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Sarclisa approved in Canada for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
22 April 2025 - This is the third indication for Sarclisa in Canada for the treatment of multiple myeloma. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2025
Health Canada approves Keytruda plus pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy as first-line treatment for adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma
22 April 2025 - Approval is based on the results from the Phase 3 CCTG IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2025
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for BrainChild Bio’s B7-H3 CAR T-cell therapy for incurable paediatric brain tumours
22 April 2025 - Breakthrough therapy designation is based on the encouraging survival data from the Phase 1 BrainChild-03 trial in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2025
Health Canada expands Jemperli (dostarlimab for injection) plus chemotherapy approval to all adult patients with primary advanced or first recurrent endometrial cancer, as the first and only immuno-oncology-based treatment to show an overall survival benefit for these patients
17 April 2025 - Approval based on RUBY Part 1 trial, where Jemperli plus chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2025
Merck’s Tepmetko wins reimbursement in Korea after 3.5 years, expanding access for lung cancer patients with rare MET mutation
15 April 2025 - Merck’s targeted lung cancer therapy Tepmetko (tepotinib) has finally secured reimbursement from the National Health Insurance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2025
SynOx Therapeutics receives fast track designation from US FDA for emactuzumab for tenosynovial giant cell tumours
14 April 2025 - SynOx Therapeutics today announced that the US FDA has granted fast track designation to emactuzumab for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2025
European Commission approves Roche’s Columvi as the first bispecific antibody for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after initial therapy
14 April 2025 - Approval based on Phase 3 STARGLO study where Columvi in combination with chemotherapy showed a 41% reduction ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2025
Thousands of people a year could benefit from new twice a day tablet for advanced breast cancer
11 April 2025 - We've published final draft guidance recommending capivasertib with fulvestrant, which means the treatment will be funded immediately ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2025
FDA approves nivolumab with ipilimumab for unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
11 April 2025 - Today, the Food and Drug Administration approved nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol Myers Squibb Company) with ipilimumab (Yervoy, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2025
US FDA grants full approval of Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) for adult and paediatric patients with NTRK gene fusion-positive solid tumours
10 April 2025 - The full approval of Vitrakvi is based on the results of confirmatory trials that support Vitrakvi as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2025
Health Canada approves Imfinzi (durvalumab) as the first and only immunotherapy regimen for adult patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer
10 April 2025 - Health Canada has granted a Notice of Compliance for Imfinzi (durvalumab), as monotherapy, for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2025
Hundreds of people in England to benefit from take-at-home tablet bladder cancer treatment
10 April 2025 - Today, for the first time, we have given the green light to a targeted treatment for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2025
Lorlatinib for the treatment of patients with advanced ALK positive non-small-cell lung cancer (review of TA909)
9 April 2025 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on the use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2025
Kura Oncology and Kyowa Kirin announce submission of new drug application for ziftomenib to FDA
8 April 2025 - Submission seeks approval for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory AML with a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2025
Datroway approved in the EU for patients with previously treated metastatic HR positive, HER2 negative breast cancer
8 April 2025 - Second DXd antibody drug conjugate approved in EU based on Daiichi Sankyo’s DXd technology ...