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I'm hoping here that HN isn't going to be too taken in by a good PR strategy from the biotechs who are supporting the clinical trials here (Seattle Genetics and
by mft_ 8y ago
I'm hoping here that HN isn't going to be too taken in by a good PR strategy from the biotechs who are supporting the clinical trials here (Seattle Genetics and Genmab - see here: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03485209 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03485209)
I mean, it's interesting data, and any step forwards in treating cancers (especially solid tumours) is great... but this isn't especially novel. Toxin-bearing antibodies like this have been worked on now for years; indeed, there are examples which have successfully made it all the way through large phase III trials and onto the market, which takes many years.
e.g. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/2859 https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/2859 and https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/9537/smpc https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/9537/smpc
- true_religion 8y agoNot novel isn't the same thing as not news. As a tech site, we read lots of articles about new JavaScript libraries reimplementing techniques discovered in the 60s. Can we not have one breathless article about an incremental improvement in cancer drugs without everyone in the know scoffing about how it is not revolutionary?
- cat199 8y ago> Can we not have one breathless article about an incremental improvement in cancer drugs without everyone in the know scoffing about how it is not revolutionary? this will probably happen about the same time that the headlines stop presenting incremental things as revolutionary..