FDA Approves Pirtobrutinib for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma
January 28th 2023The FDA has approved pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma following at least 2 lines of systemic therapy, including a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
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FDA Expands Indication of Lorlatinib for ALK-Positive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
March 4th 2021The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application for lorlatinib (Lorbrena) to expand the indication to include the frontline treatment of patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
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NDA Submitted to FDA for Ivosidenib for Previously Treated IDH1-Mutated Cholangiocarcinoma
March 2nd 2021A supplemental new drug application has been submitted to the FDA for ivosidenib tablets (Tibsovo) as a potential therapeutic option for patients with previously treated, IDH1-mutated cholangiocarcinoma.
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FDA to Evaluate BLAs for Enfortumab Vedotin in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
February 19th 2021Two supplemental BLAs have been submitted to the FDA for enfortumab vedotin-ejfv to convert its accelerated approval into a regular one and to expand the current label to include patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.
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Vicineum Granted FDA Priority Review for Non–Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
February 18th 2021The FDA granted a priority review designation to the biologics license application for Vicineum for use in patients with high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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FDA Approves Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Bone Marrow Suppression in Small Cell Lung Cancer
February 15th 2021The FDA has approved trilaciclib (Cosela) to reduce the frequency of chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in adults receiving certain types of chemotherapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
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FDA to Evaluate Tisotumab Vedotin in Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
February 11th 2021A biologics license application has been submitted to the FDA for the accelerated approval of tisotumab vedotin for use in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer that has progressed on or following chemotherapy.
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Treatment for Marginal Zone Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma
February 8th 2021The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to umbralisib for the treatment of select patients with relapsed/refractory marginal zone lymphoma and relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.
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Biologics License Application for Bevacizumab Biosimilar BAT1706
January 29th 2021If approved, the biosimilar will be indicated for use in metastatic colorectal cancer, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer, recurrent glioblastoma, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and metastatic cervical cancer.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Treatment for Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
January 21st 2021FDA grant priority review to a supplemental biologics license application for nivolumab (Opdivo) for use as an adjuvant treatment for patients with resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
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FDA Fast Tracks Padeliporfin Immune Photo Activated Cancer Therapy for Upper-Tract Urothelial Cancer
January 19th 2021A minimally invasive, targeted treatment option, ImPACT is also under evaluation in patients with other localized tumors, such as urothelial cancer, esophageal cancer, lung cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
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FDA Grants Rare Disease Designations to Novel Agent That May Directly Elicit Tumor Cell Death
January 8th 2021FDA approves request submitted by Moleculin Biotech, Inc. for rare disease designations to be granted their drug candidate that appears to directly elicit tumor cell death and prompt the immune system to eliminate tumors.
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to Tiragolumab Plus Atezolizumab for NSCLC
January 7th 2021The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to tiragolumab for use in combination with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic non­–small cell lung cancer.
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CAR T-cell Therapy Application for Large B-cell Lymphoma Remains Under FDA Review
January 5th 2021The biologics license application lisocabtagene maraleucel in adult patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma following at least 2 previous therapies continues to be under regulatory review by the FDA.
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Margetuximab-cmkb Approved by FDA With Chemotherapy for Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
December 17th 2020FDA approves margetuximab-cmkb (Margenza) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have previously received 2 or more anti-HER2 regimens.
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