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Swiss Biotech’s Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer gets Orphan Drug Designation – Labiotech.eu (blog)

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2017-09-13 NEWS

Labiotech.eu (blog)

Swiss Biotech’s Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer gets Orphan Drug Designation
Labiotech.eu (blog)
The FDA will give special treatment to Vaximm’s oral T cell immunotherapy for glioma, which is particularly difficult to treat. Vaximm focuses on the development of oral T cell immunotherapies for cancers. The FDA and European Commission have given …

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2017-09-13 NEWS

Singularity Hub

FDA Breaks New Ground With First Approved Gene Therapy for Cancer
Singularity Hub
Co-developed with the drug giant Novartis, the therapy, CART, genetically alters a patient’s own immune cells to target and destroy cancer cells. Recently, in a historic decision, the FDA threw their support behind Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), a

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2017-09-13 NEWS

Singularity Hub

FDA Breaks New Ground With First Approved Gene Therapy for Cancer
Singularity Hub
Co-developed with the drug giant Novartis, the therapy, CART, genetically alters a patient’s own immune cells to target and destroy cancer cells. Recently, in a historic decision, the FDA threw their support behind Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), a

and more »

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2017-09-13 NEWS

OncLive

Pseudoprogression on Immunotherapy in HNSCC
OncLive
If we think about immunotherapies, we will often give the patient the drug. If the tumor grows and they’re tolerating it, we may say, “Oh, sometimes the tumor gets bigger before it gets smaller,” which has not been reported very much in head and neck