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Pfizer Pouring COVID Profits into Cancer Battle, CEO Bourla Says
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is pouring the windfall profits from its COVID-19 vaccine into developing products to battle cancer, Chief Executive Albert Bourla said at a Reuters event on Thursday.
"Pfizer is giving all the profits that we made from COVID...
Medicine
Vaccine for Cancer ‘Could be Ready by 2030’
Life-saving vaccines targeting serious health conditions including cancer and heart disease could be ready within the next seven years, experts believe.
Pharmaceutical company Moderna - which produced one of the leading COVID-19 jabs - is reportedly developing "personalized" vaccines to...
Health
Most Men Delay Treatment for Prostate Cancer, Research Shows
New research shows that more Americans with early-stage prostate cancer are opting for active surveillance instead of surgery or radiation, which are the standard treatment options. This means that men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer are closely monitored...
Business
Pfizer Announces $43 Billion Deal for Cancer Drug Innovator Seagen
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N) has announced its intention to acquire Seagen Inc. (SGEN.O) in a $43 billion deal.
The acquisition is aimed at reinforcing Pfizer's portfolio of targeted cancer therapies in the face of an expected decline in sales...
Health
Prostate Cancer Treatment Can be Avoided, Study Says
A recent study says that prostate cancer doesn't need surgery or radiation treatment in the early stage. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on March 11, 2023.
The long-term study conducted in the United Kingdom...
Greek News
World Cancer Day: Mortality in Greece Drops Albeit Slowly
Greece had an estimated 62,500 new diagnoses of cancer in 2020, corresponding to an incidence rate of 526 new cases per 100,000 population, which is lower than the EU average, an OECD report says.
Scheduled to coincide with World Cancer...
Food
Processed Foods Linked to Increased Risk of Cancer Study Finds
The School of Public Health at Imperial College London has developed the most comprehensive assessment to date of the connection between ultra-processed foods and the risk of getting cancer.
Fizzy drinks, packaged bread made on a large scale, many ready...
Medicine
New “Base Editing” Therapy Cures Teen of Incurable Cancer
A form of biological engineering called "base editing" has cured a teenager's seemingly uncurable cancer in the United Kingdom.
Alyssa, a thirteen-year-old girl from Leicester, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in May 2021. After chemotherapy and a...
Medicine
New Drug Fights Cancer and COVID-19
In order to combat infectious diseases, scientific advances have become faster, better, and more accessible. Now, scientists have discovered a drug called HA15 that may be useful in the fight against both cancer and SARS-CoV-2.
It was in search of...
Greek News
Cancer-Killing Virus Shows Impressive Results in Patients
Scientists in the UK have identified a cancer-killing virus involving therapy that uses a common virus to infect and destroy harmful cells. Early trials of the virus therapy on patients have been especially promising.
The drug is a weakened form...