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FDA extends review time for Roche’s Tecentriq/Avastin combo

FDA extends review time for Roche’s Tecentriq/Avastin combo

US regulators have extended the review period for Roche’s application to market Tecentriq in combination with Avastin, carboplatin and paclitaxel for first-line treatment of metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Teva drops development of laquinimod

Teva drops development of laquinimod

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has decided not to pursue development of laquinimod, and has returned rights to the drug back to Swedish group Active Biotech.

Celltrion calls for wider use of biologics in RA

Celltrion calls for wider use of biologics in RA

Celltrion Healthcare is calling on the NHS to consider lowering the threshold for starting biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to put in place measures to boost patient access to such treatment.

New chair put forward for NHS England

New chair put forward for NHS England

Lord Prior of Brampton has been named as the government’s preferred new chair of NHS England, replacing Professor Sir Malcolm Grant.

Horizon completes enrollment in TED trial early

Horizon completes enrollment in TED trial early

Horizon Pharma says it has completed enrollment in a confirmatory Phase III trial of teprotumumab in patients living with moderate-to-severe active thyroid eye disease (TED) ahead of schedule.

NHS England strikes deal with Novartis on Kymriah

NHS England strikes deal with Novartis on Kymriah

Hospitals are gearing up to offer Novartis’ ground-breaking CAR-T therapy Kymriah to children with advanced leukaemia, after the drugmaker reached a deal with NHS England over its provision.

NICE u-turn approves funding for rare disease therapy Crysvita

NICE u-turn approves funding for rare disease therapy Crysvita

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has changed its position on NHS funding for Kyowa Kirin International’s Crysvita, now endorsing the drug’s use to treat X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) in children and young people with growing bones in England and Wales.