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Late Thursday, Genentech said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted regulatory approval for a combination of Tecentriq and Avastin for treatment of some metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Roche subsidiary Genentech snaps up Jecure and its portfolio of preclinical NLRP3 inhibitors aimed at serious inflammatory diseases.
This deal is an expansion of an existing discovery collaboration. Immunocore will head the first-in-human clinical trial of the drug alone and in combination with Genentech’s checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab).
Every year, BioSpace analyzes the biotech industry, looking for the hot new biotech startups to watch. Here’s a look at the top 3 companies from the Top 20 Life Science Startups to Watch in the U.S. from 2016.
Rob Dunn, a professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh recently wrote a book, Never Home Alone. In this book, he describes how millions of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and insects live in your home—and in and on your body.
Biopharma companies name new members of their leadership teams. Who made big moves this week?
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According to the American Cancer Society, almost 601,000 people in the U.S. died of cancer in 2017. The two most common types of cancer are lung cancer and breast cancer, followed by colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and stomach cancer.
It was 36 years ago when Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Eli Lilly and Company’s Humulin, the first human Recombinant insulin for diabetes treatment.
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