Cancer Drugs

BioNTech signs deal to co-develop OncoC4's cancer antibody drug

A late-stage trial for the drug has been planned for this year, the companies said

Seagen acquisition: Pfizer can now bet on future of cancer drugs

Given the muted response to the deal on Monday, analysts seem skeptical that this will be as easy as Pfizer makes it sound

AstraZeneca gets CDSCO nod for drug to treat biliary tract cancer

Drug firm AstraZeneca India on Friday said it has received approval from the domestic drug regulator to market a drug to treat biliary tract cancer (BTC) in the country. The company has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for Durvalumab, the drug firm said in a statement. BTC is a group of rare and aggressive gastrointestinal (GI) cancers that form in the cells of the bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma), gallbladder or ampulla of Vater (where the bile duct and pancreatic duct connect to the small intestine). Apart from ampullary cancer, early-stage BTC often presents without clear symptoms and most new cases of BTC are therefore diagnosed at an advanced stage, when treatment options are limited, and the prognosis is poor. More than 30,000 new cases of BTC are seen in India every year with 90 per cent of them diagnosed in the advanced stage. "The approval underpins our commitment to transform patient outcomes by harnessing the power of science

Glenmark Pharma inks settlement pact with Pfizer for cancer treatment drug

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said it has entered into a settlement agreement with Pfizer Inc regarding a cancer treatment drug. The Mumbai-based drug maker and its US-based unit have inked a settlement pact with drug major Pfizer Inc for Axitinib Tablets (1 mg and 5 mg). Glenmark's product is the generic version of Pfizer's Inlyta tablets, used to treat kidney cancer. According to IQVIATM sales data for the 12-month period ending September 2022, the Inlyta tablets (1 mg and 5 mg) achieved annual sales of around USD 644.5 million. Glenmark said its current portfolio consists of 177 products authorised for distribution in the US marketplace and 47 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA's) are pending for approval with the US Food and Drug Administration. Shares of of the drug maker were trading 1.54 per cent up at Rs 417.9 apiece on BSE.

Novartis signs world's first licensing deal for high-priced cancer drug

The oral drug, nilotinib, is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia and may be made in Egypt, Guatemala, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Tunisia

Q3 results: Johnson & Johnson beats estimates on demand for cancer drug

The company said it expects some impact of inflation to ease next year but higher costs of inventory manufactured in 2022 could weigh on 2023 profit

Zydus gets USFDA nod to sell its cancer medicine in American market

Zydus Lifesciences on Tuesday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to sell Lenalidomide capsules, used in the treatment of various types of cancers, in the American market. The company has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market the product in strengths of 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, and 25 mg. Lenalidomide is used to treat various types of cancers. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells. It is also used to treat anemia in patients with certain blood/bone marrow disorders. The drug maker said the drug will be manufactured at the group's formulation facility at Ahmedabad SEZ. "We remain focused on providing patients access to affordable medication and USFDA approval of Lenalidomide Capsules, an important oncology therapy product, is yet another step in this endeavour," Zydus Lifesciences Managing Director Sharvil Patel stated. According to IQVIA MAT July data, Lenalidomide had annual sales of USD

Antibiotics might worsen melanoma cancer by depleting gut microbiome: Study

According to a new study by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta, the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer

Breast cancer among men slowly on the rise & usually detected late: Doctors

The disease is now being diagnosed in relatively younger men

Streamlining trade margins on drugs priced Rs 100 and above likely

Drugs for ailments like chronic kidney disease, some high end antibiotics, anti-virals (anti-infectives), as well as some cancer drugs are likely to be brought under trade margin rationalization first

Gene therapy to cure leukemia at one-tenth global costs in the works

ImmunoACT, backed by Laurus Labs is testing their cancer product

Indian origin patient among those healed completely of cancer in drug trial

An Indian origin patient was among those who had a "miracle" cure using a cancer medication that is being tried out by a research centre here achieving an unprecedented healing rate

Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod to market generic cancer drug Bortezomib

Drug major Aurobindo Pharma on Wednesday said its wholly-owned subsidiary has received approval from the US health regulator to market anti-cancer medication Bortezomib for injection. Eugia Pharma Specialties has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market the product, a generic equivalent of Takeda Pharmaceuticals' Velcade for injection, the Hyderabad-based company said in a statement. The product, which is indicated for the treatment of multiple myeloma (cancer of plasma cells) and mantle cell lymphoma (cancer of lymph nodes), is being launched immediately, it added. According to IQVIA, the approved product has a market size of USD 1,172 million for the twelve months ending March 2022.

Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for cancer treatment injection

Drug firm Aurobindo Pharma on Friday said its arm Eugia Pharma Specialities has received approval from the US health regulator for Cyclophosphamide injection, used in the treatment of several types of cancer. The company's subsidiary "Eugia Pharma Specialities Ltd has received a 505(b)(2) NDA approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Cyclophosphamide Injection 500 mg/2.5 mL and 1 g/5 mL vial," Aurobindo Pharma said in a regulatory filing. The product will be available in ready-to-use injection preparation, it added. "The product shall be launched in the US market in the near term and will be manufactured in Eugia's manufacturing facility in India," Aurobindo Pharma said. According to IQVIA, the approved product has an addressable market size of USD 170 million for the twelve months ending June 2021, it added. Cyclophosphamide Injection is indicated for malignant lymphomas, multiple myeloma, leukemia, mycosis fungoides, neuroblastoma, adenocarcinoma of the ...

Zydus Cadila gets tentative approval from USFDA for cancer drug

Shares of Cadila Healthcare, the listed entity of the group closed at Rs 531.35 per scrip on BSE, down 0.10 percent from its previous close.

Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for cancer, high blood pressure treatment drug

Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Thursday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to market Ibrutinib Capsules, used to treat certain cancers

Dr Reddy's Laboratories launches cancer treatment drug Capecitabine in US

The product is a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Xeloda (capecitabine) tablets approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)

Drug used to treat lymphoma outperforms remdesivir against Covid: Study

According to the scientists, the findings suggest that pralatrexate could potentially be repurposed to treat COVID-19

USFDA informs Biocon, Mylan of deferred action on biosimilar license plea

Biocon said its arm, Biocon Biologics, and Mylan have been informed by the USFDA of a deferred action on the biologics license application for a biosimilar to drug Avastin

Scientists find new class of drugs that may treat blood, bone marrow cancer

A group of scientists in the US, including an Indian-American from the prestigious Cleveland Clinic, have identified a potential new class of drugs that may prove effective in treating certain common types of blood and bone marrow cancers. First published in the latest edition of Blood Cancer Discovery, the decade long research which reports that a new pharmacological strategy to preferentially target and eliminate leukemia cells with TET2 mutations, was carried out by Jaroslaw Maciejewski and his collaborator Babal Kant Jha from the Cleveland Clinic Department of Translational Hematology & Oncology Research. Myeloid leukemias are cancers derived from stem and progenitor cells in the bone marrow that give rise to all normal blood cells. One of the most common mutations involved in driving myeloid leukemias are found in the TET2 gene, which has been investigated for the last decade by Maciejewski and Jha. In preclinical models, we found that a synthetic molecule called TETi76 was ..