Imjudo (tremelimumab) in combination with Imfinzi approved in the US for patients with unresectable liver cancer based on Ph 3 HIMALAYA trial
Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, MBA, Attending Physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), and principal investigator in the HIMALAYA Phase III trial, said: “Patients with unresectable liver cancer are in need of well-tolerated treatments that can meaningfully extend overall survival. In addition to this regimen demonstrating a favourable three-year survival rate in the HIMALAYA trial, safety data showed no increase in severe liver toxicity or bleeding risk for the combination, important factors for patients with liver cancer who also have advanced liver disease.”
Share:
More News
“The designation reinforces the significant unmet need for effective treatment options for patients with advanced breast cancer,” said Charles Baum, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Terremoto Biosciences. “We are committed to advancing highly selective therapies designed to expand treatment options for patients with difficult to treat cancers.”
“Up to five U.S. clinical sites are planned for THIO-101 Parts C and D this year, and we expect to activate a second U.S. site in the coming weeks,” said Vlad Vitoc, M.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MAIA. “To date, data has shown overall survival (OS) beyond two
Dr. Jason Zhu, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Henlius, said: “The positive CHMP opinion for the sqNSCLC indication marks another important milestone in serplulimab’s regulatory journey in Europe and brings the product one step closer to achieving comprehensive coverage of first-line lung cancer treatment indications in the EU.