‘Next big wave’: Radiation drugs track, kill cancer cells
Few such drugs are approved now, but the approach is predicted to become a new way to treat patients with other hard-to-reach or inoperable cancers.
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Cancer-fighting nuclear medicine firms find home in central Indiana
Indianapolis’ newest publicly company, Point Biopharma Inc., is the latest player in a field expected to see explosive growth as doctors and researchers look for new ways to shrink tumors.
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Ballyhooed Simon Cancer Center to empty out by 2026
Just 12 years after opening to great fanfare, the future of the $150 million center, a partnership between the Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health, is full of questions.
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Chef and restaurateur Hardesty scaling back schedule after leukemia diagnosis
Hardesty, 51, said operations at his culinary business, Studio C, will be scaled back while he undergoes treatment over the next several months.
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Health care systems scramble to offer latest in cancer care
Indiana University Health’s new Schwarz Cancer Center is the latest addition to a crowded landscape of cancer centers and hospital oncology programs popping up around central Indiana.
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Virus has woman with comorbidities homebound
Dee Alderman’s doctors told her in November, as cases heated up, to stay home completely; her husband and son decontaminate every time they come in the house.
Lilly to help Dutch biotech develop cancer therapies in deal worth up to $1.6B
Merus N.V. specializes is so-called CD3 engaging T-cell therapies, a growing area of cancer research, based on immunotherapy, or using the immune system’s T cells to find and shrink tumors
IU cancer center researchers land $5.7M grant to study chemo-induced side effects
The grant will help fund an ongoing study to evaluate long-term health outcomes for cancer patients who receive life-saving chemotherapy treatments that often have difficult side effects.
Cancer chief warns delays in care likely to result in thousands of extra deaths
Estimates by the National Cancer Institute show there will be 10,000 more breast and colorectal cancer deaths over the next decade than would have been expected without the coronavirus. The director said that estimate was perhaps too conservative.
Q&A: Elaine Bedel on raising money for women-led research
Development Corp., is helping raise money for a women-focused cancer research initiative. The campaign, which will run through June, is in its second year.
American Cancer Society reports biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate
Researchers on Wednesday reported the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they credited to advances in lung-tumor treatments.
Lilly experimental drug fails in late-stage trial for pancreatic cancer
The drug, called pegilodecakin, had been seen as a promising treatment for one of the deadliest types of cancer, and was the lead product in Lilly’s $1.6 billion acquisition of Armo BioSciences last year.
Medicare to cover pioneering cancer treatment nationwide
The treatment costs $375,000 or $475,000, depending on whether it is used for advanced lymphoma or pediatric leukemia. Hospital stays can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cost of care.
IU Simon Cancer Center lands $13.8M grant, comprehensive cancer center designation
The cancer center, opened in 2008, is now one of just 51 “comprehensive cancer centers” in the nation and the only one in Indiana.
Pfizer expanding in cancer with $10.6B deal for Array BioPharma
Array’s stock was already at a record before the deal announcement, following the company’s news last month of positive clinical trial results using Braftovi and Mektovi with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.’s Erbitux.
Elanco agrees to buy pet-drug developer for $234 million
Kansas-based Aratana Therapeutics has three treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is working on drugs for a range of disease fields, including cancer.
Lilly bets billions on focus on cancer drugs
Long a leader in diabetes and neuroscience drugs, Eli Lilly and Co. is pushing hard and spending record sums to turbocharge its oncology business, potentially a huge growth area.
Bristol-Myers gets shareholder approval for $74B Celgene deal
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. on Friday won a shareholder vote to approve its takeover of Celgene Corp., paving the way to close the largest pharmaceutical merger in history and create a cancer-drug giant.
Lilly cancer drug shouldn’t be started in new patients, FDA says
Lartruvo shouldn’t be started in new patients, and those patients already taking it should ask their doctors if they should continue, U.S. regulators said, following a key study that failed to show the medicine prolonged lives.
U.S. cancer death rate hits 25th year of decline
Lower smoking rates are translating into fewer deaths. Advances in early detection and treatment also are having a positive impact, experts say.
Two IU researchers win $2.3M grant to study neuropathy in cancer patients
The researchers are testing the effectiveness of a small, targeted molecule to prevent or reverse chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy—a nerve problem that causes pain, numbness and tingling.
Eli Lilly partner urges investors to look beyond biotech turmoil
Look at the future prospects, not the losses, says the CEO of a newly listed Chinese biotech company that’s developing anti-cancer drugs with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.
Endocyte’s $2.1B deal with Novartis comes after years of setbacks
The West Lafayette biotech firm’s stock traded as low as $1.41 last fall, following multiple setbacks and restructurings. But the stock had soared to $24 Thursday morning after news that it would be acquired by Novartis.
Roche using data-driven diagnostic tools to reshape patient care
The company, which employs more than 3,000 on the northeast side, has been struggling on the diabetes side of its business. To bounce back, it is investing heavily in diagnostics, and is working to commercialize several products it hopes will be game-changers.