Drugs

FDA grants accelerated approval to melphalan flufenamide for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

• Amanda Bridges
• March 1, 2021
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Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to melphalan flufenamide (Pepaxto, Oncopeptides AB) in combination with dexamethasone for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy and whose disease is refractory to at least one proteasome inhibitor, one immunomodulatory agent, and one CD-38 directed monoclonal…

FDA approves Regeneron, Sanofi’s Libtayo for first-line advanced NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression

• Amanda Bridges
• February 25, 2021
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(Sanofi) Feb 22, 2021 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc) for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression (tumor proportion score ≥50%), as determined by an FDA-approved test. Read more >

FDA approves cemiplimab-rwlc for non-small cell lung cancer with high PD-L1 expression

• Amanda Bridges
• February 22, 2021
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On February 22, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (locally advanced who are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation or metastatic) whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression (Tumor Proportion Score [TPS] > 50%) as determined by…

FDA approves Libtayo® (Cemiplimab-rwlc) as first immunotherapy indicated for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma

• Amanda Bridges
• February 11, 2021
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PARIS and TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – February 9, 2021 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc) as the first immunotherapy indicated for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) previously treated with an hedgehog pathway inhibitor (HHI) or for whom an HHI is not appropriate. Full approval was granted…

COVID-19 Update: FDA Authorizes Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of COVID-19 – Drug Information Update

• Amanda Bridges
• February 11, 2021
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age or older weighing at least 40 kilograms [about 88 pounds]) who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 and who are at high risk…

FDA approves cemiplimab-rwlc for locally advanced and metastatic basal cell carcinoma

• Amanda Bridges
• February 10, 2021
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On February 9, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration granted regular approval to cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) for patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (laBCC) previously treated with a hedgehog pathway inhibitor (HHI) or for whom a HHI is not appropriate and granted accelerated approval to cemiplimab-rwlc for patients with metastatic BCC (mBCC)…

FDA approves lisocabtagene maraleucel for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma

• Amanda Bridges
• February 9, 2021
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On February 5, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi, Juno Therapeutics, Inc.) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified (including DLBCL arising from indolent lymphoma), high-grade B-cell…

FDA Approves New Treatment For Adults With Relapsed Or Refractory Large-B-Cell Lymphoma

• Amanda Bridges
• February 9, 2021
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel), a cell-based gene therapy to treat adult patients with certain types of large B-cell lymphoma who have not responded to, or who have relapsed after, at least two other types of systemic treatment. Breyanzi, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, is the…

FDA Approves Karyopharm Therapeutics’ Selinexor for Refractory or Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

• Amanda Bridges
• February 5, 2021
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On December 18, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved selinexor (XPOVIO, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.) in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy. Read More HERE>>

FDA grants accelerated approval to tepotinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• February 4, 2021
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On February 3, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to tepotinib (Tepmetko, EMD Serono Inc.) for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) exon 14 skipping alterations. Efficacy was demonstrated in the VISION trial (NCT02864992), a multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, multicohort study enrolling 152 patients with advanced…

FDA approves fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for HER2-positive gastric adenocarcinomas

• Amanda Bridges
• January 20, 2021
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On January 15, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu, Daiichi Sankyo) for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen. Efficacy was evaluated in a multicenter, open-label, randomized trial (DESTINY-Gastric01, NCT03329690) in patients with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic…

FDA approves crizotinib for children and young adults with relapsed or refractory, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma

• Amanda Bridges
• January 20, 2021
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On January 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved crizotinib (Xalkori, Pfizer Inc.) for pediatric patients 1 year of age and older and young adults with relapsed or refractory, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that is ALK-positive. The safety and efficacy of crizotinib have not been established in older adults with relapsed or…

FDA approves pralsetinib for RET-altered thyroid cancers

• Amanda Bridges
• December 8, 2020
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From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

FDA grants accelerated approval to naxitamab for high-risk neuroblastoma in bone or bone marrow

• Amanda Bridges
• November 30, 2020
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From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

FDA grants accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple negative breast cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• November 17, 2020
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Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck & Co.) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS ≥10) as determined by an FDA approved test. November 13, 2020.  More Information: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-pembrolizumab-locally-recurrent-unresectable-or-metastatic-triple

