Three new specialised treatments are now to be made available on the NHS for patients in England after being initially rejected for funding back in December, NHS England has announced.
Merck & Co said it is planning to submit regulatory applications for letermovir in the US and European Union sometime this year, on the back of late-stage data showing its promise in preventing a serious viral infection in patients undergoing a bone marrow transplant.
UK group Kymab has unveiled what it says are “remarkable” early stage results for its new antibody therapy KY1005 in animal models of acute graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD).