AstraZeneca and MedImmune today announced positive overall survival results for the Phase III PACIFIC trial, a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-centre trial of Imfinzi in patients with unresectable Stage III non-small cell lung cancer whose disease had not progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy concurrent with radiation therapy.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, head to the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, US, 1-5 June 2018, with an expanded portfolio in Oncology.
AstraZeneca has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for the use of Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a selective sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, as an oral adjunct treatment to insulin in adults with type-1 diabetes (T1D).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lokelma (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate), formerly ZS-9, for the treatment of adults with hyperkalaemia,a serious condition characterised by elevated potassium levels in the blood associated with cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases.
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AstraZeneca today announced results from the Phase III SYGMA trials of Symbicort Turbuhaler (budesonide/formoterol) given as an anti-inflammatory reliever ‘as needed’ versus two different treatment regimens in patients with mild asthma.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, will present updates from its respiratory medicines and pipeline at the ATS 2018 International Congress, 18-23 May in San Diego, US. The breadth and depth of science are reflected in the 60 accepted abstracts, including five oral presentations, which focus on key areas of unmet need in asthma and COPD.
GALATHEA Phase III trial did not meet the primary endpoint of a statistically-significant reduction of exacerbations in patients with COPD
Second Phase III trial TERRANOVA is ongoing with results expected later this quarter
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, today announced top-line results from the GALATHEA Phase III trial for Fasenra (benralizumab
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc. today announced that the EMA has approved Lynparza (olaparib) tablets (300mg twice daily) for use as a maintenance therapy for patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed high-grade, epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete response or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy, regardless of BRCA status.
AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Luye Pharma Group, Ltd. (Luye Pharma) for the sale and licence of the rights to Seroquel and Seroquel XR in the UK, China and other international markets.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion, recommending a change to the terms of the Marketing Authorisation for Tagrisso to include the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations.
Inför Världsastmadagen 1 maj: I PACEHR-studien har fler än 18,500 astmapatienter i Sverige studerats. Majoriteten hade en lindrig och medelsvår astma och 790 personer hade svår astma. Data från 36 vårdcentraler runt om i Sverige jämfördes med uppgifter från hälsoregister under åren 2006-2013. Syftet med studien var att beskriva förekomst, samsjuklighet, dödlighet och behandling av svår astma.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, today announced high-level results from the Phase III ARCTIC trial in patients with locally-advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have received at least two prior treatments.
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tagrisso (osimertinib) for the 1st-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, (exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations), as detected by an FDA-approved test.
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (Merck: known as MSD outside the US and Canada) today presented data from the Phase III OlympiAD trial showing the final overall survival (OS) results for Lynparza (olaparib) in metastatic breast cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago, US, 14-18 April 2018.
AstraZeneca today presented new post-progression outcomes data from an exploratory analysis of the global Phase III FLAURA trial, which assessed the efficacy and safety of Tagrisso (osimertinib) as 1st-line therapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, will present updates from their early and late stage oncology pipelines at two major congresses this month. In total, 98 abstracts were accepted for the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) in Geneva,11-14 April, and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Chicago,14-18 April.
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (Merck: known as MSD outside the US and Canada) today announced that the European Medicines Agency has validated for review the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for Lynparza (olaparib).
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for moxetumomab pasudotox, an investigational anti-CD22 recombinant immunotoxin and a potential new medicine for the treatment of adult patients with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL).
Patients will benefit from Lokelma’s rapid reduction and sustained control of potassium levels in the blood4,5
AstraZeneca today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Lokelma (formerly ZS-9, sodium zirconium cyclosilicate) for the treatment of adults with hyperkalaemia. Hyperkalaemia is a serious condition characterised by elevated potassium levels in th