FDA approves liquid biopsy NGS companion diagnostic test for multiple cancers and biomarkers

• Amanda Bridges
• November 9, 2020
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From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

FDA Approves FoundationOne CDx As Companion Diagnostic For Larotrectinib To Identify NTRK1/2/3 Gene Fusions Across Solid Tumors

• Amanda Bridges
• November 5, 2020
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OncLive (10/23) reported, “The FDA has approved the FoundationOne CDx (F1CDx)comprehensive genomic test as a companion diagnostic for larotrectinib (Vitrakvi) to identify patients with NTRK1/2/3 gene fusions across all solid tumors.” The test “is currently the sole FDA-approved tissue-based comprehensive genomic profiling assay that is indicated to detect NTRK1/2/3 fusions across all solid malignancies and identify…

FDA Approves VEKLURY (Remdesivir)

• Kelly Wilson
• October 25, 2020
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On October 22, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved VEKLURY (remdesivir) for adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kg) for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requiring hospitalization. VEKLURY should only be administered intravenously (IV) in a hospital or in a healthcare…

FDA Grants Full Approval For Venclexta In AML

• Kelly Wilson
• October 22, 2020
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On Friday, the FDA granted full approval for Venclexta (venetoclax) in combination with azacitidine, or decitabine, or low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) for the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults 75 years or older, or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction chemotherapy. Venclexta was previously granted provisional approval in this…

FDA Approves Opdivo + Yervoy for Previously Untreated Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

• Amanda Bridges
• October 8, 2020
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Opdivo + Yervoy is the first new systemic therapy in over 15 years to be approved by the FDA in this setting1,2 Approval is based on CheckMate -743 in which Opdivo + Yervoy demonstrated superior overall survival vs. standard of care chemotherapy1 Approval marks third indication for Opdivo + Yervoy-based treatments in thoracic cancers and seventh indication overall PRINCETON,…

FDA Approves GAVRETO (Pralsetinib) For Adult Patients with Metastatic Rearranged During Transfection Fusion-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• October 2, 2020
• Drugs
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On September 4, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved GAVRETO (pralsetinib) for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as detected by an FDA-approved test. Select patients for treatment with GAVRETO based on the presence of a RET gene fusion. Information on…

FDA approves Onureg (azacitidine tablets) for acute myeloid leukemia

• Amanda Bridges
• September 4, 2020
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From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

FDA approves Onureg (azacitidine tablets) for acute myeloid leukemia

• Amanda Bridges
• September 3, 2020
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On September 1, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved azacitidine tablets (ONUREG®, Celgene Corporation) for continued treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia who achieved first complete remission (CR) or complete remission with incomplete blood count recovery (CRi) following intensive induction chemotherapy and are not able to complete intensive curative therapy. More information.

FDA approves Onureg (azacitidine tablets) for acute myeloid leukemia

• Amanda Bridges
• September 3, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

FDA approves carfilzomib and daratumumab with dexamethasone for multiple myeloma

• Amanda Bridges
• August 27, 2020
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On August 20, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved carfilzomib (KYPROLIS, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and daratumumab (DARZALEX, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in combination with dexamethasone for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received one to three lines of therapy. The efficacy of carfilzomib and daratumumab with dexamethasone was evaluated in two…

FDA Approves First Liquid Biopsy Next-Generation Sequencing Companion Diagnostic Test

• Amanda Bridges
• August 13, 2020
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first liquid biopsy companion diagnostic that also uses next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to identify patients with specific types of mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in a deadly form of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This is the first approval to combine…

FDA granted accelerated approval to belantamab mafodotin-blmf for multiple myeloma

• Amanda Bridges
• August 6, 2020
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On August 5, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved belantamab mafodotin-blmf (Blenrep, GlaxoSmithKline) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least 4 prior therapies, including an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, a proteasome inhibitor, and an immunomodulatory agent. Belantamab mafodotin-blmf was evaluated in DREAMM-2 (NCT 03525678), an open-label, multicenter trial….

