FDA Approves KEYTRUDA for Stage IIB and IIC Melanoma Patients
December 4, 2021 (Richmond, California) Yesterday, Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Keytruda…
12/04/2021
FDA Approves KEYTRUDA for Stage IIB and IIC Melanoma Patients
December 4, 2021 (Richmond, California) Yesterday, Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Keytruda…
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10/07/2021
Relatlimab/Nivolumab Application for Frontline Advanced Melanoma Validated by EMA
October 1, 2021 Kristi Rosa REPOST from OncLive The European Medicines Agency has validated its marketing authorization application for the…
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09/27/2021
Vaccines 2021—Major Advances in Preventing Death from Infection and Malignancy
By Kim Margolin, M.D., FACP, FASCO Vaccine background and brief history The word “vaccine” comes from the Latin word vacca…
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09/20/2021
Immunotherapy treatment may be appropriate for patients with earlier stages of melanoma
Source: University of Pittsburgh (September 20, 2021) An immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage…
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09/20/2021
USDA Accepts for Priority Review Bristol Myers Squibb’s Application for LAG-3-Blocking Antibody Relatlimab and Nivolumab Fixed-Dose Combination as Treatment for Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma
09/20/2021 The application is based on Phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial, in which the relatlimab and nivolumab fixed-dose combination demonstrated a…
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09/18/2021
Adjuvant Immunotherapy Prolongs Recurrence-Free Survival in Resected Stage II B/C Melanoma
LUGANO, Switzerland – The first randomised phase III clinical trial in stage II melanoma has shown a 35% reduction in the…
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08/25/2021
Nouscom Begins Phase Ib Trial of Personalized Vaccine, Keytruda Combo in Melanoma, Lung Cancer
August 24, 2021 Expands DecisionDx®-Melanoma Coverage to Veterans Health Administration and Military Health System Medical Centers NEW YORK – Nouscom…
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08/25/2021
Castle Biosciences Awarded U.S. Federal Supply Schedule Contract for DecisionDx-Melanoma
August 24, 2021 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Expands DecisionDx®-Melanoma Coverage to Veterans Health Administration and Military Health System Medical…
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07/22/2021
FDA Orphan Drug Designation Granted to Melanoma Drug Alrizomadlin
July 21, 2021 (repost) Sara Karlovitch The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to alrizomadlin, an MDM2-p53 inhibitor, for…
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07/12/2021
Gut Microbes Signal Response to Immune Therapy in Melanoma
(re-post from original article in GEN News) Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4) are…
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