BIZARRE: 42 | Mind Blowing Facts

Tracey Ferrin, 39, was pregnant with her second child and going through gruelling cancer treatment when her marriage broke down.

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) has announced updated median overall survival (OS) results for Kisqali (ribociclib) combined with fulvestrant for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer.  The analysis of patients treated in first-line with Kisqali plus fulvestrant demonstrated a significant OS benefit of nearly…

Adele Roberts went public with her diagnosis in October last year, as she told her fans she was undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, just weeks after it was discovered by doctors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted AstraZeneca's (NASDAQ: AZN) supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Imfinzi (durvalumab), in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy and granted Priority Review for patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC).

Tracey Ferrin, 39, from Texas in the US, was pregnant with her second child and going through gruelling cancer treatment when her marriage broke down - but years on, she doesn't hold any resentment towards him

The FDA has accepted AstraZeneca plc’s (NASDAQ) supplemental marketing application seeking approval for Imfinzi (durvalumab), in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy, for locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC). Under the Priority Review status, the FDA action date is during the third quarter of 2022. BTC is a group of rare and aggressive…

Galera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GRTX) announced topline results from Phase 2a AESOP trial of avasopasem for severe acute radiation-induced esophagitis in lung cancer patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Esophagitis is an early side effect of radiation or chemoradiation, causing pain, difficulties in swallowing with potential malnutrition, and dehydration. The trial enrolled 39 patients with unresectable…

The FDA has issued a complete response letter (CRL) to Junshi Biosciences Co Ltd and Coherus BioSciences Inc's (NASDAQ:CHRS) toripalimab application for advanced recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). NPC is a rare tumor of the head and neck which originates in the nasopharynx, located behind the nose and above the back of the throat. The…

Lindsey Parry, a 46-year-old from Scarborough, Yorkshire, had a number of small lumps and itchy skin and thought it was just symptoms for glandular fever but it turned out to be a form of cancer

The French authority has signed off XBiotech Inc's (NASDAQ:XBIT) multicenter randomized clinical study for Natrunix combined with trifluridine/tipiracil for colorectal cancer.  The French National Cancer Institute (INCA) has also awarded a grant to fund all clinical costs for the study. Investigators will combine Natrunix and trifluridine/tipiracil as a new candidate therapy for metastatic…

Statera Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:STAB) has entered into a non-binding term sheet with Immune Therapeutics Inc (OTC:IMUN) to sell its naltrexone and met-enkephalin rights. The transaction is contingent upon the negotiation of a definitive agreement and satisfaction of several closing conditions, including a contingency on Immune Therapeutics financing. Under the anticipated terms, Statera will receive an…