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STAT+: The ADC hot streak continues: J&J to buy cancer drug developer Ambrx Biopharma

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Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it would purchase Ambrx Biopharma for nearly $2 billion, picking up a company specializing in targeted chemotherapy treatments — one of the hottest areas of cancer drug development.     The deal, disclosed as the biopharma field marked the first day of the annual J.P.

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STAT+: Hair loss is one of the most hated chemotherapy side effects. A new biotech hopes to prevent it

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The chemotherapy Christine Ko was prescribed for her breast cancer is pretty much a guarantee for losing your hair. The company is currently developing an antibody that might reliably protect the head’s hair follicles from chemotherapy damage — if it works. But, to her, it wasn’t much of an option.

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STAT+: Merck, Daiichi Sankyo to partner on targeted chemotherapy drugs in deal worth up to $22 billion

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MADRID — Merck is paying billions of dollars to partner with Daiichi Sankyo on a series of cancer drugs, underscoring the excitement around targeted chemotherapy treatments.   billion more is on the table depending on the success of the drugs in development. billion over the next two years.

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STAT+: Roche drug slashes recurrence, death risk in lung cancer that afflicts younger patients

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MADRID — A Roche drug lowered the risk of recurrence or death by 76% versus chemotherapy for patients with a type of early non-small cell lung cancer, according to data from a Phase 3 trial presented Saturday. The standard treatment after surgery for these patients is chemotherapy.

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STAT+: Data on AstraZeneca cancer drug allay safety concerns but treatment still faces questions

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While the results assuaged some of the safety fears that flared when initial information was released over the summer, they only heightened concerns about the drug’s ability to outperform standard chemotherapy — though they perhaps pointed to an opportunity for the drug in a subset of patients.

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International regulation: the importance of quality assurance in drug development

European Pharmaceutical Review

As drug development professionals know, global health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic provide the public with valuable insights into how clinical research and regulatory processes work.

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STAT+: Pharmacists can make shortage drugs, but at what cost?

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Pharmacists increasingly are being asked to make drugs in bulk for hospitals that are in short supply, and they’re even beginning to make chemotherapies. Hospitals’ reliance on pharmacist-made drugs, a practice called compounding, has risen in step with worsening drug shortages.