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Nausea is the sensation of unease and discomfort in the upper stomach and head with an urge to vomit. An attack of nausea is known as a qualm.

Takeda presents vedolizumab phase 3 VISIBLE 1 trial results for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced results from the phase 3 VISIBLE 1 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of an investigational subcutaneous formulation of the gut-selective biologic vedolizumab for maintenance therapy in adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis who achieved clinical response* at week 6 following two doses of open-label vedolizumab intravenous induction therapy.

22 Oct 2018

Pfizer announces PALOMA-3 trial results in patients with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer

Pfizer Inc. today announced detailed overall survival data from the PALOMA-3 trial, which evaluated IBRANCE (palbociclib) in combination with fulvestrant compared to placebo plus fulvestrant in women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) metastatic breast cancer whose disease progressed on or after prior endocrine therapy.

22 Oct 2018

LYNPARZA Phase III SOLO-1 results show improved outcome for patients with advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., today announced detailed results from the Phase III SOLO-1 trial testing LYNPARZA (olaparib) 300 mg tablets twice-daily as a maintenance treatment for patients with newly diagnosed advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer who were in complete or partial response following 1st-line standard platinum-based chemotherapy.

22 Oct 2018

Merck presents KEYNOTE-057 trial results for patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the first presentation of results from an interim analysis of KEYNOTE-057, a Phase 2 trial evaluating KEYTRUDA, Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, for previously treated patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ or CIS plus papillary disease (Cohort A).

22 Oct 2018

FDA approves update to Rituxan label to include information on treatment of rare forms of vasculitis

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an update to the Rituxan® (rituximab) label to include information on follow up treatment of adult patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Microscopic Polyangiitis who have achieved disease control with induction treatment.

22 Oct 2018

Immunotherapy increases survival in some patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer

Immunotherapy improves survival in some patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer, according to late-breaking results from the IMpassion130 trial reported at the ESMO 2018 Congress in Munich.

22 Oct 2018

Deciphera presents Phase 1 clinical results of DCC-2618 in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing key mechanisms of tumor drug resistance, announced the presentation today of updated preliminary results from its ongoing Phase 1 clinical study of DCC-2618, the company's broad-spectrum KIT and PDGFRα inhibitor, in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors as a proffered paper presentation at the European Society of Medical Oncology 2018 Congress in Munich, Germany.

22 Oct 2018

Exelixis presents CABOSUN and METEOR trial results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Exelixis, Inc. today announced results from two analyses evaluating the effect of PD-L1 expression or prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors on the efficacy of cabozantinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The findings are being presented this week at the European Society for Medical Oncology 2018 Congress being held October 19-23 in Munich, Germany.

22 Oct 2018

Takeda announces positive Phase 3 ALTA-1L data in first-line therapy for advanced ALK+ NSCLC

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that intracranial efficacy data from the Phase 3 ALTA-1L (ALK in Lung Cancer Trial of BrigAtinib in 1st Line) trial showed improved intracranial progression-free survival (PFS) and intracranial objective response rate (ORR) with ALUNBRIG (brigatinib) compared to crizotinib among anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

22 Oct 2018

Study finds differences in side-effects experienced by male and female OG cancer patients

Men and women may need to be treated differently - at least when it comes to some types of cancer. In an analysis to be presented at the ESMO 2018 Congress in Munich, data was pooled from four UK randomized controlled clinical trials of first line chemotherapy in oesophagogastric cancer, finding significant differences in a number of important side-effects experienced by male and female patients.

19 Oct 2018

New pragmatic study launched to understand the effectiveness of new type 2 diabetes drug

HealthCore, Inc., the outcomes research subsidiary of Anthem, Inc. and Novo Nordisk Inc., which manufacturers the once weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist Ozempic (semaglutide), are working together to launch the first of its kind pragmatic study to understand the benefits of semaglutide as compared with all other available diabetes drugs in a real-world pragmatic clinical trial for Type 2 diabetes - one of the nation's fastest growing chronic diseases.

