Regulators in the U.S. and Europe have approved updates to the prescribing information for Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel), a cell therapy …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ziftomenib to treat adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a susceptible NPM1…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Camera pill to find pancreatic cancer seeks breakthrough status
Capsovision is requesting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expedite the development of its CapsoCam UGI capsule endoscopy system as…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to tinostamustine, a treatment candidate from Purdue Pharma that aims to extend…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase) for adults with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, making it…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
New combination therapy approach may improve ovarian cancer care
A combination of chemotherapy and immune-modulating therapies administered directly into the abdomen may help control ovarian cancer that has spread within the abdominal cavity, data…
One-time treatment with vispa-cel (CB-010), Caribou Biosciences’ off-the-shelf CAR T-cell therapy candidate, resulted in durable responses in people with hard-to-treat large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).
PANCREATIC CANCER
FDA speeds development of oral pancreatic cancer treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to daraxonrasib, an oral therapy being developed by Revolution Medicines to treat…
Enrollment has begun in the second part of a clinical trial testing safusidenib, an experimental oral treatment, as a maintenance therapy for high-grade IDH1-mutant astrocytoma,…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Canada agency backs coverage of new ovarian cancer drug
Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) has recommended that Canadian public drug plans cover the cost of the gynecological cancer therapy Elahere (mirvetuximab soravtansine) under…
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