Oncology Clinical News
Celgene Settles Whistle-Blower Fraud Suit for $280 Million
(Bloomberg) July 25, 2017 - Celgene Corp. agreed to pay $280 million to resolve a whistle-blower’s claims the drugmaker used illegal marketing tactics to turn its Thalomid and Revlimid cancer drugs into blockbuster sellers, the U.S. said.
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Eisai Submits Simultaneous Applications In The United States And Europe For Lenvatinib In Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(Eisai) July 25, 2017 - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that it has submitted applications to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its in-house discovered and developed anticancer agent lenvatinib mesylate (lenvatinib) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Roche Gains CE Label Expansion For Companion Diagnostic To Identify ALK-positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
(Yahoo! Finance) July 25, 2017 - Roche today announced that it has obtained a CE mark for the VENTANA anti-ALK (D5F3) Rabbit Monoclonal Primary Antibody as a companion diagnostic to identify ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients eligible for treatment with the Novartis drug ZYKADIA (ceritinib).
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