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Immuno-oncology has become a key lynchpin in the pipelines of many pharmaceutical companies. The global cancer immunotherapy market is expected to more than double over the next eight years to $126.9 billion by 2026.
Only a few months after GlaxoSmithKline acquired Waltham, Mass.-based Tesaro, Tesaro released promising data from its Phase I/II GARNET study of dostarlimab in endometrial cancer.
March is National Kidney Month, with March 14 designated as World Kidney Day. The kidneys are called the body’s chemical factories. Their job is to filter waste and perform specific important jobs like controlling red blood cell production and blood pressure.
Humira generated nearly $20 billion in revenue for the Illinois-based company. Celgene’s Revlimid earned about half-as-much in 2018.
The drugs target a protein called STING (stimulator of interferon genes), which plays an important role in the innate immune system, which is the body’s first line of defense against various pathogens.
Alex Trebek, 78, host of TV game show “Jeopardy” announced yesterday that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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