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Patient-Reported Outcomes Reinforce Clinical Benefits of Tarlatamab in Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Tarlatamab was approved by the FDA in May 2024 for patients who progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy.

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CHMP meeting highlights: April 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

Last week, the US FDA approved a new gene therapy for eligible adults with haemophilia B. If approved, fruquintinib could provide a new oral, chemotherapy-free option as the first and only selective inhibitor of all three vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) receptors approved in the EU for this disease, according to Takeda.

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US FDA grants Orphan Drug status to Avacta’s drug for soft tissue sarcoma

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to Avacta Group’s lead pre|CISION drug candidate, AVA6000, to treat soft tissue sarcoma. Updated using the pre|CISION technology, AVA6000 is a kind of generic chemotherapy doxorubicin. It also boosts the drug’s safety, tolerability and efficacy.

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Takeda gets a win for its Wave1 pipeline, as Exkivity nabs FDA approval

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Takeda has had a run of bad luck with its Wave1 pipeline of new drug candidates of late, but can now celebrate a vestry after getting FDA approval for first-in-class lung cancer therapy Exkivity. The post Takeda gets a win for its Wave1 pipeline, as Exkivity nabs FDA approval appeared first on.

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Drug approval roundup – May/June 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

Looking back briefly to 2023, within the cell and gene therapy space, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved marketing authorisations for seven of these treatments. References [link] [link] The post Drug approval roundup – May/June 2024 appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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FDA Grants Priority Review to Bristol Myers Squibb's Opdivo Combination for Urothelial Carcinoma

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The FDA assigned a PDUFA date of April 5, 2024 for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus cisplatin-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

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Anti-PD-1 antibody gains EU approval for oesophageal cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

The humanised IgG4 anti-PD-1 antibody is indicated for unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) after prior platinum-based chemotherapy. The FDA’s target action date is the second half of 2024. months for chemotherapy. months for TEVIMBRA versus 6.3