FDA approves therapy to treat patients with relapsed and refractory mantle cell lymphoma supported by clinical trial results showing high response rate of tumor shrinkage For Immediate Release: November 14, 2019 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) capsules for the treatment of adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma…
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently approved REBLOZYL® (luspatercept-aamt), the first and only erythroid maturation agent (EMA) indicated for the treatment of anemia in adult patients with beta thalassemia who require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. REBLOZYL is not indicated for use as a substitute for RBC transfusions in patients who require…
October 18, 2019 at 7:45 PM EDT PDF Version – At 26 weeks, 54% of adults and 71% of children treated with ULTOMIRIS demonstrated Complete Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) Response – BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 18, 2019– Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ULTOMIRIS® (ravulizumab-cwvz) for the treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS)…
Genentech Access Solutions – Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Update This PDF provides important information about The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) transition from the use of the Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) to a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) number, and how Genentech Access Solutions is addressing this conversion. Beginning January 1, 2020, Genentech Access…
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted two announcements which impacts payment and coverage for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell (CAR T) Therapies. This email will provide a brief summary of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule, and the National Coverage Determination (NCD) for CAR T cell therapy…
Celgene is pleased to inform you of the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of INREBIC® (fedratinib) capsules, a product from Celgene indicated for the treatment of adult patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis (MF). Attached please find an announcement of this recent approval. http://cloud.info-celgene.com/inrebicpro INDICATION…
Dear Healthcare Professional: Genentech is excited to share the news of a new FDA approval. ROZLYTREK™ (entrectinib) is now FDA approved for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors are ROS1-positive. ROZLYTREK is also FDA approved for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Turalio (pexidartinib) capsules for the treatment of adult patients with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) associated with severe morbidity or functional limitations and not responsive to improvement with surgery. “TGCT can cause debilitating symptoms for patients such as pain, stiffness and limitation of movement….
On July 30, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) for patients with recurrent, locally advanced or metastatic, squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ≥10), as determined by an FDA-approved test, with disease progression after one or more prior lines of systemic therapy….
On July 30, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved darolutamide (NUBEQA, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.) for non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Approval was based on ARAMIS (NCT02200614), a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in 1,509 patients with non-metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. Patients were randomized (2:1) to receive either 600 mg darolutamide orally twice daily (n=955)…
The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr), a biosimilar to U.S.-licensed Rituxan (rituximab) for the treatment of adult patients with CD20-positive B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) to be used as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy, and CD20-positive Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in combination with chemotherapy. Ruxience is also the…
On July 3, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to selinexor (XPOVIO, Karyopharm Therapeutics) in combination with dexamethasone for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have received at least four prior therapies and whose disease is refractory to at least two proteasome inhibitors, at least two immunomodulatory agents,…
On July 3, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to selinexor (XPOVIO, Karyopharm Therapeutics) in combination with dexamethasone for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have received at least four prior therapies and whose disease is refractory to at least two proteasome inhibitors, at least two immunomodulatory agents,…
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a change to the Herceptin HYLECTA™ (trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk) J-code and has assigned a permanent J-code. Effective July 1, 2019 the permanent J-code for Herceptin HYLECTA is J9356. If you have any questions, please reach out to me directly. You may also call Genentech Access Solutions at…
Merck is pleased to announce that KEYTRUDA has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least 1 other prior line of therapy. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and…
FDA approves Zirabev (bevacizumab-bvzr), a biosimilar to U.S.-licensed Avastin (bevacizumab). A biosimilar product is a biological product that is approved based on a showing that it is highly similar to an already-FDA approved biological product, known as a reference product. The biosimilar also must be shown to have no clinically meaningful differences in terms…
