Pharmaceutical Executive Digital Edition - February 2012

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii) provides a chemotherapy-free treatment option for patients with HER2-positive biliary tract cancer, addressing a critical unmet need with promising efficacy and improved quality of life.

In this episode of the Pharmaceutical Executive podcast, Shubh Goel, head of immuno-oncology, gastrointestinal tumors, US oncology business unit, AstraZeneca, discusses the findings of the NIAGARA trial in bladder cancer and the significance of the five-year overall survival data from the HIMALAYA trial, particularly the long-term efficacy of the STRIDE regimen for unresectable liver cancer.

The drug, developed by UCB, is approved to treat adults with the inflammatory skin disease.

In this episode of the Pharmaceutical Executive podcast, UpScriptHealth's Peter Ax, Founder and CEO, and George Jones, Chief Operations Officer, discuss the issue of counterfeit weight loss drugs, the potential health risks associated with them, increasing access to legitimate weight loss medications and more.

Former Chief Oncology Officer and Executive Vice President, Chris Boshoff, MD, PhD, will assume the role and lead all R&D functions including oncology.

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