A new triple negative breast cancer target: Why HORMAD1 could guide treatment choices / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A gene that is typically active only in reproductive cells may hold the key to new treatments for triple negative breast cancer, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. Scientists from the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Re…
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 11:21 pm / permalink 20776 / 4 stories in 45 hrs
Alfasigma Pays $300M for Rights to GSK Rare Liver Disease Drug On Track for FDA Decision / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - GSK licensed to Alfasigma global rights to linerixibat, a drug developed to treat the rare liver disease primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The move follows Alfasigma’s 2025 voluntary market withdrawal of Ocaliva, a PBC drug that had sparked safety concer…
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 20771 / 2 stories in 2 days
Roche’s big hope breast cancer drug fails in crucial first-line trial / Endpoints
Elizabeth Cairns / endpoints - Roche’s breast cancer pill, which the company recently said had the potential to become its biggest-ever selling drug, has failed in what is arguably its most important Phase 3 trial. The persevERA ...
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 20770 / 5 stories in 2 days
‘They Need Each Other’: Why Hims & Hers and Novo Nordisk Made Up / MedCity
Marissa Plescia / medcitynews - Novo Nordisk dropped its lawsuit against Hims & Hers and launched a new collaboration. The deal is advantageous for both companies, experts say.The post ‘They Need Each Other’: Why Hims & Hers and Novo Nordisk Made Up appeared first on MedCity News.
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 20763 / 3 stories in 2 days
Antonio Calles: RECITE Trial Findings on Romiplostim for Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Antonio Calles, Medical Oncologist at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and faculty member of the Lung and Other Thoracic Tumours faculty group of the ESMO, shared a post by NEJM, […]
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20760 / 2 stories in 2 days
Ipsen pulls cancer drug Tazverik from market over safety risks / Endpoints
Nicole DeFeudis / endpoints - Ipsen is pulling its cancer drug Tazverik from the market after an independent data monitoring committee found safety concerns in a confirmatory trial. The committee reported cases of secondary cancers that begin in blood-forming tissue ...
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 20738 / 3 stories in 2 days
Eliquis may be safer than Xarelto for patients with deep blood clots: Study / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Patients taking blood thinner Eliquis had a lower risk of clinically relevant bleeding than those taking Xarelto, a recent study found. Researchers enrolled 2,760 patients with venous thrombosis — blood clots in the veins of the legs or lungs — and random…
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 20737 / 2 stories in 2 days
Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find / Medical Express
medicalxpress - As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn't work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade.
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 20736 / 3 stories in 2 days