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Calquence plus chemoimmunotherapy recommended for approval in the EU by CHMP as first and only BTK inhibitor for first-line mantle cell lymphoma
31 March 2025 - Recommendation based on ECHO Phase 3 trial results which demonstrated over 16 months of progression-free survival ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2025
Imfinzi approved in the US as first and only peri-operative immunotherapy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer
31 March 2025 - Based on NIAGARA Phase 3 trial results which showed a 32% reduction in the risk of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2025
FDA expands Pluvicto’s metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer indication
28 March 2025 - Today, the FDA expanded the indication for lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan (Pluvicto, Novartis Pharmaceuticals) to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2025
EMA validates Henlius and Organon filing for Perjeta (pertuzumab) biosimilar candidate HLX11
28 March 2025 - -Shanghai Henlius Biotech and Organon today announced that the EMA has validated the marketing authorisation application for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2025
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion for peri-operative regimen of neo-adjuvant Opdivo (nivolumab) and chemotherapy followed by surgery and adjuvant Opdivo for resectable non-small cell lung cancer in patients with tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥1%
28 March 2025 - Recommendation based on Phase 3 CheckMate -77T trial showing significant event-free survival improvement when compared to neoadjuvant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2025
FDA approves durvalumab for muscle invasive bladder cancer
28 March 2025 - Today, the FDA approved durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) with gemcitabine and cisplatin as neo-adjuvant treatment, followed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2025
FDA approves cabozantinib for adults and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older with pNET and epNET
26 March 2025 - Today, the FDA approved cabozantinib (Cabometyx, Exelixis) for adult and paediatric patients 12 years of age ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2025
CStone submits application to the EMA for new indication of sugemalimab in stage III non-small cell lung cancer
23 March 2025 - CStone Pharmaceuticals today announced the submission of a type II variation application to the EMA for sugemalimab. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
FDA approves pembrolizumab for HER2 positive gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma expressing PD-L1
19 March 2025 - Today, the FDA granted traditional approval to pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) with trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
Azercabtagene zapreleucel granted FDA fast track designation in blood cancer DLBCL
19 March 2025 - Imugene is pleased to announce that the US FDA has granted fast track designation to its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
Health Canada approves Keytruda for the treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel and then continued as monotherapy
19 March 2025 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-868/NRG-GY018 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2025
Imfinzi approved in the EU as first and only immunotherapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer
17 March 2025 - Approval based on ADRIATIC Phase 3 trial results which showed a 27% reduction in the risk ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2025
Bristol Myers Squibb receives approval from the European Commission to expand use of CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma
14 March 2025 - In the TRANSCEND FL trial, 97.1% of patients responded to Breyanzi , with 94.2% of patients achieving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2025
PHARMAC to fund more cancer medicines (March 2025)
12 March 2025 - PHARMAC is funding six more medicines for cancers and one for antibiotic resistant infections. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2025
Atezolizumab for the first-line treatment of adults with advanced or recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer when platinum-doublet chemotherapy is unsuitable
12 March 2025 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in the NHS for ...