best-selling medicine in the world.

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‘What a gift to give’: For a woman struggling with infertility, a sister’s unexpected offer of surrogacy brings new hope

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After the brain tumor diagnosis in 2016, Gatton would undergo two brain surgeries, radiation treatment, chemotherapy, followed by an embryo transfer that failed. Gatton and her husband had struggled to conceive naturally for years and completed six unsuccessful intrauterine inseminations.

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Chemotherapy

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Ministry of Health Systemic Therapy Protocol 2016 Ministry of Health Systemic Therapy Protocol focuses on chemotherapy and targeted therapies used in the treatment of solid tumours. However, in reality, chemotherapy regimen is not very different from how we manage a hypertension or diabetes mellitus.

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GSK immuno-oncology treatment achieves novel EU approval

European Pharmaceutical Review

GSK’s Jemperli (dostarlimab) plus carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy is indicated for these patients who are suitable for systemic therapy. New immuno-oncology treatment approved for endometrial cancer What data is the EC’s approval of Jemperli (dostarlimab) plus chemotherapy based on?

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NICE guidance recommends olaparib for breast and prostate cancers

European Pharmaceutical Review

For breast cancer patients, the treatment is approved for those who have inherited faults in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, after surgery and chemotherapy and are HER2-negative and at high-risk. Additionally, this means NICE has now made positive recommendations in all 19 of its appraisals of breast cancer treatments since 2016.

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First CAR T-cell therapy recommended on NHS

European Pharmaceutical Review

After initial chemotherapy, up to 45 percent of patients with DLBCL will require a second line treatment, which often involves high dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, according to a guideline published in a 2016 issue of the British Journal of Haematology. Could CAR T therapies be manufactured in one day?

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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

The availability of oral chemotherapy treatments would provide stomach cancer patients with the option of more efficacious drugs with improved tolerability in a more convenient dosage format” The poor clinical outcomes of stomach cancer make it a key target for drug development. Benefits of daily oral chemotherapy over IV.