A decade ago, GSK was out of oncology. It could soon pick up approval for its sixth cancer drug.
A GSK ad at ESMO, touting its work targeting B7-H4.Andrew Joseph/STAT![]()
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MADRID — In the past week, a GSK cancer drug picked up an approval for another tumor type, the company unveiled the first data from a global study of a promising next-generation chemotherapy, and a medicine that the firm has licensed got the limelight in a presidential session at a major oncology conference here.
GSK is also awaiting another expected approval in the coming weeks, this time for a new lung cancer drug.
It’s a good run considering GSK was out of oncology a decade ago.
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