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Darmstadt, Germany, and New York, US, December 21, 2018 – Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that data from a planned interim analysis of the Phase III JAVELIN Ovarian 100 study of avelumab* did not support the study’s initial hypothesis, and therefore the alliance made …
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December, 2018
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20 December
Astellas and Pfizer Announce Positive Top-Line Results from Phase 3 Trial of Xtandi in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
TOKYO & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the Phase 3 ARCHES trial evaluating XTANDI® (enzalutamide) plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) met its primary endpoint, significantly improving …
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19 December
Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline Announce Joint Venture to Create a Premier Global Consumer Healthcare Company
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK) today announced they have entered into an agreement to create a premier global consumer healthcare company with robust iconic brands. The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction under which Pfizer will contribute its consumer healthcare …
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5 December
Pfizer Presents Positive 26-Week Data For PF-05280586, A Potential Biosimilar To Rituximab
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced today at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting that the REFLECTIONS B328-06 study, a comparative safety and efficacy study of PF-05280586 versus Rituxan®/MabThera® (rituximab-EU)i, met its primary endpoint of overall response rate (ORR) at Week 26 of the 52-week study.1 “It is encouraging to …
November, 2018
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21 November
FDA Approves Pfizer’s Daurismo for Adults with Newly-Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia for Whom Intensive Chemotherapy is Not an Option
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved DAURISMO™ (glasdegib), a once-daily oral medicine, for the treatment of newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adult patients who are 75 years or older or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction …
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19 November
Avelumab Fails to Meet Primary Endpoints in Late-Stage Platinum-Resistant/Refractory Ovarian Cancer Trial
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the Phase III JAVELIN Ovarian 200 trial evaluating avelumab* alone or in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD), a type of chemotherapy, compared with PLD did not meet the prespecified primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) or progression-free …
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16 November
Immunicum Collaborates with Merck KGaA and Pfizer to Evaluate Ilixadencel in Combination with Avelumab in Multi-Indication Phase Ib/II Study
Immunicum AB (publ; IMMU.ST) announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer to evaluate its lead product, ilixadencel, an off-the-shelf cell-based cancer immune primer, in combination with avelumab*, a human anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody, in a planned multi-indication Phase Ib/II clinical trial. …
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7 November
Nektar and Pfizer Collaborate to Evaluate Combination of NKTR-214 with Avelumab and Talazoparib or Enzalutamide in Multiple Cancers
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) announced that it has entered into an oncology clinical collaboration with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) to evaluate several combination regimens in multiple cancer settings, including metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). The collaboration will evaluate Nektar’s lead immuno-oncology …
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5 November
FDA Approves Pfizer’s Lorbrena for Previously-Treated ALK-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LORBRENA® [lor-BREN-ah] (lorlatinib), a third-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed on crizotinib and at least one …
October, 2018
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30 October
Pfizer Announces Clinical Development Agreement with Novartis to Advance the Treatment of NASH
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced today that it has entered into a non-exclusive clinical development agreement with Novartis (NYSE: NVS) to investigate one or more combination therapies for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The companies will conduct both non-clinical and Phase 1 clinical studies of Pfizer’s investigational therapies, …