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Preventative approach could reduce immunotherapy side effects

European Pharmaceutical Review

Immunotherapy drugs like teclistamab can result in potentially fatal side effects, including CRS and immune cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). The drug tocilizumab for example, has been used historically to treat CRS from immunotherapies. We are going with full steam into an era of immunotherapy.”

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Innovating allergy drug delivery with a needle-free alternative

European Pharmaceutical Review

This decision was granted a couple of weeks following approval by the US and Drug Administration (FDA). Approximately 40 million people in the US experience Type I allergic reactions due to food, venom or insect stings, 4 and the numbers are similar in Europe. 2022 ; 17(11). Available from: [link]. Alsbrooks K, Hoerauf K.

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Progressing personalised cell therapies in oncology

European Pharmaceutical Review

Last month, CARVYKTI ® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) was the first BCMA-targeted CAR-T cell therapy to be approved for second-line treatment of multiple myeloma by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CAR T-cell Therapy and its side effects [Internet]. References National Cancer Institute.

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FDA approves first Stelara biosimilar, Wezlana

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab). Like Stelara, the most serious known side effect of Wezlana is infection. billion in 2022, according to J&J’s financial results.

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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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Biogen and Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug secures support in closely watched AdCom

Pharmaceutical Technology

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee (AdCom) has unanimously voted in support of Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi and its clinical benefit in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease , raising the drug’s full approval prospects.

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Targeting tumours with novel radiopharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

The development of novel radiotherapeutics ushered in a new era in targeted treatment 1 for cancer, with two separate radiotherapeutic approvals in Europe and the US, in 2018 and 2022. This is not an effective strategy. Recent advancements for radiopharmaceuticals in oncology include a $1.4