How to Use combination therapy in a Sentence
combination therapy
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Trials will test both drugs alone and as part of combination therapy.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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Half a decade out, the combination therapy had cut the risk of recurrence or death by 49% and the risk of the cancer spreading to distant organs by 59%.
—Jeff Coller, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
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AstraZeneca is conducting a Phase 2 trial of its combination therapy for patients with an aggressive form of lymphoma.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
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In addition, 92% of patients who received the combination therapy were alive at the five-year mark, compared with 71% of those who only used Keytruda.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 1 June 2026
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Lilly may face more questions from investors and the medical community about how well patients tolerate and stay on the highly effective combination therapy.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
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The combination therapy is currently being evaluated in a phase 3 study — the final confirmation stage.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
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For example, if prior art reveals that a new combination therapy improves treatment outcomes, officials may deem subsequent patents using the same drug cocktail as obvious and refuse to grant or enforce the patent.
—Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
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Mid-stage results for eloraTZP , a combination therapy of eloralintide and tirzepatide, in adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
—Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
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The data shows that the combination therapy helped adults with the disease maintain their walking distance over five years of continuous therapy and keep respiratory function relatively stable in the long term.
—Anna Rodin, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
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Risinger added that Lilly’s combination therapy can also serve as an alternative to the company’s other next-generation obesity drug that also targets three other gut hormones.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
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In the Phase 2b trials, this combination therapy achieved a 49% decrease in the risk of recurrence or death relative to Keytruda alone, following three years of monitoring.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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An investigational combination therapy from Eli Lilly led to significant weight loss in a mid-stage study, but high rates of people stopping the treatment may raise questions about its tolerability.
—Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
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For older patients who are not strong enough to receive intensive chemotherapy, the standard treatment is venetoclax/azacytidine (a combination therapy used to treat certain types of AML), Chung said.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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An investigational combination therapy from Eli Lilly led to significant weight loss in a mid-stage study, but high rates of people stopping the treatment may raise questions about its tolerability, STAT writes.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
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These next-generation molecules effectively integrate combination therapy into a single drug, attacking cancer from multiple angles simultaneously.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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In December, BioMarin acquired Amicus Therapeutics, which marketed the combination therapy.
—Anna Rodin, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
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Investors were previously disappointed by late-stage trial results for CagriSema, a combination therapy which combines Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy, along with Cagrilintide.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
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Compared to no treatment, oxygen alone reduced AHI by about 33%, MAD alone reduced AHI by about 54%, and combination therapy reduced AHI by about 68%, a statistically significant effect.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
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