Recently, the FLASCO Clinical Practice Committee Chairman and Co-Chairmen, sent a letter to FL Blue expressing FLASCO’s support for Gilotrif coverage. Last week Florida Blue provided the following response to FLASCO and we wanted to share this info with all members. “First of all thanks for reaching out to us and sharing feedback from FLASCO. …
There was a recent update to the TECENTRIQ (atezolizumab) Prescribing Information that impacted the dosing regimens for certain indications. This change would allow for either the 840 mg or 1200 mg vials to be used for those indications. Please see below for the NDC information. Updated Prescribing Information Urothelial Carcinoma o Administer TECENTRIQ as: 840…
On June 27, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved daratumumab (DARZALEX®, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant. Approval was based on MAIA (NCT02252172), an open-label, randomized (1:1), active-controlled phase 3 study, comparing dartumumab (16 mg/kg) in…
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KANJINTI™ (trastuzumab-anns) for all approved indications of the reference product, Herceptin® (trastuzumab): for the treatment of HER2-overexpressing adjuvant and metastatic breast cancer and HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. “The FDA approval of KANJINTI is an important milestone for our biosimilars portfolio, providing an additional treatment…
On June 17, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy. Efficacy was investigated in 83 patients with SCLC who had disease progression on…
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Polivy™, Genentech’s fifth blood cancer medicine. Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) is a first-of-its-kind anti-CD79b antibody-drug conjugate used in combination with bendamustine plus Rituxan (rituximab) for people with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) whose disease returned after or did not respond to multiple treatment regimens. The Genentech press release including Important…
Read Merck Press Release Here On June 10, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Pembrolizumab was approved for use in combination with platinum and fluorouracil (FU) for all patients and as a…
On June 10, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to polatuzumab vedotin-piiq (POLIVY, Genentech, Inc.), a CD79b-directed antibody-drug conjugate indicated in combination with bendamustine and a rituximab product for adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified, after at least two prior therapies. Approval was based…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a final rule permitting Medicare Part B plans, including those administered through Medicare Advantage, to impose step therapy on new starts of Part B drugs. CMS noted that this utilization management tool will “ensure that Medicare beneficiaries pay less overall … for Part B drugs.” CMS…
On May 15, 2019, VENCLEXTA® (venetoclax tablets) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). VENCLEXTA is also approved in combination with azacitidine, or decitabine, or low-dose cytarabine for the treatment of newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for the previously FDA-approved drug, Zerbaxa (ceftolozane and tazobactam) for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) in patients 18 years and older. The FDA initially approved Zerbaxa in 2014to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections and for complicated urinary tract infections. “A…
On May 16, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved dalteparin sodium (FRAGMIN®, Pfizer, Inc.) to reduce the recurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric patients 1 month of age and older. This is the first FDA-approved therapy to treat VTE in pediatric patients. Approval was based on evidence from two prospective, single-arm, multi-center…
On May 29, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved the addition of overall survival data in labeling for gilteritinib (XOSPATA, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.), indicated for adult patients who have relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a FLT3 mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test. Approval was based on the ADMIRAL trial…
EMD Serono is pleased to announce that on May 14, 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved BAVENCIO® (avelumab) Injection 20 mg/mL for a new indication, which is in combination with axitinib. BAVENCIO is co-developed and co-commercialized by EMD Serono and Pfizer Inc, and axitinib is commercialized by Pfizer Inc. The following information…
On May 28, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved lenalidomide (REVLIMID®, Celgene Corp.) in combination with a rituximab product for previously treated follicular lymphoma (FL) and previously treated marginal zone lymphoma (MZL). Approval was based on two clinical trials: AUGMENT (NCT01938001) and MAGNIFY (NCT01996865). In AUGMENT, 358 patients with relapsed or refractory FL or…
On May 24, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved ruxolitinib (JAKAFI®, Incyte Corporation) for steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older. Approval was based on Study INCB 18424-271 (NCT02953678), an open-label, single-arm, multicenter study of ruxolitinib that enrolled 49 patients with steroid-refractory acute GVHD Grades 2 to…
On May 24, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved alpelisib (PIQRAY, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation) in combination with fulvestrant for postmenopausal women, and men, with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, PIK3CA-mutated, advanced or metastatic breast cancer as detected by an FDA-approved test following progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen….
