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Seattle Genetics and Astellas Announce PADCEV® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) Significantly Improved Overall Survival in Phase 3 Trial in Previously Treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

BOTHELL, Wash. & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–Seattle Genetics, Inc[2]. (Nasdaq:SGEN) and Astellas Pharma Inc.[3] (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced that a phase 3 trial of PADCEV® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) met its primary endpoint of overall survival compared to chemotherapy. The results were reviewed by an independent Data Monitoring Committee following a planned interim analysis. The global EV-301...

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Ligand Presents Positive Results from Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Captisol-enabled Iohexol

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) presented positive results today from a Phase 1 clinical trial of its Captisol-enabled (CE) Iohexol program at ASN Kidney Week 2019 in Washington, D.C. The CE-Iohexol program was established in January 2018 to develop a Captisol-enabled, next-generation contrast agent for diagnostic imaging with a reduced risk of renal toxicity. The trial achieved the...

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The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study

Petroc Sumner, professor12, Solveiga Vivian-Griffiths, research assistant12, Jacky Boivin, professor2, Andy Williams, lecturer3, Christos A Venetis, senior lecturer4, Aimée Davies, research assistant2, Jack Ogden, research assistant2, Leanne Whelan, research assistant2, Bethan Hughes, research assistant2, Bethan Dalton, research assistant2, Fred Boy, senior lecturer5, Christopher D Chambers, professor12 1Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT,...

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Mapping Giants Merge To Create 10mm Accurate Heavyweight

Maps are essential for any strategy. For autonomous cars, maps are the strategy. Away from the headlines, a global war is waged for interpretational jurisdiction in the mapping business:  Those who define the standards will reap the rewards.  At first glance, a relatively unknown Japanese company bought a little-known American outfit today.  Once you look at the bigtime backers of...

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