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FDA Approves Ibrutinib for Pediatric Patients with Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

On August 24, 2022, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ibrutinib for the treatment of pediatric patients one year and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy.
For more information, read the FDA announcement.
Posted 8/25/2022

FDA Approvees Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan-nxki for HER2-Mutant NSCLC

On August 11, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have activating human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 HER2 (ERBB2) mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, and who have received a prior systemic therapy.
For more information, read the FDA announcement or the AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo announcement.
Posted 8/15/2022

FDA Approves Capmatinib for Metastatic NSCLC

On August 10, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted regular approval to capmatinib for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have a mutation leading to mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) exon 14 skipping, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
For more information, read the FDA announcement.
Posted 8/15/2022

FDA Approves New Acalabrutinib Formulation

On August 5, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the new tablet formulation for acalabrutinib for all current indications, including chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma, and relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
For more information, read AstraZeneca's announcement.
Posted 8/12/2022

Important Update: Olaparib in 4th Line Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
AstraZeneca has issued a letter with plans to withdraw its indication for olaparib (Lynparza) for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) advanced ovarian cancer who have been treated with three or more prior lines of chemotherapy. This planned withdrawal will not affect any of the maintenance therapy indications for olaparib or olaparib-based combinations.

Read the letter.

Posted on 08/11/2022

FDA Approves Fam-Trastuzumab-Deruxtecan-nxki for HER2-Low Breast Cancer

On August 5, 2022, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer.
For more information, read the FDA announcement .
Posted 8/5/2022

FDA Approves Tablet Formulation of Acalabrutinib

On August 5, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration approved new tablet formulation of acalabrutinib (Calquence, AstraZeneca) under accelerated approval based on overall response rate for all current indications, including adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma, and patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Read full press release.

Posted on 08/05/2022

BMS Launches DDiCT Initiative to Improve Healthcare Outcomes for People with Disabilities
On July 20, 2022, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)—in collaboration with Disability Solutions—announced the launch of the Disability Diversity in Clinical Trials (DDiCT) initiative as part of its mission to address health disparities, clinical trial and supplier diversity, employee giving, and workforce representation between 2020 and 2025.

The DDiCT initiative initially aims to make recommendations on how to effectively improve access, engagement, speed of enrollment, and participation of people with disabilities in clinical trials, to ensure all patient groups are reflective of the real-world population and aligned with the epidemiology of the disease studies.

For more information, read the press release.

Posted on 7/21/2022

FDA Approves Crizotinib for ALK-Positive Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor
On July 14, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved crizotinib for adult and pediatric patients at least a year old, with unresectable, recurrent, or refractory inflammatory anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive myofibroblastic tumors.

For more information, read the FDA announcement.

Posted 7/19/2022

FDA Approves Dabrafenib + Trametinib for Metastatic Solid Tumors
On June 22, 2022, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved dabrafenib and trametinib for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 6 years of age and older, with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with BRAF V600E mutation, who have progressed following prior treatment and have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.

For more information, read the FDA announcement and the Novartis announcement.

Posted on 6/29/2022

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