FDA grants accelerated approval to tafasitamab-cxix for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

• Amanda Bridges
• August 4, 2020
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On July 31, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to tafasitamab-cxix (MONJUVI, MorphoSys US Inc.), a CD19-directed cytolytic antibody, indicated in combination with lenalidomide for adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, including DLBCL arising from low grade lymphoma, and who are not eligible for…

FDA approves atezolizumab for BRAF V600 unresectable or metastatic melanoma

• Amanda Bridges
• July 31, 2020
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On July 30, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Genentech, Inc.) in combination with cobimetinib and vemurafenib for patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Efficacy in combination with cobimetinib and vemurafenib was evaluated in a double-blind, randomized (1:1), placebo-controlled, multicenter trial (IMspire150, NCT02908672) in 514 patients. After a 28-day…

FDA Approves First Cell-Based Gene Therapy For Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory MCL

• Amanda Bridges
• July 30, 2020
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel), a cell-based gene therapy for treatment of adult patients diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have not responded to or who have relapsed following other kinds of treatment. Tecartus, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, is the first cell-based gene therapy…

FDA Approves First Cell-Based Gene Therapy For Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory MCL

• Amanda Bridges
• July 27, 2020
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On July 24, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel), a cell-based gene therapy for treatment of adult patients diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have not responded to or who have relapsed following other kinds of treatment. Tecartus, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, is the first…

Announcing a New Genentech Therapy

• Amanda Bridges
• July 16, 2020
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Genentech is excited to share the news of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of PHESGO™ (pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf) injection, for subcutaneous use. PHESGO is a fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab and trastuzumab, HER2/neu receptor antagonists, and hyaluronidase, an endoglycosidase. Indications Early Breast Cancer PHESGO™ (pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf) is indicated for use in combination with…

FDA Approves New Therapy for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) That Can Be Taken at Home – Drug Information Update

• Amanda Bridges
• July 8, 2020
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Inqovi (decitabine and cedazuridine) tablets for treatment of adult patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). This represents an important advance in treatment options for patients with MDS, a type of blood cancer, who previously needed to visit a health care facility to receive…

FDA approved avelumab 6/30/2020

• Amanda Bridges
• July 2, 2020
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Food and Drug Administration approved avelumab (BAVENCIO, EMD Serono, Inc.) for maintenance treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC) that has not progressed with first-line platinum-containing chemotherapy. More Information. June 30, 2020 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-approves-avelumab-urothelial-carcinoma-maintenance-treatment Hematology/Oncology (Cancer) Approvals & Safety Notifications https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resources-information-approved-drugs/hematologyoncology-cancer-approvals-safety-notifications

FDA approves combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf for HER2-positive breast cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• July 2, 2020
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On June 29, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase–zzxf (PHESGO®, Genentech, Inc.) for subcutaneous injection for the following indications: Use in combination with chemotherapy as: • neoadjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive, locally advanced, inflammatory, or early stage breast cancer (either greater than 2 cm…

FDA Approves First-Line Immunotherapy for Patients with MSI-H/dMMR Metastatic Colorectal Cancer – Drug Information Update

• Amanda Bridges
• June 30, 2020
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for intravenous injection for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer. This marks the first immunotherapy approved for this patient population as a first-line treatment and which is administered to patients without also giving…

FDA approves combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf for HER2-positive breast cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• June 30, 2020
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• No Comments

On June 29, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase–zzxf (PHESGO®, Genentech, Inc.) for subcutaneous injection for the following indications: Use in combination with chemotherapy as: • neoadjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive, locally advanced, inflammatory, or early stage breast cancer (either greater than 2 cm…

FDA approved approved pembrolizumab colorectal cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• June 30, 2020
• Drugs
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Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck & Co.) for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer. More Information. June 29, 2020 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-approves-pembrolizumab-first-line-treatment-msi-hdmmr-colorectal-cancer  Hematology/Oncology (Cancer) Approvals & Safety Notifications https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resources-information-approved-drugs/hematologyoncology-cancer-approvals-safety-notifications

FDA Grants Approval to New Fixed-Dose Combination of Perjeta and Herceptin

• Amanda Bridges
• June 30, 2020
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Genentech announced the FDA granted approval to Phesgo, a new fixed-dose combination of Perjeta and Herceptin available in a single vial. It can be administered under the skin (subcutaneous injection) in just minutes, significantly reducing the amount of time a patient spends receiving treatment when compared to hours with IV administration. The Genentech press release…