On May 14, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved avelumab (BAVENCIO®, EMD Serono, Inc.) in combination with axitinib for first-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Approval was based on JAVELIN Renal 101 (NCT02684006), a randomized, multicenter, open-label trial of avelumab plus axitinib in 886 patients with untreated advanced RCC regardless…
On May 15, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved venetoclax (VENCLEXTA, AbbVie Inc. and Genentech Inc.) for adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). Approval was based on CLL14 (NCT02242942), a randomized (1:1), multicenter, open label, actively controlled trial of venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab (VEN+G) versus obinutuzumab in…
On May 10, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved ramucirumab (CYRAMZA®, Eli Lilly and Company) as a single agent for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients who have an alpha fetoprotein (AFP) of ≥ 400 ng/mL and have been previously treated with sorafenib. Approval was based on REACH 2 (NCT02435433), a multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,…
Apr 12, 2019 United States — BALVERSA is the first FGFR kinase inhibitor to receive U.S. FDA approval — Simultaneous approval of companion diagnostic intended to identify a subset of patients most likely to benefit from BALVERSA, offering a personalized treatment approach HORSHAM, Pa., April 12, 2019 — The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced…
On May 3, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved ado-trastuzumab emtansine (KADCYLA®, Genentech, Inc.) for the adjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer (EBC) who have residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant taxane and trastuzumab-based treatment. Patients should be selected based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for ado-trastuzumab emtansine. FDA also approved both…
Merck is pleased to announce that KEYTRUDA, in combination with axitinib, has been approved by the FDA for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PD-L1 diagnostic testing is not required prior to initiating treatment with KEYTRUDA in these patients FDA=Food and Drug Administration; PD-L1=programmed death ligand 1. Selected Safety Information…
Merck is pleased to announce that KEYTRUDA, in combination with axitinib, has been approved by the FDA for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PD-L1 diagnostic testing is not required prior to initiating treatment with KEYTRUDA in these patients FDA=Food and Drug Administration; PD-L1=programmed death ligand 1. Selected Safety Information…
On April 19, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®, Merck & Co. Inc.) plus axitinib for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Approval was based on KEYNOTE 426 (NCT02853331), a randomized, multicenter, open-label trial conducted in 861 patients who had not received systemic therapy for advanced RCC….
Genentech is excited to share the news of a new FDA-approved therapy. Adjuvant Breast Cancer HERCEPTIN HYLECTATM (trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk) is indicated for adjuvant treatment of adults with HER2-overexpressing node-positive or node-negative (ER/PR-negative or with one high-risk feature*) breast cancer: As part of a treatment regimen containing doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide and either paclitaxel or docetaxel With docetaxel and…
The Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect® Assay is the first and only nuclear-localized AR-V7 liquid biopsy blood test that can help guide treatment decisions for patients diagnosed with mCRPC who have received and failed an AR-targeted therapy such as XTANDI® (enzalutamide), ZYTIGA® (abiraterone), or ERLEADA™ (apalutamide). The Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect test can help…
Genentech is excited to share the news of a new FDA-approved indication. TECENTRIQ, in combination with carboplatin and etoposide, is indicated for the first-line (1L) treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Please see the attached TECENTRIQ 1L SCLC Day 1 Letter, as well as the TECENTRIQ full Prescribing Information, for…
The FDA approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab), in combination with carboplatin and etoposide (chemotherapy), for the initial (first-line) treatment of adults with extensive-stage small lung cancer (ES-SCLC). It is the first new initial treatment option approved by the FDA for people with ES-SCLC in more than 20 years. The Genentech press release including Important Safety Information is…
National Comprehensive Cancer Network© (NCCN©) has updated the Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Colon and Rectal Cancer to include BRAFTOVI® in combination with MEKTOVI® and cetuximab or panitumumab as a Category 2a treatment for patients with BRAFV600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), after failure of one to two prior lines of therapy for metastatic disease….
