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FDA Approves Mobocertinib for NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations
On September 15, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mobocertinib for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test, whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Posted 9/16/2021
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Zanubrutinib for R/R MZL
On September 15, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to zanubrutinib for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who have received at least one anti-CD20-based regimen.
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Posted 9/15/2021
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FDA Approves Zanubrutinib for Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia
On August 31, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved zanubrutinib for adult patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.
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Posted 9/7/2021
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FDA Approves Updated Pembrolizumab Indication for UC
On August 31, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a label update to pembrolizumab for first-line advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC). This approval converts the accelerated approval of pembrolizumab to a regular approval.
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Posted 9/1/2021
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New Permanent J-Code for Melphalan Flufenamide
Oncopeptides announces J-code J9247 for Pepaxto® (melphalan flufenamide) injection, 1mg. This J-code will be effective on October 1, 2021.
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FDA Approves Nivolumab for High-Risk Urothelial Carcinoma
On August 19, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved nivolumab—240 mg every two weeks or 480 mg every four weeks—for the adjuvant treatment of patients with urothelial carcinoma who are at high risk of recurrence after undergoing radical resection, regardless of prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy, nodal involvement, or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) status.
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Posted 8/20/2021
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FDA Approves Belzutifan for von Hippel-Lindau Disease-Associted Tumors
On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved belzutifan, a hypoxia-inducible factor inhibitor, for adult patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease who require therapy for associated renal cell carcinoma, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, not requiring immediate surgery.
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Posted 8/16/2021
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FDA Approves Levnatinib + Pembrolizumab for Advanced RCC
On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the combination of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab for first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
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Posted 8/16/2021
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FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for High-Risk, Early-Stage TNBC
On July 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment and then continued as a single agent as adjuvant treatment after surgery.
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Posted 7/27/2021
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FDA Approves Pembrolizumab + Lenvatinib for Advanced Endometrial Cancer
On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the combination of pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib for the treatment of patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient, 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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Read the Merck announcement.
Read the Eisai Inc. announcement.
Posted 7/22/2021