AstraZeneca and Acerta Pharma, its haematology research and development centre of excellence, have presented new, long-term follow-up results for Calquence (acalabrutinib) in patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
NT-rådets (Rådet för nya terapier) rekommendation till landstingen är att Imfinzi (durvalumab) kan införas som ett behandlingsalternativ vid icke småcellig lungcancer (NSCLC). Beslutet innebär att NT rådet ser ett visst värde i behandlingsalternativet men låter landsting och regioner själva avgöra i vilken mån det ska införas som ett behandlingsalternativ.
AstraZeneca, together with Acerta Pharma, its haematology research and development centre of excellence, and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, will present 27 abstracts, including six oral presentations, at the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, USA, December 1-4.
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation for Fasenra (benralizumab) for the treatment of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA).
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, today announced final overall survival results for the Phase III MYSTIC trial, a randomised, open-label, multi-centre, global trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) monotherapy and the combination of Imfinzi and tremelimumab, an anti-CTLA4 antibody, versus standard-of-care platinum-based chemotherapy in previously-untreated patients with Stage IV (metastatic)NSCLC.
AstraZeneca has agreed to sell US rights to Synagis(palivizumab) used for the prevention of serious lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi). Sobi will commercialise Synagis in the US and around 130 AstraZeneca employees will transfer to Sobi as part of the transaction.
Behandling av typ 2-diabetes med dapagliflozin (Forxiga) i en bred patientpopulation, minskar risken för sjukhusinläggningar på grund av hjärtsvikt eller hjärtrelaterad död med 17 procent jämfört med placebo (4,9% jämfört med 5,8%). Samtidigt bekräftas den sedan tidigare kända säkerhetsprofilen för dapagliflozin. Det visar de första resultaten från en stor internationell kardiovaskulär fas III-stu
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc. US today announced that the US FDA has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application for Priority Review for the use of Lynparza tablets as a maintenance treatment in patients with newly-diagnosed, BRCA-mutated (BRCAm) advanced ovarian cancer who were in complete or partial response following 1st-line standard platinum-based chemotherapy.
Fewer MACE events observed with Farxiga vs. placebo, but this finding did not reach statistical significance No imbalance in amputations, fractures, bladder cancer or Fournier’s gangrene with Farxiga vs. placebo
AstraZeneca återgår till tillväxt i produktförsäljningen; nya läkemedel och tillväxtmarknaderna leder vägen
AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Covis Pharma B.V. (Covis Pharma) to sell its rights to the medicines Alvesco (ciclesonide), usedfor the treatment of persistent asthma, and Omnaris and Zetonna (ciclesonide), used for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with rhinitis. The rights cover markets outside the US and the US royalties for the medicines.
AstraZeneca will present 20 abstracts including a late-breaking oral presentation on the full results from the Phase III CV outcomes trial (CVOT) DECLARE-TIMI 58, the broadest SGLT2 inhibitor CVOT conducted to date, as well as new research from the Company’s CVRM therapy area at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, 10-12 November 2018, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
