Toripalimab in combination with chemotherapy was associated with significant improvements in PFS and OS compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced NSCLC without EGFR/ALK mutations, regardless of PD-L1 expression SHANGHAI, China and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180) and Coherus […]
Engineers inspect first batch of nodules During a 60-minute pilot collection run across ~150 meters of the seafloor, ~14 tonnes of nodules were collected by the pilot collector vehicle, transported to the surface using a 4.3-km riser system and placed into the hold of the surface production vessel Hidden Gem In the first such test […]
Senator Robinhood Padilla on Wednesday has accepted the apology of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. over an apparent gesture of discrimination against Muslim inmates linked to the recent hostage-taking incident at the police force’s Custodial Center. Padilla made this remark after visiting former senator Leila de Lima at the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City where he also met with Azurin. “I went here to the PNP to pay tribute to our Chief PNP Gen. Azurin because we Muslims were touched by his humility. I don’t think there is a need to make
The City Health Office (CHO) here has sent water samples to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for laboratory examination after logging more cholera cases since an alert was raised here in September. As of Wednesday, there were three confirmed cases, two more after the first case was reported on Sept. 16, as well as 35 suspected cases. Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by ingesting contaminated food or water. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said in a report the samples sent to the RITM in Manila were taken from
Francis Casey Alcantara has fulfilled his goal of breaking into the top 300 with his current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) doubles ranking of No. 292. “I am super happy that I achieved my goal this year,” said the 30-year-old player from Cagayan de Oro City in an interview on Wednesday. He has joined 16 tournaments this year. The new ranking has given Alcantara a career boost as he prepares for five more tournaments — two in Indonesia and three in Japan — before the year ends. “Hopefully, I can perform well in these tournaments,” said Alcantara,
The banking industry is in close coordination with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ensure orderly functioning fixed-income and foreign exchange markets, an industry group said. In a statement on Wednesday, the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) said it appreciates and supports the central bank’s policies towards “liberalization and transparent price discovery — including the conduct of its supervisory mandate that ensures orderly markets.” “Together, we will work against speculative activities that tend to distort market prices and hurt the economy,” it said. BAP president Antonio Moncupa said that “with global headwinds adversely affecting inflation