On March 18, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved atezolizumab (TECENTRIQ, Genentech Inc.) in combination with carboplatin and etoposide, for the first-line treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Approval was based on IMpower133 (NCT02763579), a randomized (1:1), multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 403 patients with ES-SCLC who received no…
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TRAZIMERA™ (trastuzumab-qyyp), a biosimilar to Herceptin® (trastuzumab),1 for the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) overexpressing breast cancer and HER2 overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.2 “This is an important milestone in the U.S. which both adds…
On March 8, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to atezolizumab (TECENTRIQ®, Genentech Inc.) in combination with paclitaxel protein-bound for adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (PD-L1 stained tumor-infiltrating immune cells [IC] of any intensity covering ≥ 1% of the tumor area),…
On February 28, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk injection,for subcutaneous use (Herceptin Hylecta, Genentech Inc.). Herceptin Hylecta is a combination of trastuzumab, a HER2/neu receptor antagonist, and hyaluronidase, an endoglycosidase, for the treatment of HER2‑overexpressing breast cancer. Approval was based on two randomized trials, HannaH (NCT00950300) and SafeHER (NCT01566721). In…
– First medicine approved in the U.S. specifically for the treatment of aTTP, a rare blood-clotting disorder – Cablivi is the first U.S. approval for Sanofi’s new rare blood disorders franchise BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cablivi® (caplacizumab-yhdp) in combination with plasma exchange and immunosuppression for the…
On February 22, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved trifluridine/ tipiracil tablets (LONSURF, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)—a fixed combination of trifluridine, a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor, and tipiracil, a thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor—for adult patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma previously treated with at least two prior lines of chemotherapy that included a…
On February 15, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma with involvement of lymph node(s) following complete resection. Approval was based on EORTC1325/KEYNOTE‑054 (NCT02362594), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, trial in 1019 patients with completely resected, stage IIIA (>1 mm lymph node metastasis), IIIB or IIIC…
The FLASCO Clinical Practice leadership approved and signed a letter of support written to FL Blue for the Guardant360 Liquid Biopsy test in 2018. The FLASCO office was recently notified and we are now sharing the victory with you, “Florida Blue has adopted a positive medical policy for the Guardant360 Liquid Biopsy test. A very…
View our Medicare coverage press release here. For more info about clonoSEQ, including test limitations, read the Technical Summary here. ABOUT ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES As a pioneer and leader in the field of immunosequencing, Adaptive Biotechnologies combines next generation sequencing (NGS) and proprietary bioinformatics to profile T-cell and B-cell receptors to drive groundbreaking research in cancer and other…
The FDA has approved cabozantinib (Cabometyx) as a treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who previously received sorafenib (Nexavar), according to the company developing the therapy, Exelixis. The approval was based on findings from the phase III CELESTIAL trial, in which overall survival (OS) was improved by 2.2 months with cabozantinib versus placebo. Median…
Stemline Therapeutics recently announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ELZONRISTM (tagraxofusp-erzs; SL-401) for patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): https://ir.stemline.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fda-approves-elzonristm-tagraxofusp-first-treatment-blastic Full prescribing information can be found here:http://elzonris.com/hcp/resources/ELZONRIS_US_Full_Prescribing_Information.pdf ELZONRISTM will not be available for shipment until late January. We are currently in the process of finalizing a compliment of clinical and patient focused resources. …
On December 19, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck & Co. Inc.) for adult and pediatric patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). Approval was based on Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network protocol 9 (CITN-09), also known as KEYNOTE-017 (NCT02267603), a multicenter, non-randomized, open-label trial…
IMFINZI is indicated for the treatment of patients with unresectable Stage III NSCLC whose disease has not progressed following concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The NEW Permanent J-Code is J91731 and goes into effect January 1, 2019.
This year at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Genentech presented data for ten medicines in more than 70 abstracts, including 25 oral presentations [press release]. Highlighted data included new data from three Venclexta® (venetoclax) combination studies demonstrating deep responses in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia, two of the most common types…
NORWOOD, Mass., Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Entrinsic Health Solutions in partnership with the University of Kentucky (UK) Markey Cancer Center today announced initiation of active accrual and first consented patient in its Phase II study evaluating enterade® – a glucose-free, medical food – in neuroendocrine tumor and carcinoid syndrome patients. Findings from this study may show that enterade can…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a change to the RITUXAN® (rituximab) J-code and has assigned a permanent J-code for RITUXAN HYCELA® (rituximab/hyaluronidase human subcutaneous injection). Effective January 1, 2019 J-code J9312 will replace J9310 for RITUXAN and the billable units will change from 100 mg to 10 mg. Additionally, the…
We are sending this communication on behalf of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to announce the assignment of a product‐specific temporary C-code for ONPATTRO™ (patisiran) lipid complex injection, for intravenous use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, which included the designation of C9036, Injection, patisiran, 0.1 mg for ONPATTRO with the…
Astellas is pleased to announce the product approval of XOSPATA (gilteritinib). For details on the indication for XOSPATA, please reference the attached PDF
On November 21, 2018, VENCLEXTA® (venetoclax tablets) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in combination with azacitidine, or decitabine, or low-dose cytarabine for the treatment of newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults who are age 75 years or older, or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction chemotherapy….
