Tag: Merck

22
Oct 2018

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Innovations in Electronic Health Records

Increasingly, hospital and health systems have moved from paper charts to electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs offer ways to streamline clinical workflows, reduce medical errors and increase patient safety, and provide stronger support for clinical decision-making. However, linking such records from different locations for the same patient has proved problematic in many cases, leading to...
17
Apr 2018

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Moving from Exploratory Collaborations to Record-Setting Deals in IO

In early March, we wrote about the collaboration between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Nektar aimed at developing Nektar’s T-cell stimulating molecule NKTR-214 in combination with BMS’s checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab). That deal brought Nektar an eye-opening $1.85 billion in upfront cash and investments for a share of its development-stage drug, with the potential for an additional...
5
Feb 2018

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Lynparza — Extending Cancer Treatment Based on Underlying Genetic Cause

On January 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lynparza (olaparib), the PARP inhibitor partnered by AstraZeneca and Merck, for the treatment of BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative advanced metastatic breast cancer.   The FDA’s action adds another cancer type for Lynparza; in late 2014 it was the first PARP inhibitor to be approved for use in...