COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumorsNew research suggests COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could help cancer patients. Those with advanced lung or skin cancer who received Pfizer or Mod...
22 Oct, 2025, 09.04 PM IST
Bristol Myers agrees up to $11.1 billion deal with BioNTech to shake up cancer immunotherapyThe deal, which includes $3.5 billion in unconditional payments, underpins BioNTech's ambition to continue a costly long-term focus on expe...
03 Jun, 2025, 12.48 AM IST
Pfizer signs licensing deal worth about $6 billion with China's 3SBio for cancer drugPfizer and 3SBio Inc. have entered into a licensing agreement valued at approximately $6 billion for the development, manufacturing, and co...
20 May, 2025, 07.19 AM IST
AstraZeneca gets $107 mln Pfizer verdict overturned in US cancer drug patent fightOn Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly invalidated Pfizer’s patents related to the cancer drug Nerlynx, overturning a jury's $1...
15 Aug, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
Pfizer drug extends life for people with rare form of lung cancerA Pfizer lung cancer drug has been shown to greatly reduce tumor progression and improve survival outcomes for people in the advanced stage...
31 May, 2024, 08.46 PM IST
AstraZeneca, Daiichi Drug gets broad tumor approval in USEnhertu, a collaboration between AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, gains FDA approval for treating HER2-positive solid tumors spread througho...
08 Apr, 2024, 02.24 PM IST
Cancer treatment without Chemotherapy? Here is how it could be possibleChemotherapy for decades was considered “the rule, the dogma,” for treating cancer, but various data offer some confirmation that the metho...
29 Sep, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Moderna vaccine antibodies last at least 6 months; lung transplant can save some COVID-19 survivorsEarlier this month, Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said their vaccine using similar messenger RNA (mRNA) technology remained highly eff...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
Merck KGaA bets on cancer drugs to revitalise German firmMerck KGaA is betting on its oncology pipeline to revitalise the German drugmaker as it sees falling sales from its best-selling medicine, ...
12 Oct, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
Good cancer drug data helps AstraZeneca in Pfizer fightBritain's second-biggest drugmaker has rejected a $106 billion approach from its US rival Pfizer, arguing that it has a bright future.
15 May, 2014, 02.20 PM IST
AstraZeneca leaves door ajar to Pfizer, despite hurdlesAstraZeneca's boss said he would engage with Pfizer if the price was right and the risks posed from forcing the British drugmaker's ops int...
15 May, 2014, 06.09 AM IST
Major pharma-deals: How anti-cancer drugs are reshaping the pharmaceutical industryNew and considerable optimism over cancer drugs will drive deal-making in pharma over the decade, with companies weak in this segment tryin...
08 May, 2014, 04.45 AM IST
- Strides Arcolab unit gets US health regulator's nod for cancer drug
Strides Arcolab said its subsidiary has received US health regulator's approval to mkt generic topotecan hydrochloride injection, a cancer ...
29 Aug, 2012, 02.51 PM IST
- Strides Arcolab gets USFDA nod for cancer injection Cisplatin
Strides Arcolab said it has received approval from the USFDA to sell generic version of Cisplatin injection used in cancer treatment.
19 Apr, 2012, 03.43 PM IST
- Pfizer looking for Indian cos to partner in treating cancer patients
Pfizer has identified oncology as the therapeutic segment for research in emerging markets such as China and India as cancer is one of the ...
18 Feb, 2012, 05.47 AM IST
- Cancer drugs may come under NPPA lens
Cancer drugs may soon come under the purview of India’s drug price regulator, as they have become too expensive for the common man to affor...
20 May, 2009, 01.10 AM IST
- Pfizer warns of lung cancer link with inhaled insulin
US drugmakers Pfizer Inc and Nektar Therapeutics warned of cases of lung cancer in clinical trials of their inhaled insulin Exubera.
10 Apr, 2008, 09.14 AM IST