RemeGen Co., Ltd. Announced New RC48-ADC Data in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer at ASCO
RemeGen announced a 24% response rate in a clinical trial of its antibody drug conjugate RC48 in patients with HER-2 positive gastric... Read More
MacroGenics Announces Margetuximab Granted Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S. for Gastric Cancer
MacroGenics received orphan drug designation from the FDA for its investigational gastric cancer drug margetuximab.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer patients treated with Enhertu in a recent study had favorable response rates, survival and duration of response as compared to... Read More
Regorafenib Plus Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Gastric or Colorectal Cancer
A recent trial of a combination of Stivarga and Opdivo showed better activity than either drug alone in patients with gastric cancer.
FDA Grants Full Approval of Deciphera Pharmaceuticals’ QINLOCK™ (ripretinib) for the Treatment of Fourth-Line Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
The FDA approved Deciphera Pharmaceuticals’ Quinlock (ripretinib) for the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
ctDNA Identifies Acquired Resistance Mechanisms to Savolitinib in MET+ Gastric Cancer
An early trial of AstraZeneca’s MET inhibitor savolitinib in gastric cancer revealed mutations that confer drug resistance.
GCF-AGA Grant Awards Newest Research Scholar: Samuel J Klempner, MD
Samuel J. Klempner, M.D., was completing his fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston when he first became interested in... Read More
Enhertu granted Orphan Drug Designation in the US for gastric cancer
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo won breakthrough designation and orphan drug designation from the FDA for Enhertu in treating HER2-positive gastric cancer, which... Read More
ASCO: In stomach cancer, AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s Enhertu goes where Roche’s Kadcyla couldn’t
In a pivotal study, patients taking Enhertu from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo saw their tumors shrink and were still alive after a... Read More
Older versus younger adults with gastric cancer receiving perioperative treatment: Results from the CRITICS trial
A new study finds that compliance to treatments prescribed after surgery is worse in older adults being treated for gastric cancer than... Read More