On November 28, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved gilteritinib (XOSPATA, Astellas Pharma US Inc.) for treatment of adult patients who have relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a FLT3 mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test. The FDA also approved an expanded indication for a companion diagnostic, to include use with…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Truxima (rituximab-abbs) as the first biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab) for the treatment of adult patients with CD20-positive, B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) to be used as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy. Truxima is the first biosimiliar to be approved in the U.S. for the treatment of…
On November 26, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to larotrectinib (VITRAKVI, Loxo Oncology Inc. and Bayer) for adult and pediatric patients with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) gene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation, that are either metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to…
Clinical data for neuroendocrine tumor patients. Entrinsic recently presented data at ASCO’s Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium. Updated clinical results showed that 80% of NET patients reported reduction in diarrhea frequency using enterade. In addition,51% of patients reported more than 50% reduction in frequency. Diarrhea is the most common and debilitating symptom among NET cancer patients. Please…
FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to ADCETRIS® (Brentuximab Vedotin) for Frontline Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas -Designation Based on Positive Phase 3 ECHELON-2 Trial Evaluating ADCETRIS in Frontline CD30-Expressing Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas; Data to be Presented at Upcoming American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in December- BOTHELL, Wash. – November 15, 2018 – Seattle Genetics, Inc….
On November 16, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved brentuximab vedotin (ADCETRIS, Seattle Genetics Inc.) in combination with chemotherapy for previously untreated systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (sALCL) or other CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL), including angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and PTCL not otherwise specified. This is the first FDA approval for previously untreated PTCL…
On November 20, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved emapalumab (GAMIFANT, Novimmune SA), a monoclonal antibody that binds and neutralizes interferon gamma, for adult and pediatric (newborn and older) patients with primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) with refractory, recurrent or progressive disease or intolerance with conventional HLH therapy. Approval was based on a multicenter, open-label,…
On November 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved elotuzumab (Empliciti) injection for intravenous use in combination with pomalidomide (Pomalyst) and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies, including lenalidomide (Revlimid) and a proteasome inhibitor. In ELOQUENT-3, a randomized, open-label, phase II trial, elotuzumab…
On November 9, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck & Co., Inc.) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have been previously treated with sorafenib. For additional information, please click here. Approval was based on KEYNOTE 224 (NCT02702414), a single-arm, multicenter trial enrolling 104 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma….
KEYTRUDA is also indicated in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the · First-line treatment of patients with metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC, with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations KEYTRUDA is also indicated as a single agent for the · First-line treatment of patients with metastatic NSCLC whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression (TPS ≥50%) as…
Osimertinib (TAGRISSO®) is now the only preferred first-line EGFR TKI in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®). I am excited to share with you that first-line Osimertinib (TAGRISSO®) has been elevated to preferred status in the NCCN Guidelines®, for sensitizing EGFR mutation-positive metastatic NSCLC. Osimertinib’s (TAGRISSO®) preferred status among all Category 1 recommended EGFR…
In the ELOQUENT-3 trial, treatment with Empliciti plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone (EPd) doubled median progression-free survival and overall response rate versus pomalidomide and dexamethasone (Pd) 1 Low discontinuation rates due to adverse reactions were observed with both EPd and Pd alone 1 Empliciti, when used in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone, can be administered once monthly after first two cycles 1 TUESDAY,…
After previous US regulatory setbacks, Coherus Biosciences has gained FDA approval for its pegfilgrastim biosimilar, Udenyca (pegfilgrastim-cbqv). The biosimilar, referencing Neulasta, has been approved to decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy associated with a clinically significant incidence of febrile neutropenia. The company will provide more details on pricing and…
On November 2, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to lorlatinib (LORBRENA, Pfizer, Inc.) for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed on crizotinib and at least one other ALK inhibitor for metastatic disease or whose disease has progressed on alectinib or ceritinib…
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