FDA approves pembrolizumab for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

• Amanda Bridges
• June 26, 2020
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On June 24, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®, Merck & Co., Inc.) for patients with recurrent or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) that is not curable by surgery or radiation. Efficacy was investigated in KEYNOTE-629 (NCT03284424), a multicenter, multi-cohort, non-randomized, open-label trial. The trial excluded patients who had previously received…

FDA Approval of XPO1 Inhibitor Compound

• Katrina Williams
• June 24, 2020
• Drugs
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Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. is proud to announce the FDA approval of their lead XPO1 inhibitor compound to treat patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). To learn more about this recent approval, please see the full press release here. (For XPOVIO®(selinexor) full Prescribing Information please visit: XPOVIO Full Prescribing Information.)

FDA granted accelerated approval to tazemetostat for follicular lymphoma

• FLASCO
• June 23, 2020
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On June 18, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to tazemetostat (TAZVERIK™, Epizyme, Inc.), an EZH2 inhibitor, for adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) whose tumors are positive for an EZH2 mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test and who have received at least 2 prior systemic therapies,…

A product-specific J-code for an mUC treatment is now available

• Amanda Bridges
• June 19, 2020
• Drugs
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  We are pleased to announce the assignment of a product-specific, permanent J-code for PADCEV. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the July 2020 Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) File, which includes the designation of J9177 for PADCEV with the effective date of July 1, 2020.1 * Note that the product’s NDC code…

FDA approves gemtuzumab ozogamicin for CD33-positive AML in pediatric patients

• Amanda Bridges
• June 18, 2020
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On June 16, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration extended the indication of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (MYLOTARGTM, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC) for newly-diagnosed CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to include pediatric patients 1 month and older. Efficacy and safety in the pediatric population were supported by data from AAML0531 (NCT00372593), a multicenter randomized study of 1,063 patients…

FDA approves pembrolizumab for adults and children with TMB-H solid tumors

• Amanda Bridges
• June 18, 2020
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Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck & Co., Inc.) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic tumor mutational burden-high (TMB H) [≥10 mutations/megabase (mut/Mb)] solid tumors, as determined by an FDA-approved test, that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment…

Testing for Gaucher Disease

• Amanda Bridges
• June 18, 2020
• Drugs
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Gaucher disease is a lifelong, progressive disease. Test to know. It’s a simple blood test. Learn more!

ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki)

• Amanda Bridges
• June 17, 2020
• Drugs
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Effective July 1, 2020, ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) will have a permanent j-code: J9358. ENHERTU is a HER2-directed antibody and topoisomerase inhibitor conjugate indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2–based regimens in the metastatic setting.1 This indication is approved under accelerated…

Genentech is excited to share the news of the new FDA approved indication TECENTRIQ®

• Amanda Bridges
• June 16, 2020
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Genentech is excited to share the news of the new FDA approved indication. TECENTRIQ® (atezolizumab), in combination with bevacizumab, is indicated for the first-line (1L) treatment of unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment. Please see attached for additional information, as well as the TECENTRIQ and the Avastin full Prescribing Information, and Important Safety Information for…

FDA grants accelerated approval to lurbinectedin for metastatic small cell lung cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• June 16, 2020
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On June 15, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to lurbinectedin (ZEPZELCA, Pharma Mar S.A.) for adult patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Efficacy was demonstrated in the PM1183-B-005-14 trial (Study B-005; NCT02454972), a multicenter open-label, multi-cohort study enrolling 105 patients with…

FDA approves ramucirumab plus erlotinib for first-line metastatic NSCLC

• Amanda Bridges
• June 5, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 29, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved ramucirumab (CYRAMZA®, Eli Lilly and Company) in combination with erlotinib for first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) mutations. Efficacy was evaluated in RELAY (NCT02411448), a multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,…

FDA approves atezolizumab plus bevacizumab for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

• Amanda Bridges
• June 5, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 29, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved atezolizumab in combination with bevacizumab (TECENTRIQ® and AVASTIN®, Genentech Inc.) for patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received prior systemic therapy. Efficacy was investigated in IMbrave150 (NCT03434379), a multicenter, international, open-label, randomized trial in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular…

