Pancreatic Cancer: Researchers are Calling Patients’ Response to this Treatment “Unprecedented“
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Pancreatic Cancer: Researchers are Calling Patients’ Response to this Treatment “Unprecedented“

  The ASCO Post recently reported findings of high response rates and improved survival from the combination of platinum-based cisplatin and gemcitabine (chemotherapy) in BRCA/PALB2 mutation positive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The goal…

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PointR Data Merges into Mateon Therapeutics — Company Will Focus on Using Data Analysis and AI to Develop New Treatments
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PointR Data Merges into Mateon Therapeutics — Company Will Focus on Using Data Analysis and AI to Develop New Treatments

According to a press release from Mateon Therapeutics, Mateon's recent merger agreement with PointR Data establishes plans to combine the use of artificial intelligence and data collection for the development…

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Experimental Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer has Earned Orphan Drug Designation
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Experimental Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer has Earned Orphan Drug Designation

According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company CrystalGenomics, Inc. recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's investigational drug candidate CG-745 Orphan…

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Scientists Identify Possible Link Between Pancreatic Cancer and Muscle Wasting Condition Cachexia
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Scientists Identify Possible Link Between Pancreatic Cancer and Muscle Wasting Condition Cachexia

According to a publication from EurekAlert, researchers from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (OUCM) recently published a study in the journal Gastroenterology suggesting how cachexia is triggered in…

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Pancreatic Cancer Medication Shows Strong Promise Treating Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers
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Pancreatic Cancer Medication Shows Strong Promise Treating Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers

According to a publication from the Arizona BioIndustry Association, Dr. Rachna Shroff and a team of researchers from the Arizona Cancer Center are studying the use of nab-paclitaxel (a pancreatic…

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Potential Treatment for BRCA Mutated Pancreatic Cancer Performs Well in Trial
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Potential Treatment for BRCA Mutated Pancreatic Cancer Performs Well in Trial

According to a story from BioPortfolio, AstraZeneca and Merck have recently announced the results from a phase 3 clinical trial testing olaparib (marketed as LYNPARZA®) as a treatment for BRCA…

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New Collaboration Will Test Live Biotherapeutics Against Different Cancers
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New Collaboration Will Test Live Biotherapeutics Against Different Cancers

According to a story from finanznachrichten.de, the biotherapeutics company 4D pharma has recently announced a research partnership with the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. The goal of…

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CRISPR Uncovers New Gene Fusion as Novel Drug Target for Brain, Ovarian and other Cancers

  CRISPR-Cas9, the genome editing tool, has caused quite a stir in the scientific community. According to a recent article in Science Daily, with results published in Nature Communications, CRISPR has…

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Could This Investigational Drug be a New Treatment Option for Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
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Could This Investigational Drug be a New Treatment Option for Acute Myeloid Leukemia?

According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Innovation Pharmaceuticals recently released a report in which recent studies and pre-clinical research has suggested that the company's experimental drug Kevetrin…

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Orphan Drug Designation Granted for Potential Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Treatment

For years FibroGen has been investigating a drug called pamrevlumab. They believe it could be an effective treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), pancreatic cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).…

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