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PADCEV plus Keytruda meets survival endpoints in cisplatin-eligible bladder cancer patients

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have announced that their antibody-drug conjugate PADCEV (enfortumab vedotin), in combination with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (marketed as Keytruda by Merck), met key survival endpoints in the Phase 3 EV-304 trial. In cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), the combination significantly improved both event-free survival and overall survival

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Pharma & Biotech

How Anixa’s breast cancer vaccine could change immunoprevention strategies

Anixa Biosciences Inc. has reported final Phase 1 results for its investigational breast cancer vaccine targeting the α-lactalbumin protein, showing that the primary endpoints were met and 74 percent of participants demonstrated protocol-defined immune responses. The data were presented at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and build the case for a Phase 2

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