17 Oct 2018

New blood test could spare cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy

Cancer patients could be spared unnecessary chemotherapy - and its side effects - by a new blood test that is in clinical trials at more than 40 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.

17 Oct 2018

Eisai enters into agreement with Eurofarma for development and sales of lorcaserin in 17 countries

Eisai Co., Ltd. has entered into an agreement to grant exclusive development and marketing rights for its anti-obesity agent lorcaserin hydrochloride (generic name, product name in the United States: BELVIQ, product name for once-daily formulation in the United States: BELVIQ XR, "lorcaserin") in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, excluding Brazil, to Eurofarma Laboratorios S.A. which has a business foundation in Latin America.

16 Oct 2018

New pre-clinical research shows utility of mRNA platform to treat rare metabolic disorders

An mRNA platform that can express therapeutic levels of protein in liver tissue could be used to treat patients with rare metabolic disorders.

9 Oct 2018

NCCN adds COPIKTRA capsules to NCCN Guidelines for follicular lymphoma

Verastem, Inc., focused on developing and commercializing medicines to improve the survival and quality of life of cancer patients, today announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network added COPIKTRA (duvelisib) capsules to the Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for follicular lymphoma.

8 Oct 2018

Doctors use bacteriophages to treat patient with multi-drug resistant bacterial infection

The married professors were spending their Thanksgiving holiday in Egypt when the husband, Thomas L. Patterson, Ph.D., got very sick very quickly, experiencing fever, nausea and a racing heartbeat. By the time Patterson was accurately diagnosed with a highly multi-drug resistant bacterial infection, he was near death.

4 Oct 2018

Genentech announces clinical data from studies investigating risdiplam in spinal muscular atrophy

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced today interim clinical data from the dose-finding parts of the pivotal FIREFISH and SUNFISH studies investigating risdiplam in spinal muscular atrophy.

3 Oct 2018

Phase 3 ECHELON-2 clinical trial evaluating ADCETRIS plus CHP meets primary endpoint

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that the phase 3 ECHELON-2 clinical trial met its primary endpoint.

1 Oct 2018

FDA approves new drug for treatment of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new drug, Arikayce, for the treatment of lung disease caused by a group of bacteria, Mycobacterium avium complex in a limited population of patients with the disease who do not respond to conventional treatment.

29 Sep 2018

Verastem Oncology selects US Bioservices to dispense COPIKTRA capsules

US Bioservices, a specialty pharmacy that is a part of AmerisourceBergen, today announced that it has been selected by Verastem OncologyTM to dispense COPIKTRA (duvelisib) capsules.

28 Sep 2018

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Takeda presents vedolizumab phase 3 VISIBLE 1 trial results for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis

Pfizer announces PALOMA-3 trial results in patients with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer

LYNPARZA Phase III SOLO-1 results show improved outcome for patients with advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer

Merck presents KEYNOTE-057 trial results for patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

FDA approves update to Rituxan label to include information on treatment of rare forms of vasculitis

Immunotherapy increases survival in some patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer

Deciphera presents Phase 1 clinical results of DCC-2618 in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Exelixis presents CABOSUN and METEOR trial results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Takeda announces positive Phase 3 ALTA-1L data in first-line therapy for advanced ALK+ NSCLC

Study finds differences in side-effects experienced by male and female OG cancer patients

New pragmatic study launched to understand the effectiveness of new type 2 diabetes drug

New blood test could spare cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy

Eisai enters into agreement with Eurofarma for development and sales of lorcaserin in 17 countries

New pre-clinical research shows utility of mRNA platform to treat rare metabolic disorders

NCCN adds COPIKTRA capsules to NCCN Guidelines for follicular lymphoma

Doctors use bacteriophages to treat patient with multi-drug resistant bacterial infection

Genentech announces clinical data from studies investigating risdiplam in spinal muscular atrophy

Phase 3 ECHELON-2 clinical trial evaluating ADCETRIS plus CHP meets primary endpoint

FDA approves new drug for treatment of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex

Verastem Oncology selects US Bioservices to dispense COPIKTRA capsules

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