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Under the terms of the deal, a Merck subsidiary is buying all outstanding shares of Tilos for a total of up to $773 million, including an upfront payment and various potential milestone payments.
With more than 16,000 attendees from 67 countries and hundreds, even thousands of presentations, it can be difficult to get a real grip on everything that went on at the 2019 BIO International Convention held in Philadelphia. Here’s a look at just a few of the highlights.
ASCO called rare cancer treatments the “advance of the year” in oncology.
Patients were given Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with platinum chemotherapy, Keytruda by itself or chemotherapy by itself. The trial results found that the combination extended survival, and immunotherapy alone also worked well for some patients.
Hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia are life-threatening hospital-related pulmonary infections that can particularly impact patients who are already dealing with severe underlying medical conditions.
Olivier Nataf, head of AstraZeneca’s U.S. oncology business unit, is excited about the potential the company’s PARP inhibitor Lynparza is showing as a potential treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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