Amber Specialty Pharmacy announces today that they will begin dispensing 13 Pfizer oncology products. The pharmacy’s comprehensive service model will support patients, caregivers, and oncology specialists throughout the country. Their Oncology Center of Excellence provides an enhanced level of care throughout a patient’s treatment journey.
TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) presented updated phase 1 data for patritumab deruxtecan (U3-1402), a HER3 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC), including the first results from one cohort of the dose expansion part of the study in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated metastatic or unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failing treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). The late-breaking data (Abstract #LBA62) were highlighted during a mini-oral presentation today at the European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress 2020 (#ESMO20).
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared over a year ago, researchers around the world have been searching for existing drugs that might be repurposed to fight the virus. A team led by the University of Pennsylvania is adding three candidates to the growing list of potential anti-COVID-19 candidates—medicines they believe are particularly promising because they appear to inhibit the virus in respiratory cells.
Pfizer Inc. on 25th Nov 2019, announced the efficacy and tolerability results from the subgroup analysis of Asian patients enrolled in the ARCHER 1050, a randomized, multicenter, multinational, open-label Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy of VIZIMPRO® (dacomitinib) – an epidermal growth factor inhibitor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) – as first-line monotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR-activating mutations. The results, which were announced at ESMO Asia Congress 2019, show significant prolongation of progression-free survival (PFS); and an extended follow-up demonstrated significant improvement in overall survival (OS) with the first-line dacomitinib versus gefitinib in Asian patients with EGFR-positive advanced NSCLC.
England’s cost watchdogs won’t get behind AstraZeneca blockbuster Tagrisso in previously untreated patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer. But in a change of events, they’re instead backing a Pfizer challenger.
It's a change from the committee’s initial decision which found the tyrosine kinase inhibitor to not be a cost-effective use of NHS resources.
Three years after purchasing Medivation for $14.3 billion, Pfizer is back with another hefty M&A deal. And once again, it's betting on oncology.
The European Commission approves Pfizer’s Vizimpro monotherapy for the first-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, as the market is projected to grow to $26.8bn by 2025.
Pfizer Inc. announced that the European Commission has approved Vizimpro (dacomitinib), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-activating mutations.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the European Commission has approved VIZIMPRO® (dacomitinib), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-activating mutations.