NaNotics LLC (Mill Valley, California) has announced that it will work with the Mayo Clinic to develop a cancer treatment known as NaNots that works by depleting targeted pathogenic molecules from the blood. The NaNot would target a soluble form of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), a tumor-generated immune inhibitor, while ignoring membrane forms of PD-L1.…

Roche (OTCQX:RHHBY) has voluntarily withdrawn its application for FDA accelerated approval for the monoclonal antibody Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy to treat unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) with tumors expressing programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). Earlier this month, Roche won priority review for Tecentriq for people with non-small cell lung cancer…