Press Releases

14 avelumab abstracts at ASCO 2016 highlight significant progress being made by the collaboration between Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Two oral presentations: avelumab investigated as a second-line treatment for metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma and in advanced...

Final Overall Survival Data from KEYNOTE-006 To Be Presented at ASCO; KEYTRUDA, the First Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy to Demonstrate Overall Survival Compared to Ipilimumab, Shows Continued Benefit with Longer Follow-Up. KEYNOTE-001 Findings Show Continued Benefit in Response...

GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva, Inc announced that GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) presented new data at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Conference from two pre-specified analyses from the Study to Understand Mortality and MorbidITy (SUMMIT) trial. One demonstrated that...

GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva Inc announced results from data presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2016 International Conference investigating the efficacy and safety of Anoro® Ellipta® (umeclidinium/vilanterol, ‘UMEC/VI’) in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who continued...

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co Ltd announced that AstraZeneca obtained the positive top-line results that benralizumab, a potential new medicine and anti-eosinophil monoclonal antibody, was well tolerated and achieved the primary end-point in two pivotal Phase III registrational trials (SIROCCO...

Eisai Co Ltd announced that its U.S. subsidiary Eisai Inc. has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an additional indication for Eisai's in-house developed novel anticancer agent Lenvima® (lenvatinib mesylate) in combination with everolimus...

AstraZeneca announced that benralizumab, a potential new medicine and anti-eosinophil monoclonal antibody, was well tolerated and achieved the primary endpoint in two pivotal Phase III registrational trials (SIROCCO and CALIMA), demonstrating significant reductions in the annual asthma exacerbation rate...