Patients with this genetic variant are more likely to experience adverse drug reactions or failure of treatment.
Immune-Based Treatments for Brain Cancer Post Impressive Early-Stage Results
Approximately 19,000 individuals in the US are diagnosed with primary brain cancers each year.
ImmunoGen Signs 2nd Licensing Deal with Amgen
ImmunoGen has licensed its anti-cancer technology to Amgen for an upfront payment of $1 million.
Ligand to Buy Struggling Metabasis
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy the struggling Metabasis Therapeutics for $3.2 million in cash.
Melanoma Drug Called a “Breakthrough” After Study
Scientists are calling Plexxikon’s experimental skin cancer drug a “breakthrough” after it successfully shrank tumors in clinical trial patients.
New Approval, Clinical Trial for YM Biosciences’ Cancer Drug
The company announced that it has enrolled the first two patients in a clinical trial evaluating nimotuzumab in patients with brain tumors from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
