An experimental therapy for bladder cancer in on the brink of entering Phase I clinical trials in the UK after a development pact was signed between Cancer Research UK, its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology, and Canadian biotech Sitka Biopharma.
Late-stage trial data published in The Lancet show that Roche’s Tecentriq significantly extended survival in patients with previously-treated advanced non-small cell lung cancer taking the immunotherapy versus those on chemotherapy.