May 17, 2012
Among the numerous abstracts being presented by Boehringer Ingelheim at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, June 1-5, 2012, the company will present results from the highly anticipated pivotal LUX-Lung 3 Phase III clinical trial. LUX-Lung 3 investigated afatinib*, and was the largest and most robust trial to date in first-line EGFR mutation positive, advanced, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, 1 and the first study to use pemetrexed / cisplatin as a comparator. “The results will be particularly important for EGFR mutation positive patients and underline our commitment to advance personalised care for lung cancer patients” The study results will shed light on a distinct and specific NSCLC patient population: those with EGFR mutations. EGFR mutations occur in 10-15% of Caucasian and 30-40% of Asian NSCLC patients 2 and their presence is a well-established predictive biomarker that provides specific targets for therapeutic intervention in NSCLC
May 16, 2012
Traackr, Inc., the web’s leading influencer discovery platform, welcomes to its advisory board Andrea “Andy” Cunningham, president of Bite Communications North America, and founder and president of Series C. “Traackr’s technology is solving an important problem by surfacing the people and conversations online I need to pay attention to. I look forward to bringing my expertise in shaping technology brands and knowledge of the communication industry to Traackr, and help develop this important solution for our industry.” “We are very excited to have Andy serve on our advisory board,” said Traackr CEO, Pierre-Loic Assayag. “Her expertise on building high-tech brands and insights about the industry we serve is second to none, and we look forward to her guidance helping us shape the next generation of what has already proven to be an invaluable service to the communication industry.” Cunningham has a strong history of creating and executing strategic communications programs that advance corporate reputation, increase shareholder value and accelerate business growth. Since she came to the Silicon Valley in 1983 to help launch the Apple Macintosh, Cunningham has developed branding and launch strategies for game-changing technologies and companies ever since, including desktop publishing with Adobe, Aldus and Apple; video games with Atari and Electronic Arts; digital imaging with Kodak; RISC microprocessors with IBM and Motorola; software as a service with HP; very light jets with Eclipse Aviation; and clean tech investing with VantagePoint Venture Partners.
