Industry News

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma
On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pembrolizumab as a single agent for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient, as determined by an FDA-approved test, who have disease progression following prior systemic therapy in any setting and who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

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Posted 3/22/2022

FDA approves nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw for melanoma
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw for adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

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Posted 3/21/2022

FDA Approves FoundationOne®CDx in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the FoundationOne^®CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) alterations and are appropriate for treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors that are approved by FDA for this indication.

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Posted 3/17/2022

FDA Approves Olaparib for High-Risk Early Breast Cancer
On Friday, March 11, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved olaparib for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, high-risk, early breast cancer who have been treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy.

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Posted 3/14/2022

FDA Approves Nivolumab in Combination for Early-Stage NSCLC
On Friday, March 4, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved nivolumab with platinum-doublet chemotherapy for adult patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the neoadjuvant setting.

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Posted 3/7/2022

FDA Approves FoundationOne®CDx to Identify MSI-H Solid Tumors

Foundation Medicine, Inc. announced that it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the FoundationOne^®CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) status solid tumors who may be appropriate for treatment with Merck’s Keytruda^® (pembrolizumab).

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Posted 2/22/2022

New Clinical Trial for Patients with Tumors Harboring NRG1 Fusions
New clinical trial in patients suffering from tumors harboring NRG1 gene alterations, specifically NRG1 gene fusion-positive advanced solid tumors.

To learn more about a prospective real-world outcomes study in patients with tumors harboring NRG1 fusions, click here.

Posted on 12/09/2021.

FDA Approves FoundationOne®CDx as a Companion Diagnostic in Melanoma

On December 8, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved FoundationOne^®CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for two groups of current and future FDA-approved therapeutics in melanoma, which includes BRAF inhibitor monotherapies targeting BRAFV600E and BRAF/MEK inhibitor combination therapies targeting BRAFV600E or V600K mutations.

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Posted 12/8/2021

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for IIB or IIC Melanoma Following Complete Resection

On December 3, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda^® (pembrolizumab) for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric (greater than or equal to 12 years of age) patients with stage IIB or IIC melanoma following complete resection.

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Posted 12/6/2021

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for Adjuvant Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma

On November 17, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pembrolizumab for the adjuvant treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma at intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence following nephrectomy or following nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions.

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Posted 11/18/2021

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