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Asterias Biotherapeutics

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Reformed Cancer Drugs Fund backs its first drug – AZ’s Tagrisso

Lung cancer treatment will be available to NHS patients while NICE awaits data

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Novartis seeks first-line use for lung cancer drug Zykadia

Looks to go head-to-head with Pfizer/Merck KGaA’s Xalkori and Roche’s Alecensa

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Merck closes in on first-line NSCLC label for Keytruda in US

Accelerated FDA review could see PD-1 inhibitor approved by the end of the year

Roche Basel Switzerland

Roche’s checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq aces lung cancer trial

Second-line therapy showed overall survival benefit irrespective of PD-L1 status

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NICE backs Xalkori for lung cancer, but may cut two others from CDF

Preliminary verdict could lead to removal of Novartis' Afinitor and Janssen's Imbruvica from the Fund

AstraZeneca AZ global R&D corporate HQ

AZ’s selumetinib stumbles at last fence in lung cancer

Phase III trial shows failure to improve patient survival rates

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) building

BMS rocked by Opdivo failure in lung cancer

PD-1 inhibitor phase III trial reveals disappointing results

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Keytruda cleared in Europe for lung cancer

New second-line indication for Merck’s drug puts it in direct competition with BMS’ Opdivo

Boehringer Ingelheim headquarters

Boehringer stops Gilotrif head and neck cancer trials

Trial data suggests the drug is “highly unlikely” to prolong patients’ remission

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) building

SMC gives green light for BMS’ Opdivo

Scotland will be first UK country to access the drug after NICE refusal

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) building

BMS to explore new options for its immuno-oncology drug Opdivo

Partners with PsiOxis to research its use with enadenotucirev

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NICE backs five new drugs after discounts agreed

Includes Novartis’ previously rejected lung cancer and melanoma therapies Zykadia and Mekinist

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