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Checkpoint inhibitor shows promise in advanced squamous-cell carcinoma


 

FROM NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Cemiplimab is now being tested in a phase 2 trial in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma.

The study was supported by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi. Eight authors declared funding from Regeneron to conduct the trial. Ten authors were employees of Regeneron. Fifteen authors also declared funding and payments from pharmaceutical companies outside the submitted work. Four had nothing to disclose.

SOURCE: Migden M et al. NEJM, 2018; June 4. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1805131.

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