Spate Of Late-Stage DLBCL Trial Failures Leaves Spoils Waiting

A run of bad luck for developers of potential treatments for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma – Roche, Celgene and Novartis – has withered the late-stage pipeline for an indication that has long been in need of new therapies. Scrip and Datamonitor Healthcare take a look at what's next for the disease.

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The series of clinical trial failures in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) means that a significant market opportunity will remain unaddressed for the near future.

In the past three months, no fewer than three Phase III trial failures have been announced for products being investigated...

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