FDA approves nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy for first-line treatment of metastatic NSCLC

• Amanda Bridges
• May 29, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 26, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved the combination of nivolumab (OPDIVO, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) plus ipilimumab (YERVOY, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) and 2 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with no epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase…

FDA approves brigatinib for ALK-positive metastatic NSCLC

• Amanda Bridges
• May 26, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 22, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved brigatinib (ALUNBRIG®, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc.) for adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as detected by an FDA-approved test. Today, the FDA also approved the Vysis ALK Break Apart FISH Probe Kit (Abbott Molecular, Inc.) as a companion diagnostic…

FDA approves ripretinib for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor

• Amanda Bridges
• May 20, 2020
• Drugs
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On May 15, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved ripretinib (QINLOCK™, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC.), for adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have received prior treatment with 3 or more kinase inhibitors, including imatinib. Efficacy was evaluated in INVICTUS (NCT03353753), an international, multi-center, randomized (2:1), double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 129 patients with…

FDA grants accelerated approval to rucaparib for BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• May 20, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 15, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to rucaparib (RUBRACA®, Clovis Oncology, Inc.) for patients with deleterious BRCA mutation (germline and/or somatic)-associated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have been treated with androgen receptor-directed therapy and a taxane-based chemotherapy. Efficacy was investigated in TRITON2 (NCT02952534), an ongoing, multi-center, single arm clinical trial…

FDA approves nivolumab plus ipilimumab for first-line mNSCLC (PD-L1 tumor expression ≥1%)

• Amanda Bridges
• May 20, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 15, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved the combination of nivolumab (OPDIVO®, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) plus ipilimumab (YERVOY®, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors express PD-L1(≥1%), as determined by an FDA-approved test, with no epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma…

FDA grants accelerated approval to pomalidomide for Kaposi sarcoma

• Amanda Bridges
• May 20, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

Now FDA-approved: QINLOCK™ (ripretinib)

• Amanda Bridges
• May 20, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

FDA approves olaparib for HRR gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• May 20, 2020
• Drugs
• No Comments

On May 19, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved olaparib (LYNPARZA®, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP) for adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), who have progressed following prior treatment with enzalutamide or abiraterone. Today, the FDA also approved FoundationOne® CDx (Foundation Medicine, Inc.)…

FDA approves atezolizumab for first-line treatment of metastatic NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression

• Amanda Bridges
• May 19, 2020
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On May 18, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved atezolizumab (TECENTRIQ®, Genentech Inc.) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression (PD-L1 stained ≥ 50% of tumor cells [TC ≥ 50%] or PD-L1 stained tumor-infiltrating immune cells [IC] covering ≥ 10% of…

FDA approves nivolumab plus ipilimumab for first-line mNSCLC (PD-L1 tumor expression ≥1%)

• Amanda Bridges
• May 15, 2020
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On May 15, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved the combination of nivolumab (OPDIVO®, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) plus ipilimumab (YERVOY®, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors express PD-L1(≥1%), as determined by an FDA-approved test, with no epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma…

FDA approves selpercatinib for lung and thyroid cancers with RET gene mutations or fusions

• Katrina Williams
• May 11, 2020
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On May 8, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib (RETEVMOTM, Eli Lilly and Company) for the following indications: Adult patients with metastatic RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Adult and pediatric patients ≥12 years of age with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) who require systemic therapy;…

FDA expanded the indication of olaparib to include its combination with bevacizumab

• Katrina Williams
• May 11, 2020
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Food and Drug Administration expanded the indication of olaparib (LYNPARZA®, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP) to include its combination with bevacizumab for first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy and whose cancer is associated with homologous recombination…

FDA grants accelerated approval to capmatinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• May 7, 2020
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On May 6, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to capmatinib (TABRECTATM, Novartis) for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have a mutation that leads to mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) exon 14 skipping as detected by an FDA-approved test. Today, FDA also approved the FoundationOne CDx assay (Foundation…

Bayer and NeoGenomics Launch the Test4TRKTM Program to Provide Genomic Cancer Testing at No Cost for People Living with Advanced Thyroid and Colorectal Cancers

• Amanda Bridges
• May 7, 2020
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Bayer today announced the launch of Test4TRKTM program in collaboration with NeoGenomics, Inc. to offer genomic cancer testing for NTRK gene fusions at no cost for patients with RAI-refractory (RAI-R) differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with high microsatellite instability (MSI-H). NTRK gene fusions, which have been shown to drive tumor growth, are more commonly found in patients with MSI-H mCRC and RAI-R DTC and may play a role in disease management.

