STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche immunotherapy fails its first test; key U.S. senators move closer to bill to cap insulin prices
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Roche disclosed that an experimental cancer immunotherapy directed against a target called TIGIT failed to slow the progression of a less common but aggressive type of lung cancer, STAT says. The negative result is the first from a group of late-stage clinical trials that the company is conducting for its anti-TIGIT drug called tiragolumab. Roche invested heavily in the drug because of its potential to greatly expand the pool of patients who might benefit from treatments that work by activating the immune system to find and kill tumors. Small cell lung cancer represents approximately 10%-15% of all lung cancer cases and is particularly aggressive and difficult to treat.
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