Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted Priority Review to the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for 177Lu-PSMA-617, an investigational targeted radioligand therapy for the treatment of metast…
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Acquisition underscores Novartis commitment to using optogenetics-based therapies to restore vision to patients with advanced blindnessNovartis gains one pre-clinical optogenetic AAV gene therapy program and Arctos’ proprietary technology introducing a…
Novartis announces collaboration on HARMONIA, a Phase III, head-to-head trial evaluating Kisqali® vs. Ibrance®* in patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
HARMONIA seeks to identify the best therapeutic option between Kisqali and Ibrance® for patients with aggressive HER2-enriched intrinsic subtype of HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer (ABC)HARMONIA is intended to test whether Kisqali changes tumor biology…
Novartis presents new Kisqali® data showing longest median overall survival ever reported in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
With the MONALEESA-2 final analysis, only Kisqali has reported statistically significant overall survival (OS) benefit with an aromatase inhibitor for postmenopausal women with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer in the first-line (1L) setting2Kisqali plu…
Novartis announces findings from a real-world study of alpelisib demonstrating clinical benefit in people with PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS)
PROS is a spectrum of rare disorders caused by PIK3CA mutations and is characterized by atypical, visible overgrowths and anomalies in blood vessels, the lymphatic system and other tissuesAt 24 weeks, 38% of patients achieved ≥20% reduction in the volu…
Novartis reports positive health-related quality of life data for 177Lu-PSMA-617 radioligand therapy in patients with advanced prostate cancer at ESMO 2021
New quality of life data for 177Lu-PSMA-617 plus standard of care shows delay in worsening of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and pain in heavily pre-treated patients with PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) com…
Photographer Captures Patients Around the World Persevering With ITP
“I can’t imagine my life without ITP—it has always been a part of me.” Daniela is a patient from Germany diagnosed with the rare platelet disorder at the age of 14. While she has since grown up, raised a family—and now enjoys traveling, hiking, and bui…
Novartis announces first FDA filing acceptance for anti-PD-1 antibody tislelizumab for people with esophageal cancer
Biologics License Application (BLA) submission supported by Phase III RATIONALE 302 trial, which met primary endpoint of improvement in overall survival (OS) in people with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who had receiv…
Sandoz enters into commercialization agreement for biosimilar bevacizumab with Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd., for treatment of multiple types of cancers1,2Sandoz is committed to building on its leading generic and biosimilar oncology portfolio to further e…
A blood cancer patient’s long road to diagnosis
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of rare blood cancers, including myelofibrosis (MF), polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET), that affect blood cell production in the bone marrow. These blood cancers may result in debi…