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Roche’s Polivy combination approved by European Commission for people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
25 May 2022 - Approval is based on pivotal data from the Phase 3 POLARIX study, where Polivy plus R-CHP significantly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2022
Karyopharm and Menarini Group receive positive CHMP opinion for Nexpovio (selinexor) for the treatment of patients with refractory multiple myeloma
20 May 2022 - European Commission decision anticipated within approximately 60 days. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2022
Mirati Therapeutics submits marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency for investigational adagrasib as a treatment for previously treated KRASG12C mutated non-small-cell lung cancer
19 May 2022 - Submission follows the U.S. FDA acceptance of the adagrasib new drug application for the same indication ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2022
Novartis Kymriah receives EC approval as first CAR-T cell therapy for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma
4 May 2022 - Approval for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma is the third indication for Kymriah in the EU ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2022
European Commission approves Cabometyx as a second-line treatment for people living with radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer
3 May 2022 - Approval based on data from the COSMIC-311 Phase 3 trial, in which Cabometyx (cabozantinib) demonstrated a 78% ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
Myovant Sciences announces European Commission approval for Orgovyx (relugolix) for the treatment of advanced hormone sensitive prostate cancer
29 April 2022 - Myovant expects to secure European commercialisation partner ahead of anticipated launches. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2022
Janssen submits marketing authorisation application to EMA seeking approval of niraparib and abiraterone acetate dual action tablet plus prednisone for the treatment of patients with HRR gene mutated metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer
28 April 2022 - The submission to the EMA is based on results from the Phase 3 MAGNITUDE study evaluating niraparib ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2022
CHMP recommends EU approval of Roche’s Tecentriq as adjuvant treatment for a subset of people with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer
22 April 2022 - In the Phase III IMpower010 trial, adjuvant Tecentriq reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2022
Novartis receives positive CHMP opinion for Tabrecta for patients with METex14 advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
22 April 2022 - Opinion based on Phase 2 GEOMETRY mono-1 study showing an overall response rate (ORR) of 51.6% ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2022
CHMP recommends EU conditional approval of Roche’s potential first in class bispecific antibody mosunetuzumab for people with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma
22 April 2022 - The recommendation is based on the GO29781 study where mosunetuzumab induced high complete response rates, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2022
European Commission approves Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer
13 April 2022 - Enfortumab vedotin is the first medicine approved in the EU for patients who received a prior ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2022
BeiGene announces European Medicines Agency acceptance of marketing authorisation applications for tislelizumab for the treatment of patients with ESCC and NSCLC
6 April 2022 - First European submissions for BeiGene’s anti PD-1 antibody licensed to Novartis for North America, Europe and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives European Commission approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) with chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%
5 April 2022 - Opdivo with chemotherapy demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival compared to chemotherapy alone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives European Commission approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) as first-line treatment for patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%
5 April 2022 - Opdivo plus Yervoy is one of two newly approved Opdivo based treatment regimens to demonstrate superior overall ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives European Commission approval for CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) for certain forms of relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma
5 April 2022 - Approval of Breyanzi is based on results from TRANSCEND WORLD, and TRANSCEND NHL 001, the largest pivotal ...