chemotherapy

State Sen. Bill Rabon, North Carolina’s General Assembly's chief advocate for legalizing medical marijuana, revealed publicly on Tuesday that he consumed cannabis over 20 years ago to withstand the pain and discomfort of chemotherapy during his struggle with cancer. Sen....

Food and Drug Administration decisions and advisory committee verdicts slated for November were mostly positive. New molecular entity approvals so far this year trail 2021’s tally by about 35%. The two NMEs that were okayed in November include Provention Bio, Inc.’s...

Aileron Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ALRN) has announced initial findings from its ongoing study of ALRN-6924 in healthy volunteers.  Data were presented at the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) 50th Annual Scientific Meeting.  The initial findings...

The FDA has accepted for review Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ: FENC) resubmitted marketing application seeking approval for Pedmark (formulated sodium thiosulfate) to prevent ototoxicity induced by cisplatin chemotherapy. The application covers patients one month to <...

The FDA has accepted for review BeyondSpring Inc's (NASDAQ: BYSI) marketing application seeking approval for the use of plinabulin in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). Under the priority...

AstraZeneca Plc’s (NYSE: AZN) developmental drug – Imfinizi, has been approved by the European Commission after the Phase 3 clinical trial yielded positive results. What Happened: Imfinizi is the first line of treatment for adults with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer in choice...

A recent study revealed research findings around chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN, and the potential for CBD as a treatment. The study, conducted by Kannalife, a company in the Medical Marijuana Inc (OTC: MJNA) portfolio, and published in the Journal of Molecular...

Shares of TESARO Inc (NASDAQ: TSRO) were trading higher by nearly 2 percent early Thursday morning after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to the company's intravenous version of its therapy to treat nausea and vomiting in adults undergoing chemotherapy. An oral version of the...

Shares of Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECYT) were trading higher by more than 60 percent Tuesday afternoon at $5.82 on top of Monday's monster triple-digit-percentage return gain, but some analysts see even more upside. Wedbush's David Nierengarten upgraded Endocyte's stock rating Neutral to Outperform...

The size of investments in the cannabis industry is rising at an unprecedented level, as evidenced by the more than $730 million raised by marijuana businesses in the four months of the year — versus $124 million in the first four months of 2016. One of the companies reaping the benefits of...

Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB - American Depositary Shares (NASDAQ: OASM) is one of only three Swedish companies listed in the United States. While well known in Sweden, Oasmia entered the U.S. market in 2015 and is making waves in the world of oncology with a new drug delivery system that aims to...