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State Senator Shocks N Carolina Assembly: Reveals Medical Marijuana Use For 20 Years To Ease Chemo Effects
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 5:05pm | 477Read More...State Sen. Bill Rabon, North Carolina’s General Assembly's chief advocate for legalizing medical marijuana, revealed publicly on Tuesday that he consumed cannabis over 20 years ago to withstand the pain and discomfort of chemotherapy during his struggle with cancer. Sen....
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Mirati Plays Catch-Up With Amgen, Gilead's 2nd Try With AIDS Drug, Cytokinetics' Adcom Test And More: Key Nov FDA Decisions For Biotech Investors
Friday, December 2, 2022 - 6:01am | 1216Read More...Food and Drug Administration decisions and advisory committee verdicts slated for November were mostly positive. New molecular entity approvals so far this year trail 2021’s tally by about 35%. The two NMEs that were okayed in November include Provention Bio, Inc.’s...
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Aileron Unveils Initial Data For Its Chemo Protective Agent
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 8:48am | 251Read More...Aileron Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ALRN) has announced initial findings from its ongoing study of ALRN-6924 in healthy volunteers. Data were presented at the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) 50th Annual Scientific Meeting. The initial findings...
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Fennec Pharma Stock Is Trading Higher As Pedmark Is Under FDA Review For Chemo-Induced Toxicity
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 6:17am | 207Read More...The FDA has accepted for review Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ: FENC) resubmitted marketing application seeking approval for Pedmark (formulated sodium thiosulfate) to prevent ototoxicity induced by cisplatin chemotherapy. The application covers patients one month to <...
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BeyondSpring's Plinabulin US Application for Chemo-Induced Neutropenia Under Review
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 10:45am | 140Read More...The FDA has accepted for review BeyondSpring Inc's (NASDAQ: BYSI) marketing application seeking approval for the use of plinabulin in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). Under the priority...
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G1 Therapeutics' Trilaciclib Wins FDA Nod For Mitigating Chemo Effects In Lung Cancer Patients
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 4:37am | 180Read More...G1 Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: GTHX) shares gain premarket after FDA approves COSELA (trilaciclib) for injection to decrease the incidence of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression (damage to bone marrow) in adult patients when administered before a platinum/etoposide-containing...
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AstraZeneca Lung Cancer Drug Gets EU Approval
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 3:41am | 320Read More...AstraZeneca Plc’s (NYSE: AZN) developmental drug – Imfinizi, has been approved by the European Commission after the Phase 3 clinical trial yielded positive results. What Happened: Imfinizi is the first line of treatment for adults with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer in choice...
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Tesaro Shares Move Higher On Latest FDA Approval; Analyst Is 'Highly Encouraged'
Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 8:19am | 327Read More...Shares of TESARO Inc (NASDAQ: TSRO) were trading higher by nearly 2 percent early Thursday morning after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to the company's intravenous version of its therapy to treat nausea and vomiting in adults undergoing chemotherapy. An oral version of the...
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Endocyte Shares Up More Than 100% In 2 Days, But Analyst Sees Even More Upside Possible
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 12:38pm | 338Read More...Shares of Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECYT) were trading higher by more than 60 percent Tuesday afternoon at $5.82 on top of Monday's monster triple-digit-percentage return gain, but some analysts see even more upside. Wedbush's David Nierengarten upgraded Endocyte's stock rating Neutral to Outperform...
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Exclusive: Oasmia Chairman Talks About How They're Changing Cancer Drug Delivery Treatment
Friday, August 26, 2016 - 2:25pm | 504Read More...Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB - American Depositary Shares (NASDAQ: OASM) is one of only three Swedish companies listed in the United States. While well known in Sweden, Oasmia entered the U.S. market in 2015 and is making waves in the world of oncology with a new drug delivery system that aims to...
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Midatech Completes Acquisition Zuplenz From Galena Biopharma, Notes Potential $4.6 Billion Market
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 9:05am | 141Read More...Midatech Pharma PLC (NASDAQ: MTP), a small-cap nano-medicine company, announced on Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of Zuplenz from Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: GALE). Midatech will pay Galena Biopharma $3.75 million upfront with milestone payments of up to $26 million depending on...
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Dendreon CEO On The Life-Extending Effects Of Provenge (DNDN)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 10:16am | 112Read More...Dendreon Corp. (DNDN) CEO Mitch Gold was on CNBC this morning to discuss the success and prospects of Provenge, a cellular immunotherapy that stimulates a patient's immune system to target and attack prostate cancer. “We've been fighting the war on cancer for 40 years,” Gold said. However, Dendreon...










