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Regulators and HTAs tune in to patient preference data

Clarivate

Increasingly, however, industry guidance documents utilize the term ‘patient preference’ in relation to new drug development and benefit-risk assessment. Obtaining the preferences of patients and their caregivers is not a new concept in healthcare. These differentiators can inform commercial strategies.

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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

Several lifestyle factors have been shown to increase the risk of developing stomach cancer, including alcohol consumption, smoking and consuming foods preserved by salts. There is an urgent need for more effective chemotherapy treatments with less severe toxicity and side effects. New hope for stomach cancer patients.

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Solving the taxing problems of taxanes?

European Pharmaceutical Review

tumour effects. Nevertheless, chemotherapy’s disadvantages, including substantial toxicities, combined with inconvenient hospital-based intravenous (IV) administration, impede patients’ ability to stay on treatment and their quality of life. Taxane therapy is an established, highly effective cornerstone in oncology treatment.

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Precision Medicine Needs an Overhaul

PM360

Between 2015 and 2021, over a quarter of the drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were associated with specific biomarkers. Over a decade ago, AstraZeneca identified and tested specific biomarkers to develop drug molecules. That’s how money is saved and quality of life (QOL) is improved.

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Paving the way for anti-Abeta active immunotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Limitations of monoclonal antibody therapies Regulatory approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for aducanumab and lecanemab – and likely very soon for donanemab also – opened a route for different therapeutic modalities and other relevant disease targets, such as tau.