The Latest Breaking News from Novartis AG

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) said that in early June, it restarted radioligand therapy (RLT) production at its sites in Ivrea, Italy, and Millburn, New Jersey. It also resumed delivering doses to patients in a phased approach, ahead of the expected six-week timeframe.  The company has remediated the issues that led to a temporary, voluntary suspension…

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) is pledging $250 million into R&D for new treatments of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) and malaria, with an aim to eliminate these diseases. "Over the past decade, great progress has been made against NTDs, but there is still a lot more work to be done," CEO Vas Narasimhan said. Novartis…

The FDA granted accelerated approval to Novartis AG's (NYSE:NVS) pairing of Tafinlar and Mekinist for any advanced solid tumors with the BRAF V600E mutation.  The patient must have progressed following prior therapy and have no alternative treatment options. The combo is already approved for BRAF mutated non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, and thyroid cancer.…

Precision BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:DTIL) has entered into an exclusive worldwide in vivo gene editing research and development collaboration and license agreement with Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)  Precision will develop a custom ARCUS nuclease that will be designed to insert, in vivo, a therapeutic transgene at a "safe harbor" location in the genome as a potential one-time…

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Caribou Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CRBU) announced the presentation of additional initial clinical data from its ANTLER Phase 1 trial for CB-010 in relapsed or refractory B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r B-NHL).  Following a single dose at the initial dose level of 40 million CAR-T cells, a 100% complete response (CR) rate (6 of 6…

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Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) has announced updated median overall survival (OS) results for Kisqali (ribociclib) combined with fulvestrant for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer.  The analysis of patients treated in first-line with Kisqali plus fulvestrant demonstrated a significant OS benefit of nearly…

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) has announced topline results from an interim analysis of the Phase 3 RATIONALE 306 study of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Data showed that tislelizumab plus chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival (OS) compared to chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic…