According to the American Cancer Society an estimated 1.6 million new cancer cases and 577,190 deaths from cancer are projected to occur in the U.S. in 2012. It is not surprising then that recent studies have found that there are more ongoing clinical trials focusing on cancer indications than any other disease. However, costs are rising in cancer treatment, putting tremendous strains on the health care system. Read More
Amarin Corp. plc got a green light from the FDA to market its triglyceride-lowering drug Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) last month. Now the biotech needs to give a red light to potential generic competitors. Read More
The field of research surrounding antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and other peptide and small-molecule drug conjugates has heated up in the last 12 months following the approval of Seattle Genetics Inc.'s Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), an ADC directed to CD30, to treat Hodgkin lymphoma and a rare lymphoma known as systemic anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. It was the first ADC to gain approval. (See BioWorld Today, Aug. 22, 2011.) Read More
