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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Alimta, pemetrexed, Date of authorisation: 20/09/2004, Revision: 28, Status: Authorised
05 Mar 2025 14:31 GMT
… lung cancer, Alimta was compared with gemcitabine (another anticancer medicine), in combination … before.
Alimta was also compared with docetaxel (another anticancer medicine) in … in the past. For maintenance treatment, Alimta was compared with placebo (a …
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Urgent UK recall issued on vital medication as 'quarantine' demand made
04 Mar 2025 17:46 GMT
… medication pemetrexed, also known by the brand name Alimta, is a drug used … each treatment takes about ten minutes.
Pemetrexed is a very effective drug … have B12 injections alongside the treatment, alongside folic acid tablets and …
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The partnership that drives America’s leadership in medical discovery: How it works and what’s at stake
18 Feb 2025 20:13 GMT
… ultimately leading to lifesaving treatments, inventions, technologies and … Harvard Medical School).
The transformational lung cancer chemotherapy drug Alimta, … UT Southwestern Medical Center of statins and PCSK9 … When you stop clinical trials, when you lose …
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Boryung sings CDMO deal with Lotus Pharmaceutical to manufacture anticancer injection, expanding global reach
12 Dec 2024 05:50 GMT
… organization (CDMO) agreement with Lotus Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese oncology specialist, for … and producing strategic original essential medicines for overseas markets, Boryung aims … non-small cell lung cancer drug Alimta (pemetrexed) in 2022 from Lilly …
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Sac-TMT for Previously Treated NSCLC
05 Dec 2024 14:45 GMT
… TMT; Kelun Pharmaceutical, Merck) for the treatment of patients with … 1
About the Trials
TroFuse-004
Trial Name: Sacituzumab … (TROP2)-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) being developed … Taxotere; Sanofi] or pemetrexed [Alimta; Eli Lilly & Co]) …
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I Still Reflect on My Lung Cancer Treatment Decisions
10 Oct 2024 18:16 GMT
… appointment with my new doctor. The medical oncologist had come … choose immunotherapy as my primary treatment. However, not so! … and Alimta (pemetrexed disodium) were in the drug cocktail which … well with all my treatments, including the optional immunotherapy …
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Cancer Drugs Spark Surprising Improvement in PAH Symptoms
23 Sep 2024 23:54 GMT
… symptoms improved while receiving treatment for metastatic lung adenocarcinoma … started on carboplatin and Alimta (pemetrexed) and after, … PAH parameters. Eventually, doctors replaced Adempas with Viagra … data on antineoplastic medications in PAH. She …
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FDA Approves Keytruda With Chemotherapy to Treat Mesothelioma
19 Sep 2024 23:10 GMT
… -483 trial. This clinical trial involved … Alimta (pemetrexed) with cisplatin or carboplatin as well as chemotherapy drugs … FDA-approved first-line treatments for mesothelioma. Additional clinical trials … .
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FDA Approves Pembrolizumab Plus Pemetrexed and Platinum Chemotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
18 Sep 2024 17:40 GMT
… (Keytruda; Merck) plus pemetrexed (Alimta; LillyMedical) and platinum chemotherapy in … first line received FDA approval for the treatment of adult patients … #47;KEYNOTE-483 trial (NCT02784171), the combination treatment achieved a statistically significant …
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A decade of cancer immunotherapy: Keytruda, Opdivo and the drugs that changed oncology
04 Sep 2024 16:23 GMT
… of the highest selling pharmaceutical products of all time, … new drug treatments disappointing. Tawbi remembers how, for many doctors then, … Medicine oncologist who ran some of the first clinical trials … flow away from some biotechnology companies as the field …