GlaxoSmithKline
20 December 2024
20 Dec 2024
GSK announces headline results from the FIRST-ENGOT-OV44 phase III trial.
GSK announces FIRST trial met its primary endpoint of progression free survival in first line advanced ovarian cancer
20 Dec 2024
GSK announces headline results from the FIRST-ENGOT-OV44 phase III trial.
ViiV Healthcare announces CHMP positive opinion for Vocabria + Rekambys, the first and only complete long-acting HIV treatment, for adolescents in Europe
16 Dec 2024
Vocabria + Rekambys is the first and only complete long-acting regimen for the treatment of HIV, reducing dosing days from 365 to 6 per year
16 December 2024
16 Dec 2024
Positive opinion based on statistically significant and clinically meaningful progression-free and overall survival data.
GSK’s B7-H3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate, GSK’227, receives EMA Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation in relapsed extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer
16 Dec 2024
Regulatory designation based on promising preliminary clinical data.
Jemperli (dostarlimab) receives US FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for locally advanced dMMR/MSI-H rectal cancer
16 Dec 2024
Designation based on data showing no evidence of disease in 100% of all 42 patients who completed treatment with dostarlimab.
Jemperli (dostarlimab) plus chemotherapy receives positive CHMP opinion to expand approval to all adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer
16 Dec 2024
Positive opinion based on statistically significant and clinically meaningful progression-free and overall survival data.
Blenrep shows significant overall survival benefit, reducing the risk of death by 42% in multiple myeloma at or after first relapse
11 Dec 2024
DREAMM-7 trial shows sustained overall survival benefit for Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) combination versus daratumumab combination
US FDA accepts GSK’s submission for the use of Nucala (mepolizumab) in COPD
11 Dec 2024
Nucala could be the first approved biologic with monthly dosing for patients with COPD
Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) combination accepted for priority review in China in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma
11 Dec 2024
Regulatory submission supported by phase III head-to-head DREAMM-7 trial showing statistically significant efficacy.
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