Irinotecan Liposome Injection Gets FDA Fast Track Designation for Second-Line Small Cell Lung Cancer
December 3rd 2020FDA grants fast track designation to irinotecan liposome injection (Onivyde; MM-398) as second-line monotherapy for patients with small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed following a platinum-based chemotherapy regimen.
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FDA Review of BLA for Liso-Cel in Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma Delayed by COVID-19
November 18th 2020A review of the biologics license application for lisocabtagene maraleucel in the treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma following at least 2 previous therapies has been delayed.
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FDA Approves FoundationOne Liquid CDx for Breast, Ovarian, Lung Cancer Indications
October 28th 2020FDA approves FoundationOne Liquid CDx as a companion diagnostic for alpelisib in advanced or metastatic breast cancer, rucaparib in advanced ovarian cancer, and alectinib in a specific type of metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
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Osimertinib Granted Priority Review designation for EGFR-mutated Non–small Cell Lung Cancer
October 21st 2020The FDA granted osimertinib (Tagrisso) priority review designation for the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer following complete tumor resection with curative intent.
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Combination Therapy Improves Progression-free Survival in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
October 15th 2020Copanlisib (Aliqopa) in combination with rituximab (Rituxan) prolonged progression-free survival in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who relapsed following 1 or more previous lines of rituximab-based therapy.
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Enfortumab Vedotin-ejfv Shows Durable Responses in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
October 13th 2020Enfortumab vedotin-ejfv (Padcev) elicited durable responses in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who received previous treatment with a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor.
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FDA Gives Fast Track Designation for Gastric, Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Treatment
September 25th 2020The FDA has granted fast track designation to DKN-01 for the treatment of patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose tumors have high DKK1 expression.
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Combination Therapy Not Found to Improve Progression-Free Survival in Ovarian Cancer
September 24th 2020Adding atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to bevacizumab (Avastin) and chemotherapy failed to significantly improve progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed stage III/IV ovarian cancer.
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Combination Therapy Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
September 23rd 2020Lenvatinib (Lenvima) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed early antitumor activity and tolerability in previously treated triple-negative breast cancer patients with advanced solid tumors.
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FDA Gives Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Myelodysplastic Syndrome Drug
September 16th 2020Magrolimab is a first-in-class, investigational anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody used in combination with azacitidine in treatment-naïve patients with high and very high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome,
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