AstraZeneca's Adrian Kilcoyne Discusses Lung Cancer, Screening (pt.3)
Adrian Kilcoyne MD MBA MPH, vice president, US Medical Affairs and HEOR, oncology, AstraZeneca, discusses the process of screening for lung cancer and the populations who are screened. This topic was presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual conference which was held virtually this year in late May.
Cancer’s Reign Over the Drug Development Pipeline Continues| AMCP Nexus 2024
October 18th 2024The FDA has already made more than a dozen cancer drug approval decisions this year and more expected in the next several months and in early 2025, according to Kaelyn Boss, who gave an oncology drug pipeline talk at the 2024 AMCP Nexus meeting this week.
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Using the 'Pathway' Approach to Shorten the Time Between Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
November 16th 2022In this episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite, Briana Contreras, editor with Managed Healthcare Executive spoke with Dr. Yuri Fesko, oncologist and vice president of Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics. In the conversation, Dr. Fesko addressed the ongoing issue of long gaps of times between receiving a diagnosis for a type of cancer and finally getting the treatment for it. Dr. Fesko shared the benefits a number of sectors receive when treating patients sooner and the steps to get there.
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Verastem Begins Submission for Ovarian Cancer Combination
May 24th 2024Verastem is studying the combination of avutometinib and defactinib to treat low-grade serous ovarian cancer in patients with KRAS-mutations. The company plans to complete the new drug application in the second half of this year.
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