European Commission approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as treatment for certain patients with locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple negative breast cancer

22 October 2021 - Keytruda is now approved in combination with chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with locally recurrent unresectable ...

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Merck and Eisai receive positive EU CHMP opinions for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Lenvima (lenvatinib) in two different types of cancer

15 October 2021 - Merck and Eisai today announced that the CHMP of the EMA has adopted positive opinions recommending ...

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Janssen receives Positive CHMP opinion for Rybrevant (amivantamab) for the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations after failure of platinum-based therapy

15 October 2021 - If approved by the European Commission, amivantamab will be the first treatment in the European Union specifically ...

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European Medicines Agency validates Bristol Myers Squibb’s application for LAG-3 blocking antibody relatlimab and nivolumab fixed dose combination as first-line treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma

1 October 2021 - The Phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial served as the basis for this application, in which a statistically ...

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Merck receives positive EU CHMP opinion for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy for certain patients with locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple negative breast cancer whose tumours express PD-L1 (CPS ≥10)

17 September 2021 - Recommendation based on data from Phase 3 KEYNOTE-355 trial. ...

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BeiGene receives positive CHMP opinion for Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) for the treatment of adults with Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia

17 September 2021 - The CHMP recommendation is based on results from the Phase 3 ASPEN trial, in which BRUKINSA ...

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Roche receives positive CHMP opinion for Gavreto (pralsetinib) for the treatment of adults with RET fusion positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

17 September 2021 - If approved, Gavreto will be the first and only targeted treatment approved by the EMA that ...

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Incyte and MorphoSys announce the European Commission approval of Minjuvi (tafasitamab) in combination with lenalidomide for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

26 August 2021 - In Europe, each year approximately 16,000 patients are diagnosed with relapsed or refractory DLBCL. ...

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Sesen Bio pulls E.U. application for FDA rejected cancer drug

26 August 2021 - Sesen Bio, a small biotech firm whose investigational cancer treatment once seemed poised for approval, said ...

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Immunocore announces that U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency accept biologics license application and marketing authorisation application for tebentafusp in metastatic uveal melanoma

24 August 2021 - FDA grants priority review to tebentafusp for the treatment of HLA-A*02:01 positive patients with metastatic uveal melanoma; ...

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Bristol Myers Squibb receives European Commission approval for Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel), the first anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma

19 August 2021 - Abecma represents the only cell therapy approved for multiple myeloma. ...

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EMA validates Bristol Myers Squibb’s applications for Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) and Opdivo and chemotherapy as first-line treatments for unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

17 August 2021 - Applications based on positive results from the Phase 3 CheckMate-648 trial, in which both Opdivo-based combinations demonstrated ...

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Bristol Myers Squibb receives European Commission approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) as adjuvant treatment for oesophageal or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer patients with residual pathologic disease following chemoradiotherapy

30 July 2021 - Approval is based on Phase 3 results from the CheckMate-577 trial. ...

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HutchMed’s marketing authorisation application for surufatinib submitted and validated by the European Medicines Agency

15 July 2021 - EMA commences review of surufatinib for the treatment of advanced neuroendocrine tumours. ...

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European Commission approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy for certain patients with oesophageal cancer or HER2 negative gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma

29 June 2021 - Keytruda is first anti-PD-1 therapy approved in Europe in combination with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of ...

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