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L\'Oreal Launches Melanoma Awareness Campaign
2013-05-06 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
New fundraising project and social media outreach.
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Clarins, Bloomies Take on Melanoma
2013-05-03 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Here Comes The Sun program supports research.
Merck Announces Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Lambrolizumab an Investigational Antibody Therapy for Advanced Melanoma
2013-04-24 13:30:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated lambrolizumab (MK-3475) as a Breakthrough Therapy for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma. Lambrolizumab is Mercks investigational antibody therapy targeting Programmed Death receptor (PD-1) that is currently being evaluated for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma, and other tumor types. Language: English Contact HTML: MerckMedia:Caroline Lapppetito, 267-305-7639orInvestors:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465orJustin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Novel Amgen virus-vaccine shrinks melanoma tumors
2013-03-21 11:13:33| Biotech - Topix.net
Shares of drugmaker Amgen Inc. climbed Wednesday on news that its innovative melanoma drug, which uses a virus as a Trojan horse to infiltrate and destroy tumors, shrank far more tumors than a standard treatment in a late-stage test.
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Amgen's melanoma drug shows promise in key trial
2013-03-20 10:31:09| Biotech - Topix.net
Amgen Inc said its experimental and novel treatment for advanced melanoma met the main goal of a late-stage clinical trial by demonstrating a durable response in significantly more patients than a comparison treatment.