FDA Approves First Biosimilar for Cancer Treatment Highlights SPT Week in Review
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5. Curing AIDS, The Time Is Now: Gene-Editing Technology May Eliminate HIV
Company harnesses CRISPR-based gene editing technology as it enters human clinical trials to treat HIV. Read more…
4. Herpes Virus-Immunotherapy Combo Improves Melanoma Treatment
Patients with drug-resistant melanoma treated with a herpes virus-pembrolizumab drug combination showed a complete or partial response. Read more…
3. Microfluidic Device Tracks Long-term Evolution of Cancer Cells to Gain Insight into Metastasis
Device may reveal how to stop cancer cells from spreading. Read more…
2. Herceptin Biosimilar Demonstrates Equivalence in Comparative Phase 3 Study
Investigational trastuzumab biosimilar shows promise as potential lower cost treatment option to Herceptin for breast cancer and gastric cancer. Read more…
1. FDA Approves First Biosimilar for Treatment of Cancer
Bevacizumab-awwb, a biosimilar to Avastin, approved to treat several cancer types. Read more…