Pfizer announce first participants dosed in clinical trial program for a potential COVID19 Vaccine

• Amanda Bridges
• May 7, 2020
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Pfizer Inc.and BioNTech SE has announced that the first participants have been dosed in the U.S. in the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the BNT162 vaccine program to prevent COVID-19. The trial is part of a global development program, and the dosing of the first cohort in Germany was completed last week. The Phase 1/2…

FDA approves daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj for multiple myeloma

• Amanda Bridges
• May 7, 2020
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On May 1, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj (DARZALEX FASPROTM, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) for adult patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. This new product allows for subcutaneous dosing of daratumumab. Daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj is approved for the following indications that intravenous daratumumab had previously received: in combination with…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves DARZALEX FASPROTM (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj), a New Subcutaneous Formulation of Daratumumab in the Treatment of Patients with Multiple Myeloma

• Amanda Bridges
• May 5, 2020
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Janssen, a Johnson and Johnson pharmaceutical company, is happy to share some exciting news – The FDA just approved DARZALEX FASPRO, a new subcutaneous formulation approved in four regimens across five indications, including newly diagnosed, transplant-ineligible and relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. As you may know, today’s news is based on results from the COLUMBA…

FDA approves niraparib for first-line maintenance of advanced ovarian cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• May 1, 2020
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On April 29, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved niraparib (ZEJULA, GlaxoSmithKline) for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in a complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Efficacy was investigated in PRIMA (NCT02655016), a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that randomized 733…

FDA approves new dosing regimen for pembrolizumab

• Amanda Bridges
• April 30, 2020
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From the American Society of Clinical Oncology in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a service to our members, ASCO will periodically distribute information about newly approved therapies for cancer patients. This helps FDA inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields about recent approvals in a timely manner. Included in the…

FDA grants accelerated approval to pemigatinib for cholangiocarcinoma with an FGFR2 rearrangement or fusion

• Amanda Bridges
• April 24, 2020
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On April 17, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pemigatinib (PEMAZYRE™, Incyte Corporation) for the treatment of adults with previously treated, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma with a fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) fusion or other rearrangement as detected by an FDA-approved test. The FDA also approved the FoundationOne® CDX…

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”), a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., is pleased to announce that ONTRUZANT® (trastuzumab-dttb) for injection

• Amanda Bridges
• April 24, 2020
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”), a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., is pleased to announce that ONTRUZANT® (trastuzumab-dttb) for injection, for intravenous use 21 mg/mL, a biosimilar* to Herceptin® (trastuzumab), is available through specialty distributors and wholesalers. Please contact your specialty distributor or wholesaler to confirm product availability. * Biosimilar means that the biological product is approved…

FDA grants accelerated approval to sacituzumab govitecan-hziy for metastatic triple negative breast cancer

• Amanda Bridges
• April 24, 2020
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On April 22, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (TRODELVYTM, Immunomedics, Inc.) for adult patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who received at least two prior therapies for metastatic disease. Efficacy was demonstrated in IMMU-132-01(NCT 01631552), a multicenter, single-arm, trial enrolling 108 patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer…

FDA approves ibrutinib plus rituximab for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

• Amanda Bridges
• April 24, 2020
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 On April 21, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration expanded the indication of ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®, Pharmacyclics LLC) to include its combination with rituximab for the initial treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). This review was conducted under Project Orbis, an initiative of the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence….

Seagen: Introducing a New Treatment Regimen

• Amanda Bridges
• April 22, 2020
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We are excited to announce the approval of TUKYSA by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). TUKYSA is indicated in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for treatment of adult patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, including patients with brain metastases, who have received one or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the…