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Truqap plus Faslodex recommended for approval in the EU by CHMP for patients with advanced ER positive breast cancer
29 April 2024 - Recommendation based on CAPItello-291 results which showed the Truqap combination reduced the risk of disease progression ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2024
Takeda receives positive CHMP opinion for fruquintinib in previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer
26 April 2024 - If approved in the European Union, fruquintinib will be the first novel targeted therapy for metastatic colorectal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2024
Johnson & Johnson receives positive CHMP opinion for Rybrevant (amivantamab) in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
26 April 2024 - The recommendation is supported by data from the Phase 3 PAPILLON study, which showed amivantamab plus chemotherapy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2024
CHMP adopts positive opinion recommending approval of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma
26 April 2024 - Recommendation based on results from CheckMate-901, the first Phase 3 trial with an immunotherapy-chemotherapy combination to demonstrate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2024
Astellas' Xtandi (enzalutamide) granted European Commission approval for use in additional recurrent early prostate cancer treatment setting
23 April 2024 - Approval is based on results from the positive Phase 3 EMBARK study which showed Xtandi alone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2024
Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) is the first BCMA targeted treatment approved by the European Commission for patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior line of therapy
22 April 2024 - Approval is based on results from the Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 study, in which treatment with ciltacabtagene autoleucel ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2024
Autolus Therapeutics announces acceptance of marketing authorisation application by the EMA for obecabtagene autoleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
2 April 2024 - Submission includes results from pivotal Phase 2 FELIX study evaluating obe-cel in r/r B-ALL. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
European Commission approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as neo-adjuvant treatment, then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, for resectable non-small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence in adults
28 March 2024 - Decision marks the first approval in Europe for an anti-PD-1/L1 therapy in resectable non-small cell lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2024
Astellas receives positive CHMP opinion for Xtandi in additional recurrent early prostate cancer treatment setting
22 March 2024 - If approved, XTANDI would become the first and only NHT treatment available for metastatic and high risk ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) becomes first CAR T cell therapy approved in the European Union in earlier lines for triple-class exposed relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma
20 March 2024 - Abecma demonstrated superiority over standard regimens in the Phase 3 KarMMa-3 trial, with a 51% reduction in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2024
Johnson & Johnson submits application to the EMA for Darzalex (daratumumab)-based quadruplet therapy for the treatment of patients with transplant-eligible, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
6 March 2024 - Submission supported by data from Phase 3 PERSEUS study, which showed the daratumumab subcutaneous formulation-based regimen significantly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2024
Two datopotamab deruxtecan applications validated in the EU for patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer or HR positive, HER2 negative breast cancer
4 March 2024 - Parallel applications based on TROPION-Lung01 and TROPION-Breast01 Phase 3 trial results demonstrating Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2024
SpringWorks Therapeutics announces EMA validation for marketing authorisation application of nirogacestat for the treatment of adults with desmoid tumours
29 February 2024 - Application based on Phase 3 DeFi trial in which nirogacestat significantly improved progression-free survival and objective response ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Feb 2024
Added benefit and revenues of oncology drugs approved by the EMA between 1995 and 2020: retrospective cohort study
28 February 2024 - Added benefit was evaluated using ratings published by seven organisations: health technology assessment agencies from the US, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2024
BeiGene receives positive CHMP opinion for tislelizumab as treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer
26 February 2024 - Recommendation based on results of three Phase 3 clinical trials demonstrating benefit of tislelizumab as a first- ...