Kite Pharma’s chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapy Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma in adult patients who had at least two lines of systemic therapy.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Imfinzi (durvalumab) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has not progressed following platinum-based chemoradiation therapy.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review its supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with melanoma who are at high risk of disease recurrence following complete surgical resection.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for Roche’s Perjeta in combination with Herceptin and chemotherapy to treat HER2-positive early breast cancer after surgery.
Merck and Pfizer have secured the approval of their skin cancer drug Bavencio (avelumab) from the European Commission (EC) as a monotherapy for the treatment of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (mMCC) in adults.
Pfizer announced that the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 6 in favor and 6 against the benefit-risk profile for SUTENT® (sunitinib) as adjuvant treatment of adult patients at high risk of recurrent renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after nephrectomy (surgical removal of the cancer-containing kidney).
Ipsen announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Xermelo (telotristat ethyl) 250 mg three times a day (tid) for the treatment of carcinoid syndrome diarrhea in combination with somatostatin analogue (SSA) therapy in adults inadequately controlled by SSA therapy.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Motif Bio's investigational drug candidate, iclaprim, orphan drug designation to treat of Staphylococcus aureus lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Innoviva announced that a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted positive opinion for fluticasone furoate/ umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults.
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion for the Marketing Authorisation Application of Cyltezo (adalimumab biosimilar), to treat multiple chronic inflammatory diseases in adults and children.
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