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Precigen to Begin Phase II Study of PRGN-2009, Keytruda in HPV-Positive Cervical Cancer
The FDA granted the firm permission to study the off-the-shelf T-cell vaccine with the immune checkpoint inhibitor in pretreated metastatic HPV-positive cervical cancer patients.
RayzeBio Advances RYZ101 to Phase III Study in SSTR-Positive Neuroendocrine Tumors
The firm will compare its investigational radiopharmaceutical to standard therapies in patients with SSTR-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
In particular, Black veterans seen through an on-site program at a Philadelphia VA medical center were nearly five times more likely to get tested than through a telemedicine consult.
FDA Reviewing Iovance's BLA for Melanoma TIL Therapy; Decision Expected in November
Iovance said the FDA is reviewing its BLA, and if successful, lifileucel could be the first autologous cell therapy approved for solid cancer.
Based on their success treating C. difficile, drugmakers are using different strategies to develop microbiome cancer therapies, including using genomics tools to home in on patient-specific strategies.