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Genentech snagged a new regulatory approval for its hemophilia treatment, Hemlibra. On Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the medication for hemophilia A patients who do not have factor VIII inhibitors.
New late-stage data released by South San Francisco-based Genentech shows treatment with baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced the time to improvement of influenza symptoms versus placebo in patients who are at high risk of serious complications from the flu.
PTC Therapeutics announced interim data from Part 1 of its open-label clinical trials, FIREFISH and SUNFISH, of risdiplam for Type 1, 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy in collaboration with Genentech.
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This morning, Genentech released results of its Phase III IMpower 133 trial that showed treatment with Tecentriq plus chemotherapy helped people with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer live significantly longer than with chemotherapy alone.
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. It is estimated that this year there will be more than 22,000 women in the U.S. diagnosed with the disease and about 14,000 disease-related deaths.
Hemophilia patients could have an easier time taking their medication if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gives the green light for the newest indication of Genentech’s Hemlibra for patients who do not have Factor VIII inhibitors.
Days after a report by The New York Times and ProPublica revealed José Baselga, chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, failed to disclose his vast financial ties to various companies in journal articles, the noted cancer researcher has resigned from his position.
Last year’s influenza season in the U.S. had record-breaking hospitalization rates. A lot of industry observers are looking at a new flu drug, baloxavir marboxil, for which clinical trial data was just published.
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