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New Big Data Initiatives in Oncology

As cancer therapy moves towards the concept of “real-time” oncology — the ability to constantly monitor changes in a patient’s disease and adjust treatment accordingly — we see big data and high powered analytical approaches increasingly playing a key role. The aim of such efforts will be to find novel biomarkers and a new understanding...

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Advances and Set Backs for CAR-T Therapy

Late August and early September was a period of big news — both positive and negative — on the CAR-T front. On the positive side, Novartis’ received the first FDA approval of a CAR-T therapy for Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), for the treatment of children and young adults with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia that is refractory...

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Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease — Part 2

As we wrote in our last post, the ability to accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before a person’s death has been problematic. Experts estimate that a third or more of patients’ cognitive impairment or dementia may be inaccurately diagnosed. As a result, such patients may not benefit from the treatments they do receive or may have...