FDA Approves Cetuximab Indication in Combination With Encorafenib to Treat Metastatic CRC Subtype
September 29th 2021Cetuximab represents the first approved anti-EGFR antibody which, in combination with encorafenib, is now available to treat adults with pretreated metastatic CRC with a BRAF V600E mutation.
FDA OKs Adjuvant Nivolumab to Treat High-Risk Urothelial Carcinoma
August 20th 2021The Food and Drug Administration approved adjuvant nivolumab to treat urothelial carcinoma in patients who are at high risk of recurrence after undergoing radical resection, irrespective of prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy, nodal involvement or PD-L1 status.
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Dostarlimab-gxly for dMMR Recurrent/Advanced Solid Tumors
August 17th 2021The regulatory decision is based on findings from collective data from the dMMR endometrial cancer cohort A1 and the dMMR solid-tumor, non-endometrial cancer, cohort F of the ongoing phase 1 GARNET trial (NCT02715284).
FDA Approves Enfortumab Vedotin for Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
July 9th 2021“For the first time, physicians can treat advanced urothelial cancer following treatment with a platinum-containing therapy and immunotherapy using an FDA-approved therapy that has demonstrated an OS benefit compared with chemotherapy.”
FDA Approves Avapritinib for Rare Blood Disease
June 16th 2021The FDA approved avapritinib (Ayvakit) for the treatment of adults with advanced systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM), including those with mast cell leukemia (MCL), aggressive systemic mastocytosism (ASM), or systemic mastocytosis with an associated hematological neoplasm (SM-AHN).
FDA Approves Radiopharmaceutical Diagnostic Agent for Pediatric Patients
June 10th 2021The FDA approved injectable technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept (Lymphoseek), a radiopharmaceutical agent that targets lymphatic mapping and guiding for sentinel lymph node biopsies (SLNB), for use in pediatric patients with melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and other solid tumors.