New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec. 8-11, including: Amunix, Astrazeneca, Athenex, Beyondspring, Bold, Briacell, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Evelo, Greenwich, Immutep, Infinity, Medsir, Novartis, Oncolytics, Pharmabcine.
New five-year breast cancer survival data from Greenwich Lifesciences Inc. ignited its stock for a wild ride that climbed nearly 1,000% upward Dec. 9, marking one of the biotech sector’s biggest single-day gains in 2020.
Data presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) – held, of course, in cyberspace and not San Antonio this year – added to the evidence that adding Verzenio (abemaciclib, Eli Lilly and Co.) to endocrine therapy for up to two years benefited women with high-risk, early stage hormone receptor-driven and HER2-negative breast cancer.
The Guardant360 assay accurately detected genomic alterations that permit patient matching to targeted therapies, according to a presentation of the plasmaMATCH study at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The study is the largest ever performed for a liquid biopsy.
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